About the International Public Health Unit

The International Public Health Unit (IPHU) comprises a team of researchers and support staff from Monash University (Australia, Malaysia and South Africa campuses). The Unit works to develop research, education and capacity-building programs that improve health and well-being in relation to the origins, prevention and management of non-communicable diseases (principally cardiovascular diseases and Type-2 Diabetes) in low-, middle- and high-income countries. The WHO's First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and NonCommunicable Disease Control held recently in Moscow declared that NCD's are the leading causes of preventable morbidity and disability, and currently cause over 60% of global deaths, 80% of which occur in devloping countries.  They estimate that by 2030, NCDs will contribute to 75% of global deaths.

The IPHU is headed by Brian Oldenburg (PhD) who is Professor of International Public Health and Associate Dean (Global Health and International Campuses).

The major research areas of the unit are:

•    Prevention and Management of Non-Communicable Disease
•    Information and Communications Technology to Improve Health
•    Health and Wellbeing of Indigenous Populations
•    Life Course Metabolic and Circularity Health
•    Policy Development, Evaluation and Implementation