Biography
Rob Moodie is the inaugural Chair of Global. He first worked in refugee health care in the Sudan and later for Congress, the Aboriginal community controlled health service in Central Australia. He was the inaugural Director of Country Support for UNAIDS in Geneva from 1995-98, and was CEO of VicHealth from 1998-2007. He chaired the National Preventative Health Taskforce from 2008-2011 and was a member of the Commission on AIDS in the Pacific. He chairs the technical advisory panel of Avahan, the Gates Foundation's HIV prevention program in India. He has particular interests in non–communicable diseases and HIV/AIDS and teaches a number of courses here and in Mozambique on public health leadership and health promotion. He has co-edited and co-authored 4 books including Promoting Mental Health, Hands on Health Promotion and his latest, Recipes for a Great Life written with Gabriel Gate.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
International Linkages
Languages
Languages
| Language |
Proficiency |
| French |
Speak, Read & Write |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery |
University of Melbourne |
31-Dec-1976 |
|
| Diploma in Obsterics and Gynaecology |
Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
31-Dec-1983 |
|
| Masters of Public Health in International Health |
Harvard University |
31-Dec-1991 |
|
| Diploma Tropical Medicine |
College de France |
01-Jun-1985 |
|
Memberships
| Membership Type |
Membership Body |
Description |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Member |
UNAIDS |
Working Group on Prevention |
01-Jan-2005 |
|
| Unspecified |
Gates Foundation |
Chair, Technical Advisory Pane- for AVAHAN |
01-Jan-2008 |
|
| Unspecified |
AusAID |
Chair, Program Coordinating Committee |
01-Jan-2008 |
|
| Member |
Asia Pacific Leadership Forum on HIV/AIDS |
Steering Committee |
01-Jan-2003 |
|
| Member |
Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) |
Board Member |
01-Jan-2007 |
|
| Unspecified |
Melbourne Storm Rugby League |
Chairman, Board of Directors |
01-Jul-2006 |
22-Jun-2010 |
| Unspecified |
UNAIDS Pacific Commission |
Acting Commissioner |
01-Jan-2008 |
24-Nov-2010 |
| Member |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Aid Advisory Council |
Member |
01-Jan-2002 |
30-Nov-2007 |
Fellowships
| Fellowship |
Date Awarded |
| Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) |
31-Dec-1986 |
| Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FFPHM) |
31-Dec-1990 |
| Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (FAIM) |
31-Dec-1999 |
Other Awards
| Award Type |
Awarding Body |
Comments |
Date Awarded |
| Prize |
Harvard School of Public Health |
Inaugral recipient Albert Schweitzer Prize |
01-Jan-1990 |
| Other (Award) |
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation |
Public Health Fellowship |
01-Jan-1990 |
| Scholarship |
Scotch College, Melbourne |
College Council Scholarship |
01-Jan-1966 |
| Prize |
Victiran Fathers Day Committee |
|
04-Sep-2005 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.
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