Student projects
See the work of our past and current students during their time with IDIE.
Active Projects
- Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of measles vaccination strategies for children in low income settings (Kiddus Kehali, PhD, co-supervision)
- How the securitisation of health issues influences international, national, and sub-national decision-making (Delaram, Akhavein, PhD, co-supervision)
- Prevalence of infectious disease and risk factors in Agricultural Sector: A study of Indigenous Populations in South Odisha, India (Ghenu Khillo, PhD)
- Exploring the role of religious leaders in routine immunisation in Indonesia (Adeline Tinessia, PhD, co-Supervision)
Past Projects:
- What immunisation data matters most in the Pacific? (Cyra Patel, PhD)
- Varicella Outbreaks in Healthcare Workers: A Scoping Review (Michelle Lynch, MGH)
- Distribution of partially and unvaccinated children aged 2-24 months between urban and rural settings of Central Java and West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia (Amy Weaver, MGH)
- Applied Epidemiology in NSW (Zoe Baldwin, MAE)
- Machine learning interrogation to clinical (pathology) data for hepatitis B virus diagnosis (Busayo Ajuwon, PhD)
Student updates
Under One Roof: Housing Insecurity, Cultural Diversity, and Emergency Health Responses in Australia
Zoe Zucker is a junior student at Boston University. She interned at IDIE for a semester in 2025, where she researched on intersectionality during Australia's COVID-19 response. Read more of her work below The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a need to reexamine the...
Olivia Cheung’s internship at IDIE
As part of my second summer in the Laidlaw Leadership and Research Program, I joined the Infectious Diseases, Immunizations, and Emergencies (IDIE) research group based at the Sydney School of Public Health, the University of Sydney, Australia as a student researcher....
Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks Among Healthcare Workers: A Scoping Review
Outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) in health care workers (HCWs) can result in morbidity and mortality and cause significant disruptions to health care services, patients and visitors as well as an added burden on the health system. Our recently...
Using digital tools to strengthen immunisation system in Vanuatu
Cyra Patel spent two weeks in March 2024 to speak with stakeholders for her PhD project on how technological innovations can strengthen immunisation systems. An electronic immunisation register was used for the first time in Vanuatu for the COVID-19 vaccination....