Rob Moodie (doctor)
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Rob Moodie is currently the Professor of Global Health at the Nossal Institute of Global Health at the University of Melbourne
and was named Victorian Father of the Year in 2005. He is married and has two children.
He graduated in medicine
at the University of Melbourne
in 1976, and has also studied Tropical Medicine
at Paris University and Public Health
at Harvard University
. He has worked for the Save the Children Fund, Médecins Sans Frontières
, the Burnet Institute
, the World Health Organisation and UNAIDS. He was CEO of the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) from 1998 to 2007.
He is chair of the Melbourne Storm
rugby league
club, and writes a regular column in Cosmos
magazine on medical oddities.
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
and was named Victorian Father of the Year in 2005. He is married and has two children.
He graduated in medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
in 1976, and has also studied Tropical Medicine
Tropical medicine
Tropical medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with health problems that occur uniquely, are more widespread, or prove more difficult to control in tropical and subtropical regions....
at Paris University and Public Health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. He has worked for the Save the Children Fund, Médecins Sans Frontières
Médecins Sans Frontières
' , or Doctors Without Borders, is a secular humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland...
, the Burnet Institute
Burnet Institute
is an Australian not-for-profit, independent non-government organisation that aims to achieve better health for poor and vulnerable communities in Australia and overseas through research, education and public health....
, the World Health Organisation and UNAIDS. He was CEO of the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) from 1998 to 2007.
He is chair of the Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....
rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
club, and writes a regular column in Cosmos
Cosmos (magazine)
Cosmos is an Australian popular science magazine that is published six times a year. It is subtitled "the science of everything" and is described as "a magazine of ideas, science, society and the future"....
magazine on medical oddities.