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Tarun Weeramanthri Am
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Member, Governing Council
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May 2022 - Present
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Board Member
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Dec 2023 - Present
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President
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Oct 2020 - Present
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Deputy Chair
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Jul 2020 - Present
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Committee Member, Clinical Governance Advisory Committee
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May 2020 - Present
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Chair, Health Promotion Research Assessment Committee
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Oct 2020 - Present
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Chair, Advisory Board, School of Population and Global Health
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2018 - Present
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Medical sector representative, International Humanitarian Law Advisory Committee, WA Branch
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2018 - Present
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Tarun Weeramanthri Consulting
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Perth, Australia
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Consultant
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Oct 2018 - Present
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Perth, Australia
Independent consulting in public health
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Advisory Board Member
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2022 - Present
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Advisory Group
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Nov 2022 - Dec 2023
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Expert Panel Member, COVID-19 Continuous Improvement
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Sep 2020 - Dec 2020
Part of three member expert panel advising WA public sector on continuous improvement for COVID-19 response, focusing initially on sector-specific outbreak plans.
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Expert Panel Member, National Contact Tracing Review
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Oct 2020 - Nov 2020
Panel chaired by Dr Alan Finkel, Chief Scientist. Review commissioned and report endorsed by National Cabinet.
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Special Advisor, COVID-19 Public Health Incident Management Team
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Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
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Department of the Premier and Cabinet of WA
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Special Advisor - Health, Pandemic Coordination Unit
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Mar 2020 - Jun 2020
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Provide expert advice and information to WA state government in the area of public health, and translate COVID-19 related decisions to support external stakeholder engagement
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Lead Inquirer, Climate Health WA Inquiry
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Apr 2019 - Apr 2020
This was the first statutory inquiry into impacts of climate change on health anywhere in the world. Released in 2020, still relevant today.
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Australia
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Assistant Director General, Public and Aboriginal Health Division
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Sep 2017 - Oct 2018
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Chief Health Officer
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2008 - Oct 2018
Led introduction of new Public Health Act 2016, replacing Health Act 1911Diverse legislative responsibilities under Public Health Act, Poisons Act etcLeadership in public health in Western AustraliaPublic communication and media spokespersonProvides reports on health of population of WA, and areas for health gain
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Executive Director, Public Health and Clinical Services Division
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Feb 2008 - Mar 2015
Lead statewide Public Health and Clinical Services Division in policy, planning, and professional and public education.Contribute to Departmental senior executive team.Manage 240 employees.Encourage system wide innovation to drive health gains for the population.
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Department of Health, Government of Western Australia
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Perth, Australia
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Assistant Director General, Public Health
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Mar 2015 - Oct 2018
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Perth, Australia
Leadership in public health in Western AustraliaDiverse legislative responsibilities under Health Act, Poisons Act etcPublic communication and media spokespersonProvides reports on health of population of WA, and areas for health gain
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Chair, Health Program Board
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Jan 2010 - Jun 2018
Promote spatial enablement of the health sector
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Chief Health Officer
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2004 - 2008
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Darwin
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Community Physician, Centre for Disease Control
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1996 - 2003
Leading role in the development of the NT Preventable Chronic Disease Strategy, the first integrated approach to common chronic diseases in Australia, and the forerunner of similar policies in other states and nationally. Established Non-Communicable Diseases and Injury Prevention Branch within NT Centre for Disease Control, which previously had focused exclusively on communicable diseases.
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Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin
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Darwin, Australia
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Research Fellow
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1991 - 1995
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Darwin, Australia
Detailed body of work on premature adult Aboriginal mortality, including first and only published cause of death validation study, public health audit and examination of coronial system in the NT.
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Education
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1991 - 1995Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Social Medicine -
1991 - 1995
University of Sydney
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Social Medicine -
1986 - 1986
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London
Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Tropical Medicine -
1978 - 1983
University of Western Australia
MBBS, Medicine -
1977 - 1977
Aquinas College, Perth
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1967 - 1976
St Benedict's School, Ealing, UK
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