Professor Dr. Alex Rosewell

Biography

Alex Rosewell is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of New South Wales. He graduated from the Australian Field Epidemiology Training Program and completed his PhD at UNSW with a focus on "Strengthening Disease Surveillance in Papua New Guinea." His work has involved the Emerging Diseases Surveillance and Response Team, providing him with extensive experience in infectious disease outbreak control, including cholera, ebola, shigellosis, measles, influenza, meningococcal disease, hepatitis E, and pertussis. Rosewell has substantial field experience with the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization in various countries including Papua New Guinea, Haiti, Nicaragua, India, Sierra Leone, Jordan, and the Philippines. He is passionate about health equity and believes Australia plays a prominent role in coordinating public health support during international health crises. Currently, he serves as the administrator for the Australian Outbreak Response Network and is the UNSW focal person for Global Outbreak Alert Response Network, actively involved in outbreak response and risk assessments. His research interests encompass operational research aimed at improving control of outbreak-prone diseases, particularly vaccine-preventable diseases, and the use of information communication technology to enhance health information systems.

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