Dr Louise Causer
Senior Lecturer and NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Public Health Interventions Research Program and Surveillance Evaluation and Research Program, Kirby Institute
Louise Causer (MBBS, MScPH, DTM&H, PhD) is a medical epidemiologist and senior lecturer at The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney. Louise has a long standing interest in the field of infectious diseases. Her focus in recent years has been on STIs, including syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhoea and the impact of integrating and scale up of point-of-care tests in remote communities across Australia, Papua New Guinea and other resource limited settings. Since March, Louise has been dedicated to projects supporting the public health response to COVID-19, with a focus on priority populations including healthcare workers and remote Aboriginal communities.
Prior to joining UNSW, Louise held positions as a medical epidemiologist and Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and medical officer to the Polio Eradication program at the World Health Organisation. Louise completed her clinical training with positions in Australia and USA.
