Dr Davoud Pourmarzi

I am an epidemiologist with an interest in evidence-based disease prevention and control programs. My research examines the effectiveness and acceptability of disease prevention and control programs and strategies. I have worked for over 12 years in the areas of primary health care delivery and disease prevention and control program management. I am a Curriculum Convenor for the MAE Program and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and have extensive experience in teaching and learning leadership in tertiary education in public health areas. I am a Co-Chair for the Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA) and the Australasian Epidemiological Association (AEA) Network for Designing Learning in Epidemiology (CALDLE).

My students are saying I help them to learn. In 2022 and 2023, I received the College of Health and Medicine Dean’s Commendation for Excellence in Education for Excellence in Supervision. These are what my students said about me:

"Davoud has a strong adherence to ethical standards that he imparts to his students and ensures high-quality reputable research. Davoud provides outstanding support for his students through regular meetings, valuable timely feedback, and maintaining a flexible empathetic approach for students experiencing hardships or complex needs."

"Davoud exemplifies excellence in supervision.  He provided me with a constant trickle of constructive advice that, rather than steering my MAE journey in any particular direction, watered the seeds of thought that allowed me to find the path myself."

BSc (Pub Hlth), MSc (Epi), PhD, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

- Diseases Prevention and Control Programs

- Sexual Health

- Blood-borne Viruses

- Migrants' Health

- Applied Epidemiology

Available student projects

• Barriers to and enablers of participating in the Bowel Cancer Screening. This project is open to Bachelor, Honours, Masters and PhD / MPhil students.
• Understanding perceived information needs and information gathering capacity about cancer screening programs among migrants. This project is open to Bachelor, Honours, Masters and PhD / MPhil students.
• Elimination of viral hepatitis viruses as a public health threat among migrants in Australia. This project is open to Bachelor, Honours, Masters and PhD / MPhil students.

• Applied Epidemiology in a multicultural society

If you think I am the right person to support your study please do not hesitate to contact me. I am also open to new ideas. I prefer students' projects to be in the areas of migrants' health, sexual health and applied epidemiology (work of epidemiologists at Health Departments or Public Health Units).

Past student projects

Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology)

Applied Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases in the Australian Capital Territory. 

Applied Epidemiology in Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health in the Australian Capital Territory. (Associate supervisor)

Water, wastewater, vaccines and priority populations: Field epidemiology in Victoria, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021-2022).

From Drug Resistance to Donuts: Applied Epidemiology in the Australian Capital Territory 

Health, Healing and Empowerment. Epidemiology for community policy makers. 

Applied Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases in Australia. 

Investigating vaccine preventable diseases and the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Applied Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases. 

PhD: Investigating mental health outcome and social functioning in ecstasy and methamphetamine users: analysis of a seven-year longitudinal study. School of Public Health, UQ. (Associate Supervisor)

Honours: Injecting drug use opportunities and reasons for choosing not to inject: A population-based study of Australian young adults who use stimulants. (Associate Supervisor)