James Trauer

James is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University, where he is Head of the Epidemiological Modelling Unit at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. He undertakes research to improve the effectiveness of infectious disease control programs through modelling, with a particular focus on tuberculosis (TB) and emerging infections. He also coordinates the School’s growing focus on modelling of non-communicable diseases and demographic trends and works clinically as a respiratory, sleep and general physician, undertaking regular care for TB patients at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.