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Doctor Aoife Hurley

Public Health Registrar
Aoife Hurley
Background

Dr Aoife Hurley is a public health registrar at Burnet undertaking her advanced training through the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM). 

After 6 years of practicing medicine in obstetrics and gynaecology, general surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery, Aoife chose to focus on public health to contribute to upstream, inequity-reducing health interventions.

Prior to joining Burnet, Aoife held a range of roles within the Victorian Department of Health in COVID-19 case contact and outbreak management, strategy and policy, environmental health, and communicable disease. Aoife is a current member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) Climate Change and Health Policy and Advocacy Advisory Group.

Qualifications
  • 2022: Master of Public Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • 2018: Master of Surgery, University of Sydney, Australia
  • 2013: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of
    Obstetrics, University College Cork, Ireland
Appointments
  • 2023: Subject Coordinator, Environmental Health, University of Melbourne
  • 2022–current: Member, Climate Change and Health Policy and Advocacy Advisory Group, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
  • 2022–current: Advanced Trainee, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM)
Positions
  • 2024–current: Public Health Registrar, Burnet Institute
  • 2024-ongoing: Subject Coordinator Environmental Health, University of Melbourne
  • 2023: Principal Public Health Medical Officer, Communicable Disease, Victorian Department of Health
  • 2022: Principal Public Health Medical Officer, Environmental Health, Victorian Department of Health
  • 2021–2022: Medical Adviser, COVID-19 Strategy & Policy,
    Victorian Department of Health
  • 2020–2021: Medical Lead, COVID-19 Case Contact and Outbreak Management, Victorian Department of Health
  • 2016–2019: Surgical Registrar:
    • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Austin Health, Melbourne
    • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital,
      Melbourne
    • General Surgery, Werribee Mercy Hospital, Melbourne
    • General Surgery, Maroondah Hospital, Melbourne
  • 2014–2015: Resident Medical Officer:
    • Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne
    • Surgery, Maroondah Hospital, Melbourne
  • 2013–2014: Intern, Medicine/Surgery/Obstetrics & Gynaecology Cork University Hospital, Ireland
Awards
  • 2022: Capstone Excellence Award Public Health in Practice University of Melbourne
  • 2013: Title of College Scholar, University College Cork, Ireland
  • 2013: Second Prize Henry Hutchinson Stewart National Essay Prize, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, Ireland
  • 2013: Nominated for William Kearney Prize for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, Ireland