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Dr Win Han Oo

Honorary Senior Research Fellow

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winhan.oo@burnet.edu.au
Dr Win Han Oo

Background

Dr Win Han Oo is a registered medical doctor and regional program manager for Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness program in Southeast Asia at Burnet Institute. He has been managing a variety of research and service delivery projects to fight against infectious diseases, especially COVID-19, malaria and tuberculosis. He is also a postdoctoral research fellow in Burnet Institute who takes different positions in Institute-led research. He has over 15 years of experience in public health, research, and disease control and elimination.

Qualifications

  • 2021: PhD, Deakin University, Australia
  • 2015: Deboer fellowship, Deboer foundation, USA
  • 2013: Master of Public Health (Global Health), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • 2008: MBBS, University of Medicine II, Yangon, Myanmar

Appointments

  • 2019 onward: Member and resource person for Malaria Free Mekong Network
  • 2018 onward: Research fellow for Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination
  • 2015 onward: Member of Myanmar Malaria Technical Strategic Group

Awards

  • September 2024: 2023 Burnet Publication Award for International Health
  • December 2023: Young Investigator Award, Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting (JITMM) 2023, Bangkok, Thailand
  • December 2022: Young Investigator Award and Outstanding Presenter Award (1st Prize), Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting (JITMM), Bangkok Thailand
  • August 2022: Dora Lush Academic Excellence Award, Dora Lush Foundation, Australia
  • July 2019: Prospect Burma Scholarship
  • July 2019: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting Travel Award
  • January 2019: The Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination (ACREME) Travel and Training Awards
  • April 2018: Prospect Burma Scholarship
  • October 2017: Higher Degree by Research Grant from the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University Australia
  • July 2017: Prospect Burma Scholarship
  • September 2016: Early Career Scholar Grant to present at the International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria in Brisbane
  • August 2016: Deakin-Burnet PhD Award, Deakin University
  • November 2015: New Zealand ASEAN Scholars Award
  • September 2015: Deboer Fellowship
  • April 2013: Prospect Burma Scholarship Award
  • August 2012: Thammasat University Tuition Fees Waiver Awards

Positions

  • November 2024–ongoing: Health System Research Fellow cum Regional Program Manager (Asia-Pacific), Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, University of Melbourne
  • November 2024–ongoing: Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
  • May 2022–October 2024: Regional Program Manager (Health Security) for Southeast Asia, Burnet Institute
  • January 2020–April 2022: Senior Program Manager (Health Security), Burnet Institute
  • September 2016–December 2019: Program Manager, Burnet Institute
  • September 2013–August 2016: Program Manager (Coordination/ Malaria) & Senior Technical Specialist (Tuberculosis), Burnet Institute
  • January 2012–September 2012: Health Services Manager, Population Services International Myanmar
  • June 2011–December 2011: Senior Health Services Officer, Population Services International Myanmar
  • April 2010–June 2011: Senior Franchising Officer, Population Services International Myanmar
  • June 2008–April 2010: Franchising Officer, Population Services International Myanmar
  • December 2007–July 2008: General Practitioner, Self-employed

Burnet publications

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01 Apr 2025

Mapping residual malaria transmission in Vietnam

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

Win Han Oo, Freya J. I. Fowkes

01 Dec 2024

Facilitators, barriers and acceptability of malaria reactive surveillance and response strategies in Vietnam: a mixed-methods study

BMJ Public Health

Win Han Oo, Kaung Myat Khant, Katherine O’Flaherty, Paul A. Agius, Freya J. I. Fowkes

17 Oct 2024

Effectiveness of an expanded role for community health workers on malaria blood examination rates in malaria elimination settings in Myanmar: an open stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia

Ei Phyu Htwe, Win Han Oo, Julia C. Cutts, Nick Scott, Katherine O’Flaherty, Paul A. Agius, Freya J. I. Fowkes, Aung Khine Zaw, Win Han Oo, Julia C. Cutts

Current projects

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Developing a novel assessment tool for entering the malaria elimination phase in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Developing a novel assessment tool for entering the malaria elimination phase in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Countries in the Greater Mekong subregion of Southeast Asia have committed to eliminating malaria by 2030, but validated assessment tools are still lacking.

Assessing the best way to deploy measles rapid diagnostic tests in Ethiopia

Assessing the best way to deploy measles rapid diagnostic tests in Ethiopia

This project aims to deploy and evaluate new rapid diagnostic testing strategies for measles in Ethiopia.

ADVANCE: improving access to malaria diagnosis tools in the Indo-Pacific

ADVANCE: improving access to malaria diagnosis tools in the Indo-Pacific

We work to increase access to new diagnostic tools for malaria, reduce health inequities and accelerate malaria elimination.

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Past projects

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ReBUILD for Resilience

ReBUILD for Resilience

ReBUILD for Resilience is an international consortium focused on examining health systems in fragile settings experiencing violence, conflict, pandemics and other shocks.

Integrating molecular and serological detection of malaria into national surveillance systems

Integrating molecular and serological detection of malaria into national surveillance systems

We're aiming for accurate surveillance of subclinical infections to help achieve the malaria elimination goals of the Greater Mekong Subregion.

Optimising malaria surveillance and response strategies to achieve elimination

Optimising malaria surveillance and response strategies to achieve elimination

Our research includes a formative assessment of current approaches and systems for malaria surveillance and response in the Greater Subregion of Southeast Asia.

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