Background

Dr Win Han Oo is a registered medical doctor and regional program manager for Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness program in Southeast Asia at Burnet Institute. He has been managing a variety of research and service delivery projects to fight against infectious diseases, especially COVID-19, malaria and tuberculosis. He is also a postdoctoral research fellow in Burnet Institute who takes different positions in Institute-led research. He has over 15 years of experience in public health, research, and disease control and elimination.

Qualifications

• 2021: PhD, Deakin University, Australia
• 2015: Deboer fellowship, Deboer foundation, USA
• 2013: Master of Public Health (Global Health), Thammasat University, Thailand
• 2008: MBBS, University of Medicine II, Yangon, Myanmar

Appointments

• 2019 onward: Member and resource person for Malaria Free Mekong Network
• 2018 onward: Research fellow for Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination
• 2015 onward: Member of Myanmar Malaria Technical Strategic Group

Awards

• September 2024: 2023 Burnet Publication Award for International Health
• December 2023: Young Investigator Award, Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting (JITMM) 2023, Bangkok, Thailand
• December 2022: Young Investigator Award and Outstanding Presenter Award (1st Prize), Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting (JITMM), Bangkok Thailand
• August 2022: Dora Lush Academic Excellence Award, Dora Lush Foundation, Australia
• July 2019: Prospect Burma Scholarship
• July 2019: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting Travel Award
• January 2019: The Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination (ACREME) Travel and Training Awards
• April 2018: Prospect Burma Scholarship
• October 2017: Higher Degree by Research Grant from the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University Australia
• July 2017: Prospect Burma Scholarship
• September 2016: Early Career Scholar Grant to present at the International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria in Brisbane
• August 2016: Deakin-Burnet PhD Award, Deakin University
• November 2015: New Zealand ASEAN Scholars Award
• September 2015: Deboer Fellowship
• April 2013: Prospect Burma Scholarship Award
• August 2012: Thammasat University Tuition Fees Waiver Awards

Positions

• November 2024–ongoing: Health System Research Fellow cum Regional Program Manager (Asia-Pacific), Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, University of Melbourne
• November 2024–ongoing: Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
• May 2022–October 2024: Regional Program Manager (Health Security) for Southeast Asia, Burnet Institute
• January 2020–April 2022: Senior Program Manager (Health Security), Burnet Institute
• September 2016–December 2019: Program Manager, Burnet Institute
• September 2013–August 2016: Program Manager (Coordination/ Malaria) & Senior Technical Specialist (Tuberculosis), Burnet Institute
• January 2012–September 2012: Health Services Manager, Population Services International Myanmar
• June 2011–December 2011: Senior Health Services Officer, Population Services International Myanmar
• April 2010–June 2011: Senior Franchising Officer, Population Services International Myanmar
• June 2008–April 2010: Franchising Officer, Population Services International Myanmar
• December 2007–July 2008: General Practitioner, Self-employed