On the Interrelationship Between Global and Public Health and a Healthy Environment: A Discussion with Professor Linda Selvey
ABSTRACT Dr. Linda Selvey is currently associate professor in the School of Public Health at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. She is not only a renowned Public Health physician but also has a PhD in Immunology. Her remarkable career includes projects and campaigns around the globe, encompassin...
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doaj-337cd6053c39415db335adc1b51182e92020-11-25T02:08:50ZengUniversity of OttawaUniversity of Ottawa Journal of Medicine2292-650X2292-65182016-11-016210.18192/uojm.v6i2.1795On the Interrelationship Between Global and Public Health and a Healthy Environment: A Discussion with Professor Linda SelveyMaximilian Andreas Storz0Eric P Heymann1Saarland University, Medical Faculty, Homburg - GermanyMedical Doctor at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Notfallzentrum Inselspital Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandABSTRACT Dr. Linda Selvey is currently associate professor in the School of Public Health at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. She is not only a renowned Public Health physician but also has a PhD in Immunology. Her remarkable career includes projects and campaigns around the globe, encompassing countries such as Australia, Nepal, India, the Philippines and Liberia [1,2]. More recently, she was involved in the response to the Ebola epidemic and worked for the World Health Organization as a Field Coordinator for the Montserrado County in Liberia [3]. In the early 1980s she became an active environmentalist and is particularly passionate about climate change and its health implications. She has been involved in many environmental campaigns and between 2009 and 2011 she was CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Based on her huge experience in both global (and public) health and medicine, she often emphasizes on the strong links between environmentalism and health advocacy. These are going to be discussed in the interview below, including useful advice for medical students interested in global and public health. RÉSUMÉ Dre Linda Selvey travaille actuellement comme professeure agrégée au sein de l’École de santé publique de l’Université Curtin à Perth, en Australie. Détentrice d’un doctorat en immunologie, son travail en santé publique se distingue par de nombreux projets internationaux l’ayant menée dans divers pays, y compris l’Australie, le Népal, l’Inde et les Philippines. Elle a également récemment participé aux efforts de contrôle et d’éradication de l’Ebola au Liberia en tant que coordinatrice sur le terrain pour l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé [1-3]. Depuis les années 1980, Dre Selvey a une passion pour le changement climatique et ses effets parfois délétères sur l’homme et la santé publique. Cet intérêt s’est traduit entre autres par plusieurs campagnes pour l’environnement, allant jusqu’à siéger comme PDG de Greenpeace pour la région Australie Pacifique. S’établissant sur de longues années d’expérience, Dre Selvey préconise aujourd’hui une surveillance étroite entre la santé publique et l’environnement. C’est avec cela en tête que nous nous sommes entretenues avec Dre Selvey. Cet entretien comprend entre autres des recommandations pour les étudiants en médecine qui s’intéressent à la santé publique. https://uottawa.scholarsportal.info/ottawa/index.php/uojm-jmuo/article/view/1795InterviewGlobal HealthPublic HealthEnvironment |
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ABSTRACT
Dr. Linda Selvey is currently associate professor in the School of Public Health at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. She is not only a renowned Public Health physician but also has a PhD in Immunology. Her remarkable career includes projects and campaigns around the globe, encompassing countries such as Australia, Nepal, India, the Philippines and Liberia [1,2]. More recently, she was involved in the response to the Ebola epidemic and worked for the World Health Organization as a Field Coordinator for the Montserrado County in Liberia [3].
In the early 1980s she became an active environmentalist and is particularly passionate about climate change and its health implications. She has been involved in many environmental campaigns and between 2009 and 2011 she was CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Based on her huge experience in both global (and public) health and medicine, she often emphasizes on the strong links between environmentalism and health advocacy. These are going to be discussed in the interview below, including useful advice for medical students interested in global and public health.
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Dre Linda Selvey travaille actuellement comme professeure agrégée au sein de l’École de santé publique de l’Université Curtin à Perth, en Australie. Détentrice d’un doctorat en immunologie, son travail en santé publique se distingue par de nombreux projets internationaux l’ayant menée dans divers pays, y compris l’Australie, le Népal, l’Inde et les Philippines. Elle a également récemment participé aux efforts de contrôle et d’éradication de l’Ebola au Liberia en tant que coordinatrice sur le terrain pour l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé [1-3].
Depuis les années 1980, Dre Selvey a une passion pour le changement climatique et ses effets parfois délétères sur l’homme et la santé publique. Cet intérêt s’est traduit entre autres par plusieurs campagnes pour l’environnement, allant jusqu’à siéger comme PDG de Greenpeace pour la région Australie Pacifique. S’établissant sur de longues années d’expérience, Dre Selvey préconise aujourd’hui une surveillance étroite entre la santé publique et l’environnement. C’est avec cela en tête que nous nous sommes entretenues avec Dre Selvey. Cet entretien comprend entre autres des recommandations pour les étudiants en médecine qui s’intéressent à la santé publique.
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