Background

Dr Farah Houdroge is a mathematical modeller at the Burnet Institute working across a variety of projects related infectious disease modelling and public health including BBV and STI elimination, resource optimisation analyses and statistical analyses, with a vested interest in climate change and health.

Farah has a background in Applied Mathematics and Physics. In 2017, she completed her PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics at Monash University where, prior to joining the Burnet Institute, she worked as a Research Assistant and Teaching Associate in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Positions

• 2020-ongoing: Mathematical Modeller, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia
• 2020: Co-lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
• 2014-2020: Head Teaching Associate, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
• 2017-2019: Research Assistant, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Qualifications

• 2017: PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
• 2013: MSc in Fluid Dynamics Research, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
• 2011: BSc in Mathematics and Applications, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France

Awards

• 2014-2017: Faculty of Engineering International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (FEIPRS)
• 2014-2017: Monash Departmental Stipend Scholarship (MDS)

Projects (2)

Current (2)

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  COVASIM: Modelling COVID-19

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  EC Australia: Eliminate Hepatitis C Australia Partnership

Publications (5)

2023 (1)

• Frequent and unpredictable changes in COVID-19 policies and restrictions reduce the accuracy of model forecasts.
  Houdroge F, Palmer A, Delport D, Walsh T, Kelly SL, Hainsworth SW, Abeysuriya R, Stuart RM, Kerr CC, Coplan P, Wilson DP, Scott N
  Sci Rep. 2023 Jan; 13(1):1398

2022 (1)

• Cost optimisation analysis of the expanded programme for immunisation: balancing equity and coverage in Pakistan.
  Houdroge F, Yunus H, Delport D, Stearns E, Palmer A, Naim A, Kashif A, Pyne HH, Scott N, Oelrichs R, Wilson D
  BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Oct; 7(10)

2020 (1)

• Wake dynamics and flow-induced vibration of a freely rolling cylinder.
  F. Y. Houdroge, T. Leweke, K. Hourigan, M. C. Thompson
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics.. 2020 Jan; 903:A48

2017 (1)

• Two- and three-dimensional wake transitions of an impulsively started uniformly rolling circular cylinder.
  Houdroge, F, Leweke, T., Hourigan, K., Thompson, M. C.
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics.. 2017 Aug; 826:32-59

2016 (1)

• Fluid-structure interaction of a rolling cylinder with offset centre-of-mass.
  Houdroge, F, Thompson, M. C., Leweke, T., Hourigan, K.
  In Advances in Fluid--structure Interaction. M. Braza, A. Bottaro & M. Thompson (Eds.) Springer International Publishing Switzerland. 2016.. 2016 Apr