Dr. James Trauer

Biography

Associate Professor James Trauer is a respiratory, sleep, and public health physician, leading the Epidemiological Modelling Unit at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. His recent work has focused on COVID-19, where he collaborates closely with the World Health Organization in the Western Pacific and South East Asia regions. His team has developed a modular platform to assist member states in epidemiological modelling for pandemic control, involving countries like the Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Notably, during the COVID-19 wave between 2020 and 2021, his team provided critical modelling support to the Victorian Department of Health during the Delta outbreak. In recognition of his contributions, Trauer received the Victorian Tall Poppy award and the Western Pacific Innovation Challenge award. His methodological expertise encompasses deterministic and stochastic modelling, agent-based simulations, applied mathematics, Bayesian inference, statistics, epidemiology, and software engineering. Prior to 2020, his work concentrated on tuberculosis epidemiology, supported by the Global Fund and various national programs. Trauer has been a key figure in the TB Modelling Analysis Consortium and works as a clinician in the Victorian Cystic Fibrosis Service. His research interests align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in public health and infectious diseases.

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