Background

Win Lei worked as a medical doctor in her early career years, involved in primary health care and HIV service delivery to vulnerable and marginalised populations. Win Lei specialised in gender, health and research methodologies during her Master of Public Health course at the University of Melbourne. Her area of expertise is qualitative research, including participatory learning and action tools. Win Lei joined Burnet Institute in October 2016 and works in the Disease Elimination Program. She worked on the Accelerating HIV Testing and ART Initiating Among Infants study which was a cluster randomised controlled stepped-wedged study applying mixed method approaches.

Currently, she works on hepatitis C projects in Myanmar and undertakes the qualitative research. She has strong interests in infectious diseases, mixed method studies, gender, and health services research.

Qualifications

• 2016: Master of Public Health, University of Melbourne, Australia)
• 2010: Diploma in Social Work, Yangon University, Myanmar
• 2007: M.B., B.S, Institute of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar

Awards

• Crockett-Murphy Travel Award (2020)
• Gilead Public Health Award (2019)
• Crockett-Murphy Travel Award (2018)
• Scholarship recipient to International AIDS Conference 2018 (2018)
• Australia Awards Scholarship (2014)

Positions

• Oct 2016 - present: Clinical Services Manager, Burnet Institute
• Jan 2013 - Dec 2014: Protection Specialist, World Vision International Myanmar
• Nov 2010 - Dec 2012: Medical Doctor/Clinic Manager, Medecins Sans Frontieres-Holland
• June 2008 - Nov 2010: Medical Officer, New Humanity FOCSIV Myanmar