ACICIS Virtual Public Health Study Tour: July 2021: Participant Summary
ACICIS will welcome 33 students from ten Australian universities to participate in the July 2021 intake of the consortium’s Virtual Public Health Study Tour (PHST).
Of the 33 students undertaking this virtual program, 28 are doing so with the assistance of New Colombo Plan Mobility Program funding.
The breakdown of ACICIS July 2021 Virtual Public Health Study Tour (PHST) students by sending university is as follows:
| University | No. of Students |
|---|---|
| The University of Western Australia | 13 |
| The Australian National University | 6 |
| The University of Queensland | 4 |
| RMIT University | 2 |
| Monash University | 2 |
| Western Sydney University | 2 |
| Griffith University | 1 |
| La Trobe University | 1 |
| Deakin University | 1 |
| Macquarie University | 1 |
| Total | 33 |
July 2021 PHST Tour Leader Announcement
ACICIS is pleased to announce the PHST Tour Leader for the July 2021 tour, Dr Emily Rowe.
Emily is an Australian-born, Bali-based health anthropologist and public health specialist with over 15 years’ experience managing, working on and coordinating public health projects and research activities related to gender, HIV, sex workers, LGBTQI people, people who use drugs, harm reduction, people with disabilities, prison health, and sexual and reproductive health rights. She has worked on public health projects in Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Timor Leste, Mongolia, Iran, Tajikistan, Lao PDR, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka and Kenya. Emily is also an ACICIS alumna!
ACICIS would like to thank all the many academic, administrative, and study mobility office personnel at ACICIS’ member universities for assisting students with their applications for our new suite of virtual programs and for your support of ACICIS generally.
ACICIS also gratefully acknowledges the financial support it has received through the Australian Government’s New Colombo Plan Mobility Program, which has partially underwritten the development of ACICIS’ Public Health Study Tour through the provision of student mobility grants and has permitted the online delivery of this NCP project.
Selamat belajar VPHST students!