Tammy is an experienced public health practitioner, researcher and dedicated educator. She has worked in the public health field for over 20 years with a specific focus on behavioural and social science in public health and tropical medicine.

Recent consultancies/working groups/advisory roles

2021- Current, Member WHO Technical Advisory Group - Arbovirus,  assisting the rollout of the new Global Arbovirus Initiative. https://www.who.int/groups/technical-advisory-group-arbovirus-(tag-arbovirus)/about

2015-2021 Research Consultant & Temporary Advisor, WHO EOC-NET

2021 Chief Investigator, EOC global cross sectional survey 

2021/2022 co-contributor update of WHO Framework for a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre 2nd Edition (yet to be published)

2015-2019 Advisor 7x WHO EOC-NET Meetings (6x Geneva and Thailand)

2015 Co-contributor WHO Best Practice Guidelines Framework for Public Health Emergency Operation Centre 2015

Handbook for developing a public health emergency operations centre, Part  A – policies, plans, procedures, & part C – training and exercise; WHO Systematic Review of Public Health Emergency Operation Plans and Procedures             

Recent presentations/guest speaker invitations

2023 - Invited speaker 'Communication for Behavioural Impact in Dengue Fever Outbreak Response'. WHO-SEARO Webinar Series on Dengue Outbreak Control in the South-East Asia Region.

2023 - Invited speaker. ‘Best practice community engagement in Arbovirus control in the Asia-Pacific Region’. WHO TAG Arbovirus Meeting, Ghana.

2023 - Oral Presentation - Factors influencing community participation approaches in Aedes management in the Torres Strait, 15th Mosquito Control Association of Australia Conference, Brisbane

2023 - Poster Presentation - Aedes mosquito management in the Torres Strait: what is impeding a community-based model of practice? 2nd Annual Southern Cross Tropical Medicine Conference, Sydney, Australia.

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, Australia 

2019 -  Poster Presentation‘Gaps and Opportunities in EOC Research’, WHO Health Emergency Operation Centres Network Meeting, Chiang Mai, Thailand 

2019 - Invited Panel Chair Emergency Operations Centers, Research and Innovation, WHO Health Emergency Operation Centres Network Meeting, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2019 - Allen, T, Crouch, A, Topp, SM. Mosquito-borne disease and community engagement in high-income countries: scoping review. Global Health Security Conference. Sydney, Australia (Poster Presentation)

2017 - Invited Speaker, ‘Community Engagement and Risk Communication' Health and Humanitarian Action in Emergencies Course, Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, Hawaii (held in Cairns)

2016 - Invited Expert, Asia-Europe Foundation and European Centre Disease Control: How can we better prepared for the next global health threat: planning & implementing risk communication. Stockholm, Sweden.

2014 - Spencer, R, Allen, T. ‘Systematic Review of PHEOC Plans and Procedures’, First Public Health Emergency Operation Centre Framework Meeting, WHO, Geneva (Oral Presentation).

2014 - Spencer, R. Allen, T. Using a disaster management system to respond to public health emergencies, Australasian Tropical Health Conference, Cairns, Australia (Oral Presentation)

2011 - Allen, T. Long, S. Dengue Fever Social Mobilisation Pilot Project, Australian Health Promotion Association Conference, Cairns, Australia.

Recent Awards

2020 - Team Lead, JCU Citation Teaching Award  

2017 - First Author, Best Paper: Journal of Tropical Medicine and Health : Impact of the Lymphatic Filariasis Control Program towards elimination of filariasis in Vanuatu: 1997-2006.

Teaching

• HS2406: Health Promotion in Dentistry (Level 2; CNS)
• TM5525: Communicable Disease Control (Level 5; TSV)
• TM5547: Public Health Program Planning and Evaluation (Level 5; CNS)

Interests

Research

• Mosquito borne disease, community engagement
• Public Health Emergency Operation Centres

Research Disciplines

• Public health (4206)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Public health (2004)

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 2023 - 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

• 2022 - Public Health Program Planning and Evaluation Masterclass
• 2018 - Teaching Consultancy: Deadly Sex Project Planning Workshop
• 2016 - Teaching Consultancy: Health Promotion 5 Day Short Course

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

• Allen T, Crouch A, Russell T and Topp S (2023) Factors influencing the community participation approaches used in Aedes mosquito management in the Torres Strait, Australia. BMC Public Health, 23.
• Allen T and Spencer R (2023) Barriers and Enablers to Using an Emergency Operations Center in Public Health Emergency Management: A Scoping Review. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 17 (11).
• Allen T, O'Loughlin M and Croker F (2022) Teaching health promotion competencies in undergraduate dentistry training: A unique pedagogical approach. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33 (S1). pp. 35-38
• Allen T, Crouch A and Topp S (2021) Community participation and empowerment approaches to Aedes mosquito management in high-income countries: a scoping review. Health Promotion International, 36 (2). pp. 505-523
• Stevenson L, Allen T, Mendez D, Sellars D and Gould G (2020) Is open defaecation in outdoor recreation and camping areas a public health issue in Australia? A literature review. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 31 (3). pp. 525-532
• Allen T, Taleo F, Graves P, Wood P, Taleo G, Baker M, Bradley M and Ichimori K (2017) Impact of the Lymphatic Filariasis Control Program towards elimination of filariasis in Vanuatu, 1997-2006. Tropical Medicine and Health, 45 (8). pp. 1-11

Other research outputs

• Allen T, Topp S and Crouch A (2019) Mosquito-borne disease and community engagement in high-income countries: scoping review. [Presented at Global Health Security 2019]. 18-20 June 2019, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Allen T, Furler D, Drury L, Pinese C and Singh H (2016) Barriers and enablers to conducting health promotion in private dental practice. [Presented at the 23rd National Conference of the Australian Health Promotion Association]. 19-22 June 2016, Perth, WA, Australia
• Spencer R, Allen T, Sellars D, Ryan B, Banner G, Aimers B, Leggat P, Franklin R, Zhang H, Du P, Chen T, Liu Y, Yang R, Chen J, Li Q, Ni D, Sun H, Niu Y, Liao K, Wu H, Wang C, Wang Y, Efstathiou P, Mandi P, Agrafa I, Karyoti V, Andreou S, Lipskiy N, Tuten D, Tyson J, Burkholder J, Rzeszotarski P, Abernathy R, Li J, Krishnamurthy R, Sergienko E, Cox P, Xu Z, Markoff J and Chungong S (2015) Summary report of systematic reviews for public health emergency operations centres. Plans and procedures; communication technology and infrastructure; minimum datasets and standards; training and exercises. WHO Press, Geneva, Switzerland [Report]

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