Faith Alele is a medical doctor and a lecturer in the Discipline of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Faith received the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria and the Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine degree with distinction from James Cook University, Australia. She worked as a Public Health Clinician in a rural part of South Western Nigeria with extensive clinical experience in managing health conditions in tropical settings. She was also part of various projects focused on maternal and perinatal health, infectious diseases (Ebola, Lassa fever, and HIV/TB) and non-communicable diseases. She has vast research experience, which cuts across the fields of Public Health, Medical Education, Occupational Health and Exertional Heat Illness related research.

Faith teaches the courses “Epidemiology for Public Health and Health Professional Research” at JCU. She has been involved in many collaborative research projects, and she is the author and co-author of more than 30 peer-reviewed articles. Her main research interest includes communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases and neglected tropical diseases.

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, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Risk factors, Non-communicable disease epidemiology, Determinants of health

Experience

• 2020 to present - 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

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

Socio-Economic Objectives

• health (2099)

Awards

• 2017 - Top Australian Epidemiological Association student prize winner
• 2017 - Academic Medal (Recognition of Academic Excellence)
• 2016 to 2017 - Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine with Distinction

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

• Jhaveri D, Emeto T, Alele F, Strom A and Benham H (in press) Use of telemedicine for rheumatology practice in Queensland, Australia: experiences before and during the COVID?19 pandemic. Internal Medicine Journal,
• 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
• 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 (in press) A comprehensive study of the epidemiology of haematological malignancies in North Queensland. Internal Medicine Journal,
• 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).
• Malau-Aduli B, Alele F, Heggarty P, Reeve C and Teague P (2021) Key elements of effective postgraduate GP educational environments: a mixed methods study. BMJ Open, 11 (2).
• Akosah-Twumasi P, Alele F, Smith A, Emeto T, Lindsay D, Tsey K and Malau-Aduli B (2020) Prioritising family needs: a grounded theory of acculturation for sub-Saharan African migrant families in Australia. Social Sciences, 9 (2).
• Akosah-Twumasi P, Alele F, Emeto T, Lindsay D, Tsey K and Malau-Aduli B (2020) "Preparing them for the road": African migrant parents' perceptions of their role in their children's career decision-making. Education Science, 10 (5).
• Alele F, Malau-Aduli B, Malau-Aduli A and Crowe M (2020) Epidemiology of exertional heat illness in the military: a systematic review of observational studies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (19).

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 30+ research outputs authored by Ms Faith Alele from 2016 onwards.

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