GCRF blue communities

The title of the project is “GCRF Building capacity for planning for sustainable interactions with coastal ecosystems for health, wellbeing, food, and livelihoods.” The project is focused on building capacity for marine planning in South East Asia coastal communities. It is led by Professor Melanie C Austen from Plymouth Marine

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Teaching and Learning Webinar

Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health and the Queensland University of Technology present the first in a series of Webinars featuring highlights from teaching and research by academics in Public Health in the Asia Pacific region. This webinar will be presented by Dr. Julie-Anne Carroll, Lecturer, School of Public Health

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Election of Office Bearers for 2017

Dear APACPH Members, Nominations for office-bearing positions of APACPH are now closed. The following nominations have been received: PRESIDENT-ELECTDr Low Wah Yun, University of Malaya1st VICE PRESIDENTDr Chia Kee Seng, National University of Singapore Dr Indika Karunatilake, University of Colombo2nd VICE PRESIDENTNo NominationSECRETARY-GENERALDr Bruce Maycock, Curtin University For those attending the

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APACPH Executive Council Member 2017

President : Dr. Masamine Jimba President Elect : Dr. Low Wah Yun Vice President 1 : Dr. Chia Kee Seng Vice President 2 : (vacant) Secretary-General : Dr. Bruce Maycock Vice President Admin : Dr. Maznah Dahlui Vice President Finance : Dr. Hung Yi Chiou Regional Director, Tokyo : Dr.

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Do red Smarties make you happier? New study published in APJPH describes a fun method to learn about clinical study design

A clinical trial to assess the effect of red smarties was used as an active learning approach to epidemiology and critical appraisal; concepts students and health professional often find ‘dull’ and ‘boring’. A bowl of yellow, green, and orange, hard chocolate covered candies. Shot from above on a blue background.

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49th APACPH Conference Promotional Video

The organised of the 49th Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health Conference has just released a video to promote the upcoming event. The conference will be held from 17-19 August 2017 in Yonsei University International Campus. The theme for the conference is “The Age of Shifting Paradigm SDGs, New Approach

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