Dr. Andrew Vallely

Biography

Andrew Vallely is a medically-trained clinical epidemiologist with over 30 years of experience working and living in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and the Asia Pacific region. He is the Head of the Asia Pacific Health Program at the Kirby Institute, Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney. In 2007, he co-established an international collaborative research group focusing on sexual reproductive health in Papua New Guinea. Vallely served as the Deputy Director of the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research from 2010 to 2015. He has led significant field trials, including the HPV-STAT trial, which investigated point-of-care HPV self-collection and screening methods, and the WANTAIM trial for antenatal point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted infections to improve birth outcomes. He is also involved in leadership within several programs aimed at eliminating cervical cancer across the Western Pacific region, coordinating substantial investments for cervical cancer elimination initiatives across twelve Asia-Pacific countries.

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