About

Tammy is a practitioner and academic with over 20 years experience in the public health field. She has experience coordinating public health programs in culturally and geographically diverse communities in Western Australia, Western Samoa, and north Queensland. Her research interests focus on two key areas - community-based Aedes mosquito management, and strengthening health systems to respond to public health emergencies. She was the health promotion advisor in the first emergency operation centre established in Queensland to respond to a large dengue fever outbreak in north Queensland (2008-2009). She has been recognised globally for her knowledge in both these areas. In 2015, she was part of team consulted by the World Health Organization to conduct research informing the development of the WHO best practice guidelines- Framework for a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre. In 2021, she led the research underpinning the updating of this Framework - exploring the barriers, enablers and challenges of using a PHEOC to respond to PHEs including COVID-19 and was also part of the writing team.

In 2021, Tammy was selected to be part of the World Health Organization's new Technical Advisory Group for Arboviruses, to assist with the implementation of a new Global Integrated Arbovirus Initiative - https://www.who.int/groups/technical-advisory-group-arbovirus-(tag-arbovirus)/about

 

Teaching
  • HS2406: Health Promotion in Dentistry (Level 2; CNS)
  • TM5525: Communicable Disease Control (Level 5; TSV)
Interests
Research
  • Mosquito borne disease, community engagement
  • Public Health Emergency Operation Centres
Research Disciplines
Socio-Economic Objectives
Honours
Awards
  • 2020 - 2020 JCU Citation Award : Connecting oral health promotion theory to practice: enhancing dentistry student learning through authentic, real-world experience and collaborative, inspirational teaching.
  • 2017 - Best Paper 2017 - Journal of Tropical Medicine and Health : Impact of the Lymphatic Filariasis Control Program towards elimination of filariasis in Vanuatu: 1997-2006.
Memberships
  • 2017 to 2021 - WHO Collaborating Centre for Vector-borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • 2014 to 2021 - WHO EOC-Network Member, WHO advisor/consultant
  • 2015 to 2019 - Public Health Association of Australia, Oral Health Working Group; Queensland Representative (2016&2017)
  • 2016 to 2017 - Australian Health Promotion Association Member
Other
  • 2020: Research Consultancy - Chief Investigator World Health Organisation, Contribution, enablers and challenges of using an Emergency Operation Center in Public Health Emergency
  • 2021: Research Consultancy - Chief Investigator World Health Organisation, Cross sectional survey exploring key shortcomings and opportunities to improve the WHO Framework for a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre
  • 2021 - Poster Presentation: The buzz factors influencing community engagement in Aedes aegypti management in north Queensland. Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service Symposium, Cairns.
  • 2021 - Oral Presentation: The buzz factors influencing community engagement in Aedes aegypti management in north Queensland. Australian Mosquito Association Conference
  • 2019 - Poster Presentation - EOC Research Gaps and Opportunities @ EOC-Network Annual General Meeting
  • 2018 - Teaching Consultancy: Deadly Sex Project Planning Workshop
  • 2016 - Teaching Consultancy: Health Promotion 5 Day Short Course
  • 2015 - Co-Chief Investigator: WHO Summary Report and Glossary.
  • 2014 - Co-Investigator: WHO Systematic Review of Public Health Emergency Center Policy, Plans and Procedures. Contract funding
  • 2014 - Australasian Tropical Health Conference, Cairns. Presentation : Using a disaster management system to respond to public health emergencies
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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) - ASEAN-Pacific Infectious Disease Detection and Response (APIDDaR) Program

Securing the frontline for health secure communities

Indicative Funding
$795,776 over 3 years (administered by Red Cross Australia)
Summary
The aim is to build capacity to detect/respond to infectious disease outbreaks through frontline public health (human and animal) workforce which includes community members, volunteers, community health workers, environmental health workers, biosecurity and environmental officers and primary health care staff. This will be achieved through: Strengthened capability at community/primary care levels to anticipate outbreaks; Improved response at early stages of potential outbreaks; A quality timely and thorough response to outbreaks at the frontline level ; An operational learning and feedback process for continued improvement and currency of detection of and response to infectious diseases outbreaks.
Investigators
Maxine Whittaker, Lisa Natoli, Allen Ross, Effie Espino, Lars Henning, Sarah Larkins, Sarah-Jane Wilson, Sandra Downing, Tammy Allen, Mahmudur Rahman, Sayera Banu, Nadia Ali Rima, Asharul Islam, Sukanta Chowdhury, Syed Moinuddin Satter and Veronica Bell (College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences, Red Cross Australia, Icddr,b, Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, College of Medicine & Dentistry and Australian Research Centre for Medical Engineering (UWA))
Keywords
Health security; Infectious Diseases; Surveillance Systems; Community Engagement; One Health; Health workforce development
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