Dr Christopher Morgan is a paediatrician, research program manager and PhD student in the Melbourne Academic Centre. Chris’ work combines operational research, development projects, and global policy advice to the World Health Organization (WHO). His focus is on better health services for women and children in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Myanmar and similar resource-constrained settings. Chris is researching integration, testing whether the unparalleled reach of immunisation programs can be leveraged for a broader range of healthcare. He has worked on international health at the Burnet Institute since 2001, prior to which he spent eight years working in Nepal and China (Tibet).
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Key Achievements
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Chris has worked in international health development and research for over 25 years, including front-line work in rural hospitals and community health programs in Nepal and Tibet; grass-roots investigations in remote PNG; national policy and planning in China, PNG, and Myanmar; and strategising for global health development partners. He chairs the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee at WHO headquarters, Geneva. He is a principal for Immunization, Vaccines and Immunity at the Burnet Institute. Chris received the Cicely Williams medal for tropical paediatrics during studies in Liverpool in 1990, and was made Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Paediatrics) in 1991.
Publications
Research Groups
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Biggs Group
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Lab Team

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Dr Sarah Hanieh
Paediatrician and Early Career Research Fellow
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Dr Thach Tran
Early Career Research Fellow
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Christelle Buffet
Research Assistant (laboratory)
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Dr Nga Thi Hoang Nguyen
Research Assistant (epidemiology)
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Dr Amir Ansari
Honorary Fellow
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Beth Hilton Thorpe
International project administrator
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Christalla Hajisava
Administration support
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Dr Nadia Chaves
Infectious Diseases Physician and Refugee Health Fellow
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Dr Joanne Gardiner
GP and Refugee Health Fellow
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Dr Thomas Schulz
Infectious Diseases Physician and Refugee Health Fellow
Full University of Melbourne profile