Dr Christine Linhart
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Trends in cardiovascular disease risk factors in Pacific Island populations) (2017)
Master of International Public Health (2011)
Bachelor of Science (2008)
Christine Linhart is a Senior Lecturer in Population Health at UNSW Sydney, where she has been engaged in research and teaching within the School of Population Health since 2011. Her work focuses on strengthening health information systems and analysing health data to improve its quality and use for policy and decision-making in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, with a growing focus on injury epidemiology and population-level trends in major causes of mortality among adolescents and young adults, particularly suicide.
Christine has extensive experience working across the Asia-Pacific, with substantial in-country engagement in the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia. From 2015 to 2016, she was based in New Caledonia with the Pacific Community (SPC). She has also undertaken international consultancy work for development partners including UN Women, UN ESCAP, and Vital Strategies, contributing to a range of public health and data initiatives across the region.
In addition to her research, Christine has been actively involved in teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate programs within the UNSW Faculty of Medicine since 2012. She also taught at New York University’s global campus in Sydney from 2016 to 2020, where she convened the course Health and Society in a Global Context.
Christine currently teaches into the Master of Population Health and Master of Global Health programs as co-convenor of PHCM9794 Foundations of Epidemiology, a large core course with approximately 400 students per term.
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2021-2022 Fred Hollows Foundation and Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)
Funding: AUD $43,000
Title: Health System Strengthening in the Indo-Pacific Region
Investigators: Linhart C
2019-2020 Pacific Women and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Funding: AUD $334,000
Title: Adolescent Unplanned Pregnancy in the Pacific Study
Investigators: McMillan K, Linhart C, O'Connor C, Rokoduru A
2017 UNSW Sydney Indonesia Seed Research Fund [# RG 162940]
Funding: AUD $10,000
Title: The development of an integrated approach to improve adolescent health focusing on vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in Indonesia.
Investigators: Pardosi J, Prasodjo R, Linhart C, Kusumawardani N
2013-2016 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australian Development Research Awards Scheme (ADRAS) [project grant # 66886]
Funding: AUD$1,090,000
Title: Trends in non-communicable disease risk factors and premature mortality in Pacific Island countries and predictive modelling of effects of inaction and control interventions.
Investigators: Taylor R, Zimmet P, Morrell S, Magliano D, Linhart C, Tukana I, Hufanga S, Asante A
My Research Supervision
Masters, PhD
My Teaching
Current and past teaching responsibilities in several core and elective courses in the Master of Population Health, Global Health, and Health Management degrees offered by the School of Population Health. Includes all aspects of course development and delivery of lectures and tutorials to internal face-to-face and online external students.
2016-present: Convenor PHCM9786 Global NCD: Population Approaches
2024-present: Co-convenor PHCM9794 Foundations of Epidemiology
2019-2023: Co-convenor PHCM9605 Global Health and Development
2017-2018: Co-convenor PHCM9041 Foundations in Public Health and Health Care Systems
2016-2017: Co-convenor PHCM9606 Reproductive, Maternal and Children’s Health
2017: Co-convenor PHCM9784 Tropical Disease Control
2015-2016: Tutor PHCM9041 Foundations in Public Health and Health Care Systems
2013-2015: Course Coordinator PHCM9786 Global NCD: Population Approaches
2015: Course Coordinator PHCM9606 Reproductive, Maternal and Children’s Health
2013-2015: Tutor GENM0703 Concepts of Physical Activity, Exercise and Health
2012-2014: Course Coordinator PHCM9784 Tropical Disease Control