Dr Natasha Castree,
Principal Public Health Medical Officer, Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, Victoria.
“Communicable Diseases in Public Health”
Within the Department of Health, the Public Health Division works to protect the health and safety of the community through a range of prevention and response work. The Communicable Diseases section is responsible for managing the risk to public health of over 70 different infectious diseases.
This talk will provide a brief overview of our work, with a focus on our response to a few key diseases of current importance and interest, such as Japanese Encephalitis and other mosquito-borne diseases, and Monkeypox, among others.
Natasha is currently undertaking specialty training in Public Health Medicine and working Public Health Registrar in the Communicable Diseases Section in the Victorian Department of Health. She previously worked within the COVID-19 Response preceded by several years in General Practice, hospitals and the Air Force.