Dr. Kamalini Lokuge

Biography

Professor Kamalini Lokuge leads the Humanitarian Health Research Initiative at the Australian National University. Her team conducts operational research in partnership with communities and service providers to inform effective health service delivery and prevention. Her appointment at ANU allows her to link lessons learned from the field with traditional research activities to inform the evidence base aimed at achieving outcomes for people living in challenging circumstances. The Humanitarian Health Research Initiative emphasizes building sustainable capacity to respond to existing and future humanitarian challenges. As a public health physician and medical epidemiologist, Professor Lokuge has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières, the World Health Organization, and the International Committee of the Red Cross over the past 25 years in a range of humanitarian emergencies. She has advised both state and federal governments on responses to COVID-19 and served as a member of Australia’s National COVID-19 Health Research Advisory Committee from 2020 to 2021. She has received several awards for her work, including the Medal of the Order of Australia (2010) and the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (2019).

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