2019: ACCELERATING THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2019 was one of the highest intake years of the Melbourne MPH with 254 new students starting the program. For many students starting the MPH, the welcome meeting holds many memories and a first introduction to the (then) Melbourne Population and Global Health Student Association (formerly known as MPHSA). 254 NEW STUDENTS
Leadership is a core component of the MPH and has become more of a focus with colleagues managing large teams and country collaborations. In 2019 the teaching staff were awarded a number of accolades for their leadeship and it was a wonderful year for recognition of teaching staff, Associate Professor Helen Jordan was awarded the 2019 Dean’s Fellowship for Learning and Teaching Excellence, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and is pictured below with Enes Makalic, Barbara McPake, Katherine Gilbert, Peter Annear. At the end of 2019, MSPGH celebrated 20 years of making a difference in public health. The first school of its kind in Australia, the vision was to make a difference in the population and public health sphere, to advance public health in communities nationally and internationally,
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with a strong focus on Indigenous peoples. Articulating the success of the many programs and partnerships made over the tenure the timing also marked Professor Terry Nolan stepping down as the Head of School and the search for a of a new Head of School announced.
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