Dr Samantha Colquhoun

Contacts

Contact email:Samantha.Colquhoun@anu.edu.au
Contact phone:+61 2 6125 2133
Location:Room 2.19, Building 62
Centre:Centre of Epidemiology for Policy and Practice
Centre:Department of Applied Epidemiology
Link:ANU Researchers profile
RN, BAHons, Latrobe University, MPH (International Health), University of Melbourne, PhD, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University
Fellow

Biography

Samantha is an epidemiologist and international health researcher with 25 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 clinical trials, Maternal and Child Health 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 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 students from Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar. Her research program focuses on food safety and infant and child malnutrition and infection in Timor-Leste and field epidemiology workforce strengthening in the Pacific and South East Asia.

Research

Research interests

  • Emerging diseases
  • Health security
  • Tuberculosis
  • Maternal Child Health
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease
  • Immunisation research and EPI
  • Health System Stregthening
  • Health workforce
  • Public Health emergency response

Groups

Projects

Publications

  • Parry, A, Kirk, M, Colquhoun, S et al. 2022, 'Leadership, politics, and communication: challenges of the epidemiology workforce during emergency response', Human Resources for Health, vol. 20, no. 1.
  • Parry, A, Law, C, Pourmarzi, D et al. 2022, 'Contribution of the Australian field epidemiology training workforce to the COVID-19 response, 2020', Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 1-5.
  • Pham, T, Hoang, T, Quach, H et al. 2021, 'Timeliness of contact tracing among flight passengers during the COVID-19 epidemic in Vietnam', BMC Infectious Diseases, vol. 21, no. 1.
  • Parry, A, Colquhoun, S, Brownbill, A et al. 2021, 'Navigating Uncertainty: Evaluation of a COVID-19 Surge Workforce Support Program, Australia 2020-2021', Global Biosecurity, vol. 3, no. 1.
  • Parry, A, Colquhoun, S, Field, E et al. 2021, 'How can we better support the public health emergency response workforce during crises?', Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, vol. 12, no. 4.
  • Parry, A, Kirk, M, Durrheim, D et al. 2021, 'Emergency response and the need for collective competence in epidemiological teams', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 99, no. 5, pp. 351-358.
  • Alene, K, Wangdi, K, Colquhoun, S et al. 2021, 'Tuberculosis related disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis', BMC Medicine, vol. 19, no. 1.
  • Parry, A, Kirk, M, Durrheim, D et al. 2021, 'Shaping applied epidemiology workforce training to strengthen emergency response: a global survey of applied epidemiologists, 2019-2020', Human Resources for Health, vol. 19, no. 58.
  • 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', 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.
  • Alene, K & Colquhoun, S 2017, 'Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016', The Lancet, vol. 390, no. 10100, pp. 1084-1150.
  • Engelman, D, Kee, M, Mataika, R et al. 2017, 'Secondary prevention for screening detected rheumatic heart disease: Opportunities to improve adherence', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 111, no. 4, pp. 154-162.
  • Engelman, D, Kado, J, Remenyi, B et al. 2016, 'Focused cardiac ultrasound screening for rheumatic heart disease by briefly trained health workers: A study of diagnostic accuracy', The Lancet Global Health, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. e386-e394.
  • Wang, H, Coates, M, Coggeshall, M et al. 2016, 'Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015', Lancet, The (UK edition), vol. 388, no. 10053, pp. 1725-1774.
  • Engelman, D, Wheaton, G, Mataika, R et al. 2016, 'Screening-detected rheumatic heart disease can progress to severe disease', Heart Asia, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 67-73.
  • 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.
  • Vos, T, Allen, C, Arora, M et al. 2016, 'Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015', Lancet, The (UK edition), vol. 388, no. 10053, pp. 1545-1602.
  • Wang, H, Naghavi, M, Allen, C et al. 2016, 'Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015', Lancet, The (UK edition), vol. 388, no. 10053, pp. 1459-1544.
  • Kassebaum, N, Barber, R, Dandona, L et al. 2016, 'Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015', Lancet, The (UK edition), vol. 388, no. 10053, pp. 1775-1812.
  • Engelman, D, Kado, J, Remenyi, B et al. 2016, 'Screening for rheumatic heart disease: Quality and agreement of focused cardiac ultrasound by briefly trained health workers', BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, vol. 16, no. 1.
  • Murray, L, Barber, R, Foreman, K et al. 2015, 'Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: Quantifying the epidemiological transition', Lancet, The (UK edition), vol. 386, no. 10009, pp. 2145-2191.
  • Vos, T, Barber, R, Bell, B et al. 2015, 'Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013', Lancet, The (UK edition), vol. 386, no. 9995, pp. 743-800.
  • Naghavi, M, Wang, H, Lozano, R et al. 2015, 'Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013', Lancet, The (UK edition), vol. 385, no. 9963, pp. 117-171.