By Mitchell Joyce-Griggs, Science Teacher

On Thursday the 29^th of February, the science faculty and Year 12 human biology students were fortunate to host Professor Hilary Bambrick, Director of the National College for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH) for a presentation and Q&A.

Professor Bambrick shared her extensive experience and areas of expertise in population health, environmental epidemiology, and the myriad influences and impacts of climate change on human health. Professor Bambrick also spoke of the many and varied opportunities for study with the NCEPH and ANU, ranging from Medicine and Public Health, to Applied Epidemiology. She also emphasised the increasingly important field of Health Economics.

Students had the opportunity to ask and submit questions for a question-and-answer session, in which they learned about the nature of epidemiology, the difficulties in, and importance of translating data into policy and political action, and what a ‘day in the life’ of an epidemiologist contains. Human biology teachers Miss Lauren Heyward and Mr Mitchell Joyce-Griggs were thrilled with the levels of student engagement and participation and would like to warmly thank Professor Bambrick for her visit.