Master of International Public Health
Yang Xinyu
Master of International Public Health Honours, 2006
“After graduation from University of Sydney in 2006, I was recruited by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), US, which is one of the largest NGO working on AIDS treatment and care globally. I took the position, China Program Coordinator, taking in charge of project management and coordination for AIDS treatment cooperation projects in Shanxi, Xinjiang and Guangxi provinces in China. The purpose of the projects is to build up affordable, sustainable and acceptable AIDS treatment model and improve the quality of lives to people living with HIV/AIDS in China. The main activities in AHF projects are clinical training program, opportunistic infection drug assistance, patient support and care, and education to general population. By the end of Sep, 2008, there were 1000 registered AIDS patients receiving medial service in AHF projects in China. The next step of the projects will extend our services to more provinces and carry out large-scale county level training program towards grass root health care providers. Moreover, AHF has been involved into Country Coordination Mechanism (CCM) in China and has built up collaboration partnership with Global Fund project in China.”
Nataly Bovopoulos
Master of International Public Health
Mental Health Promotion Manager
“I'm now working as a Mental Health Promotion Manager at the Mental Health Association NSW. This is a non-profit charity funded by NSW Health. My work involves activities such as coordinating state-wide public campaigns to increase mental health literacy and delivering workshops and seminars to build workforce capacity to promote positive mental health. The MIPH program helped me make the transition from working with psychology to working in public mental health. The course content opened my eyes completely and I met lecturers and students who were both knowledgeable and supportive of the career path I wanted to take.”
Megan Cox, Master of International Public Health
Master of International Public Health
“I graduated from Medicine in 1993 and did Emergency Medicine training. After some medical volunteer work in Southern Sudan and Tanzania I decided to do a part time MIPH at Sydney University. I continued to work overseas during my MIPH; establishing a "Casualty" and "acute medicine" training at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania. Currently I am back working as an Emergency Department Staff Specialist at St George Hospital, NSW and find that my MIPH has helped my developing and developed world experiences. I have improved my knowledge in many aspects of health, met contacts from all over the world, and look forward to further overseas work.”
Alex Rosewell
Master of International Public Health
“I'm currently working as an epidemiologist for the World Health Organisation in Papua New Guinea. The MIPH course gave me a good grounding in public health and the epidemiology and biostatistics components were particularly beneficial. I still keep in contact with many of my former classmates who are now living and working all around the world in Spain, Switzerland, Canada, Lesotho, Belize, Democratic Republic of Congo and more.”