Dr Samantha Colquhoun
Areas of expertise
- Public Health And Health Services 1117
- Health Information Systems (Incl. Surveillance) 111711
- Infectious Diseases 110309
- Epidemiology 111706
- Pacific Peoples Health 111715
- Community Child Health 111704
Research interests
- Emerging diseases
- Health security
- Tuberculosis
- Maternal Child Health
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Immunisation research and EPI
- Scabies
- Health System Stregthening
- Health workforce
Biography
Samantha is an epidemiologist and international health researcher with over 20 years’ experience in operational and clinical health research in low and middle income countries. Her work has primarily focused the delivery of maternal and child health services to vulnerable populations, the epidemiology and management of rheumatic heart disease in the Pacific, drug-resistant tuberculosis, vaccine delivery and health system strengthening.
Prior to joining NCEPH Sam has held roles in programme management and research in the Pacific and Papua New Guinea. Sam has worked extensively as a consultant in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
Sam joined ANU in March 2019 as a Research Fellow with NCEPH, working on a variety of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Response projects. She is currently a Fellow on the ASEAN Scholars program for the Masters of Epidemiology, supervising 3 students from Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. Her research focuses on food safety and infant and child malnutrition and infection in Timor-Leste and emergency health workforce stregthening in the Pacific and South East Asia.
Researcher's projects
- Stunting and gastrointestinal infections in infants in Timor-Leste: A pilot study (Secondary Investigator)
- ASEAN MAE Scholars Program
- Integrated Systems for Epidemic Response (ISER CRE)
- NHMRC End RHD CRE associate investigator (completed)
- Public Health risk factors for hypernatraemic dehydration of infants in Timor-Leste
Available student projects
Systematic review of malnutrition risk factors in the first 1000 days of life in Timor-Leste
Pacific Islands regional review of Rheumatic Heart Disease in pregnancy
Current student projects
Global review of Tuberculosis in pregnancy clinical guidelines and protocols- Med Student project
Models of care for patients with drug-resistance tuberculosis in low- and middle income countries.- Dr Kudakwashe Chani PhD Scholar
Field emergenct epidemiology health workforce system strengthening- Amy Parry PhD scholar
Investigation of risk factors related to forumula feeding in Timor-Leste- SORT-IT student project Almerio Moniz
Evaluation of meningitis/encephalitis syndrromic surviellence in Timor-Leste- SORT-IT student project Adelio Miguel
Publications
- Franklin, R, Peden, A, Hamilton, E et al. 2020, 'The burden of unintentional drowning: Global, regional and national estimates of mortality from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study [IN PRESS]', Injury Prevention, vol. online.
- James, S, Castle, C, Dingels, Z et al. 2020, 'Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017', Injury Prevention, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 96-114.
- Wyber, R, Boyd, B, Colquhoun, S et al. 2016, 'Preliminary consultation on preferred product characteristics of benzathine penicillin G for secondary prophylaxis of rheumatic fever', Drug Delivery and Translational Research, vol. 6, pp. 572-578.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Strengthening Preparedness in the Asia-Pacific Region through Knowledge (SPARK) (Secondary Investigator)
- A systematic review of publications to identify the burden and types of disabilities associated with TB disease (Primary Investigator)
