Faith Alele is a Medical Doctor and an adjunct Senior Lecturer in Public Health at James Cook University. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs. She obtained her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree from Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria in 2010. She also earned her Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine degree with distinction (2017) and a PhD in Health (2022) from James Cook University (JCU), Australia. Dr Faith Alele worked as a Public Health Clinician in rural Southwestern Nigeria with extensive clinical experience in managing health conditions in tropical settings. She undertook various projects focused on maternal and perinatal health, infectious diseases (Ebola, Lassa fever, HIV/TB) and non-communicable diseases. Dr Faith Alele has vast research experience, which cuts across Public Health, Medical Education, Occupational Health and exceptional heat illness-related research.

Teaching: Dr Faith Alele has strong experience in teaching and curriculum development. She is passionate about improving students learning experiences and she has provided significant and innovative teaching leadership as the subject coordinator for Epidemiology in Public Health and Health Professional Research at JCU. As a testament to her innovative teaching, she was a recipient of the JCU 2022 Learning and Teaching Innovation grant.

Research: Dr Faith Alele’s research interests include infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, neglected tropical diseases, and digital health. She is a recipient of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) 2022 Early Career Grants Programme and has attracted $330,000 in research grants. She has over 45 impactful publications in peer-reviewed journals and also published a press book on research methods for undergraduatehealth profession students. She has been involved in the supervision of Honours (2), Masters (2) and PhD (2) students from diverse cultural backgrounds with timely completion.  Dr Alele is a member of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, the Association for Medical Education in Europe and the Australasian Epidemiological Association. She also serves as an editorial board member for different international journals.

Service and Engagement: Dr Faith Alele has numerous collaborations nationally and internationally. She served as the treasurer for the Early and Middle Career Researchers group at JCU between 2021 and 2022 and was also part of the working transition group in 2023. She also served as the Treasurer and Academic Liaison Officer for the Nigerian Community in Townsville, providing academic support for new and current students in the institution.

Current Projects

1. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Lassa fever and COVID-19 Co-infection among patients in Ondo State, Nigeria. Funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Grant - RSTMH’s 2022 Early Career Grants Programme.
2. Rural Generalists Perspectives on the Utility of Advanced Specialist Training. Funded by the Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine - Education Research Grant.
3. Retention of JCU basic medical sciences influence on entry knowledge testing and need for early educational intervention of post graduate GP registrars. Funded by the Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine - Education Research Grant

Teaching

• HS2402: Health Professional Research 1 (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• HS2405: Health Professional Research 2 (Level 2; TSV)
• HS3401: Health Professional Research 2 (Level 3; TSV)
• TM5515: Epidemiology for Public Health (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Research

• Communicable disease epidemiology
• Non-communicable disease epidemiology
• Infectious Diseases
• Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Determinants of health
• Health education

Experience

• 2023 to present - Senior Lecturer Public Health, University of the Sunshine Coast (Sippy Downs)
• 2023 to 2026 - Adjunct Senior Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2020 to 2023 - Lecturer, Epidemiology, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2019 to 2020 - Research Officer, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2018 to 2020 - Associate Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2017 to 2018 - Casual Academic (Teaching), James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2013 to 2018 - Medical Officer 1, Federal Medical Centre, Owo (Ondo State, Nigeria)
• 2016 to 2017 - Evaluation Officer, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2011 to 2012 - Medical Officer, Mararaba Gurku Medical Centre (Nassarawa, Nigeria)
• 2010 to 2011 - House Officer, Federal Medical Centre, Owo (Ondo State, Nigeria)

Research Disciplines

• Epidemiology (4202)
• Curriculum and pedagogy (3901)
• Health services and systems (4203)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Public health (2004)

Awards

• 2017 - Top Australian Epidemiological Association student prize winner
• 2017 - Academic Medal (Recognition of Academic Excellence)
• 2022 to 2023 - $10,000 - JCU Learning and Teaching Innovation Grant.
• 2016 to 2017 - Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine with Distinction

Fellowships

• 2022 to 2023 - £4,653.63 - RSTMH’s 2022 Early Career Grants Programme. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Lassa fever and COVID-19 Co-infection among patients in Ondo State, Nigeria. Funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Grant.

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Nath K, Boles R, Emeto T, Adegboye O, Castellanos M, Alele F, Pearce J, Ewart B, Ward K, Lai H, Morris E, Hodges G and Irving I (2023) A comprehensive study of the epidemiology of haematological malignancies in North Queensland. Internal Medicine Journal, 53 (4). pp. 540-549
• Rane B, Malau-Aduli B, Alele F and O'Brien C (2023) Prognostic Accuracy of Antenatal Doppler Ultrasound Measures in Predicting Adverse Perinatal Outcomes for Pregnancies Complicated by Diabetes: A Systematic Review. AJOG Global Reports, 3 (3).
• Alele F, Otto J, Malau-Aduli B and Malau-Aduli A (2022) Next Generation Sequencing of Genotype Variants and Genetic Association between Heat Shock Proteins HSPA1B Single Nucleotide Polymorphism at the g.31829044 Locus and Heat Tolerance: A Pilot Quasi-Experimental Study. Biomolecules, 12 (10).
• Jhaveri D, Emeto T, Alele F, Strom A and Benham H (2022) Use of telemedicine for rheumatology practice in Queensland, Australia: experiences before and during the COVID?19 pandemic. Internal Medicine Journal, 52 (10). pp. 1685-1690
• Malau-Aduli B, Jones K, Alele F, Adu M, Drovandi A, Knott G, Young L and Jo C (2022) Readiness to enter the workforce: perceptions of health professions students at a regional Australian university. BMC Medical Education, 22.
• Malau-Aduli B, Lee A, Alele F, Adu M, Drovandi A and Jones K (2022) Preclinical to clinical transition experiences of dental students at an Australian regional university. European Journal of Dental Education, 26 (1). pp. 182-196
• Sabu J, Zahid I, Jacob N, Alele F and Malau-Aduli B (2022) Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) Vaccine in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Vaccines, 10 (11).
• Stephen R, Alele F, Olumoh J, Tyndall J, Okeke M and Adegboye O (2022) The epidemiological trend of monkeypox and monkeypox-varicella zoster viruses co-infection in North-Eastern Nigeria. Frontiers in Public Health, 10.
• Alele F, Malau-Aduli B, Malau-Aduli A and Crowe M (2021) Haematological, biochemical and hormonal biomarkers of heat intolerance in military personnel. Biology, 10 (10).
• Alele F, Malau-Aduli B, Malau-Aduli A and Crowe M (2021) Individual anthropometric, aerobic capacity and demographic characteristics as predictors of heat intolerance in military populations. Medicina, 57 (2).
• Emeto T, Alele F and Ilesanmi O (2021) Evaluation of the effect of border closure on COVID-19 incidence rates across nine African countries: an interrupted time series study. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 115 (10). pp. 1174-1183
• Malau-Aduli B, Adu M, Alele F, Jones K, Drovandi A, Mylrea M, Sfera K, Ross S and Jennings E (2021) Adjusting to university: perceptions of first-year health professions students. Public Library of Science ONE, 16 (5).

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 38+ research outputs authored by Dr Faith Alele from 2016 onwards.

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Current

• Geospatial Machine Learning for Small Area Estimation in Public Health (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
• Investigating the impact of Cognitive Load on Simulated Patients during high stakes OSCEs and its effect on Assessment of Medical Students' performance (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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