Professor Peter A. Leggat
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BMedSc MB BS
Qld, MPH MHSc (AvMed)
Otago, MMedEd
Dund, DrPH
JCU, PhD
SAust, MD
Qld Acting Head, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation Sciences
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(07) 4781 5959 (Australia) |
+ 61 7 4781 5959 (International) |
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(07) 4781 6045 (Australia) |
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Experience
Academic: More than 25 years experience, including the University of Queensland (1985-89) and James Cook University (since 1992); Adjunct/Visiting/Conjoint Professor: Prince of Songkla University (since 1995), University of the Witwatersrand (since 2000), University of Newcastle (since 2008), Queensland University of Technology (since 2009), Southern Cross University (since 2011), University of Queensland (since 2011).
Clinical experience: More than 25 years experience, including the Australian Regular Army (1987-91), Department of Veteran’s Affairs (1988-89), Department of Defence (since 1992) and Aspen Medical (since 2008).
Consulting: Wide experience with a number of national and international agencies, including Department of Defence, International Development Program, New Zealand Ministry of Health, Rockefeller Foundation, Therapeutic Goods Authority and World Health Organization.
Key words: Public health, Tropical medicine, Travel medicine, Injury prevention and safety promotion, Aviation medicine, Aerospace medicine, Aeromedical evacuation, Disaster health, Medical education
Academic and professional interests
Acting Head, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences
Member, 15th Council, James Cook University
Member, Strategy Committee, James Cook University
Professional
Secretary-Treasurer (from May 2013), International Society of Travel Medicine
Dean of Education, The Australasian College of Aerospace Medicine
Member, Board of Directors, World Safety Organization
Honorary Treasurer, The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
Acting Registrar, Joint Faculty of Travel Medicine/Faculty of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
Deputy National Director of Training, St John Ambulance Australia
Member, State Council, St John Ambulance Australia (Queensland)
Chair, Training Branch, St John Ambulance Australia (Queensland)
State Professional Officer, St John Ambulance Australia (Queensland)
Committee Member, Australian Fulbright Alumni Association (Queensland)
Consultant (Lieutenant Colonel), Defence Health Services, Army Reserve, Brisbane
Honorary Secretary, Australian Travel Health Advisory Group (THAG)
Deputy Chair, Australian Visiting Friends and Relatives Medical Advisory Group (AVMAG)
Editor, Industrial Health, Japan NIOSH
Executive Editor, Annals of the ACTM
Consulting Editor, Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health, Hedref Publications
Sub-Editor, Journal of Military and Veteran’s Health.
Chair, Grants Advisory Committee, Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation – 2011, 2012 (Member, 2009)
External Assessor, Australian Research Council
Member, Australian Research Council, Excellence in Research Australia, Research Evaluation Committee (Public and Allied Health), 2010
Member, National Health and Medical Research Council, Grant Review Panel, 2009; 2012; 2013
Director/Co-Director, World Safety Organization Collaborating Centres (Disaster Health and Emergency Response; Injury Prevention and Occupational Health; Travel Safety and Health)
Teaching
Subject coordination
TM5501 - Tropical Medicine
TM5502 - Tropical Public Health
TM5508 - Diving and Marine Medicine
TM5512 - Travel Medicine
TM5514 - Environmental Health
TM5540 - Public Health and the Workplace
TM5542 - Clinical Travel Medicine
TM5557 - Disaster Health Management
TM5560 – Foundations of Aeromedical Retrieval
TM5563 - Public Health Leadership and Crisis Management
TM5566 - Essential Care Skills in Aeromedical Retrieval
TM5567 - Flight Crew Skills in Aeromedical Retrieval
TM5581 - Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
Grants - selected recent (>$10,000)
2012, Research Infrastructure Basic Grant, James Cook University, $8,000
2011, Research Infrastructure Basic Grant, James Cook University, $15,000
2011, Queensland Injury Prevention Council, Queensland Health, $37,976
2010, Therapeutic Goods Authority, Commonwealth of Australia, $18,165
2010, Queensland Injury Prevention Council, Queensland Health, $300,000
2010, Therapeutic Goods Authority, Commonwealth of Australia, $32,300
2010, Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation, $262,000
2009, Research Infrastructure Basic Grant, James Cook University, $60,000
2009, Therapeutic Goods Authority, Commonwealth of Australia, $28,000
2008, Research Infrastructure Basic Grant, DEST, James Cook University, $30,000
2008, Therapeutic Goods Authority, Commonwealth of Australia, $21,000
2008, Therapeutic Goods Authority, Commonwealth of Australia, $17,000
2008, Therapeutic Goods Authority, Commonwealth of Australia, $19,000
2007, Research Infrastructure Basic Grant, James Cook University, $22,000
2007, Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Reconstruction and Development (AIPRAD), Health Assistance Rehabilitation-Aceh Program (HARAP), $203,000
2006-2007, Research Support for Counter Terrorism Program, Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Interactive Online Decision Support Simulations for Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response, $67,000
2006-2007, Commonwealth Public Health Education and Research Program Competitive Grants Scheme, Workforce Planning Models for the Rapid Deployment of Disaster Medical Assistance Teams, $126,000
2000-2004, World Health Organization, Tropical Disease Research (TDR) Program, $50,000
2000-2002, International Development Program, Australia – South African Links Program, Phase III, $180,000
1998-2010, Commonwealth Department of Health, Public Health Education and Research Program Grant (Core funding), $5,000,000
Awards - selected recent
Australian Honours and Awards (in order of precedence)
2011- Officer of the Order of St John
2013 – Australian Active Service Medal (with Clasp East Timor), Commonwealth of Australia
2007- Australian Defence Medal, Australian Government
2012- Service Medal of the Order of St John
Other Awards
2012-WSO J Peter Cunliffe Transportation Award, World Safety Organization
2011- 20 Years of Continuous Service Medal, James Cook University
2011- Commendation (Silver), St John Ambulance Australia
2011- 2010-2011 Queensland Floods and Cyclones Citation, Queensland Government
2010- International Award, World Safety Organization
2009- WSO Award for Achievement in Scientific Research and Development, World Safety Organization
2008- Thomson Reuters Blake Dawson Inside OHS Professional of the Year
2008- International Award, World Safety Organization
2008- Surgeon General John White Medal
2006- Most Outstanding Alumnus, Mahidol University Tropical Medicine Alumni
2005- Vitae Lampada Medal, Royal Children’s Hospital Health District, Queensland Health
2004- ACTM Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Tropical Medicine, The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
2003- Institute of International Education-American Management Association Scholarship
2003- James K Williams Award, World Safety Organization
2002- Fellowship, St Margaret’s College, University of Otago, New Zealand
2002- Major General John Pearn Surgeon General’s Medal, Australia
2002- Fulbright Scholarship, Australian American Fulbright Commission
2002- Concerned Citizen Award, World Safety Organization
Professional Affiliations
Fellow – The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (FACTM)
Fellow – The Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM)
Fellow - Faculty of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians (United Kingdom) (FFPH RCP UK)
Fellow – Public Health Association of Australia (FPHAA)
Fellow – The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM)
Fellow – The Australasian College of Aerospace Medicine (FACAsM)
Fellow – Faculty of Travel Medicine, The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (FFTM ACTM)
Fellow – Faculty of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine, The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (FFEWM ACTM)
Fellow – Faculty of Travel Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (FFTM RCPSG)
Fellow – Safety Institute of Australia (Inducted into College of Fellows) (FSIA)
Fellow – Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD)
Fellow – Australian College of Educators (FACE)
Fellow – Royal Geographical Society (FRGS)
Associate – College of Public Health Medicine, Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
Honorary Fellow – The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (Hon FACTM)
Honorary Member - New Zealand Society of Travel Medicine
Lifetime Member - World Safety Organization
Certified Safety Executive – World Safety Organization
Medical Review Officer – Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Australia
Medical Review Officer – Medical Officers Review Certification Council, USA
Certificate of Travel Health (CTH) TM – International Society of Travel Medicine
Publications - selected recent
Published more than 20 monographs, 70 chapters and more than 450 papers in peer-reviewed professional journals. For a full list of publications (link)
Leggat PA, Wilks J. Ch. 33. Safety and Security. In. Zuckerman JN (ed). Principles and Practice of Travel Medicine. 2nd Edn. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013: 588-600.
Smith DR, Leggat PA, Patel, D. Ch. 19. Travel for work. In. Snashall D, Patel D. (eds) ABC of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 3rd edn. BMJ Books, 2012: 122-128.
Franklin DC, Leggat PA. The Epidemiology of Injury in Canoeing, Kayaking and Rafting. In. Caine D, Heggie T. (eds) Epidemiology of Injury in Adventure and Extreme Sport. Med Sport Sci. Basel: Karger, 2012; 58: 98-111
Leggat PA, Ross M. Ch. 1. The Scope of Travel Medicine. In Baker L. (Ed). A Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in the South African Context. Dubvegan, South Africa: SASTM Publications, 2012: 1-3.
Brink GK, Leggat PA. Ch. 2 Travel Medicine: Ethical Issues. In Baker L. (Ed). A Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in the South African Context. Dubvegan, South Africa: SASTM Publications, 2012: 4-14.
Ross M, Leggat PA. Ch. 16. Research and Travel Medicine. In Baker L. (Ed). A Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in the South African Context. Dubvegan, South Africa: SASTM Publications, 2012: 164-165.
Smith DR, Leggat PA. Smoking among healthcare professionals. Sydney: Darlington press (Imprint of SUP), 2011: (ix) + 104p.
Leggat PA. Ch. 43. Travel Medicine. In. Phelps K, Hassad C (eds). General Practice: An Integrative Approach. Sydney: Elsevier-Churchill Livingstone, 2010
Leggat PA. Indemnity and personal practice insurance. In. Shaw MTM (ed). ISTM Monograph: Starting a Travel Medicine Clinic. International Society of Travel Medicine, 2009
Leggat PA. Ch. 5: Routine vaccinations and travel. In. Wilder-Smith A, Schwartz E, Shaw M. Travel Medicine: Tales Behind the Science. London: Elsevier, 2007: 35-41.
Wilks J, Pendergast D, Leggat PA (Eds) Tourism in Turbulent Times: Towards Safe Experiences for Visitors. ISBN 0-08-044666-3. London: Elsevier, 2006: (xxiv) + 357p.
Leggat PA. Ch. 2. Travel Medicine. In. Wilks J, Pendergast D, Leggat PA (Eds) Tourism in Turbulent Times: Towards Safe Experiences for Visitors. London: Elsevier, 2006: 21-36.
Leggat PA, Aitken P. Ch. 3. Travel insurance and aeromedical retrieval. In. Wilks J, Pendergast D, Leggat PA (Eds) Tourism in Turbulent Times: Towards Safe Experiences for Visitors. London: Elsevier, 2006: 37-52.
Aitken P, Leggat PA, Canyon D, Hodge JV, Speare R. Disaster Medical Assistance Teams: A Literature Review. HP 3714. Perth: Western Australian Department of Health, 2006. 120p.
Leggat PA, Goldsmid JM. (Eds) Primer of Travel Medicine. 3rd Edn Revised. ISBN 0-9578717- 59. Brisbane: ACTM Publications, 2005: (xx) + 256 p.
Leggat PA, Ross M, Jamieson A, Hyams D, Vincent P, de Frey A, Holloway M, Hodge M, Maarschalk T, Brink G. A Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine. 1st edn. ISBN 0-620-35300-7. Johannesburg: South African Society of Travel Medicine, 2005: 52.
Conference presentations - selected recent
Presented more than 300 papers at national and international conferences. For a full list of presentations (link)
Leggat PA, Cheng I, Hudson B, Zwar N, Gherardin T, for THAG. The Travel Health Advisory Group: A joint travel industry and travel health special interest group promoting healthy travel in Australia. 60th International Congress on Aviation and Space Medicine. Melbourne, Australia. 16-20 September, 2012. OR32: 42.
Leggat PA. Fulbright Symposium Lecture: Incorporation of space-based technologies in disaster response: The UN SPIDER Program. Fulbright 60th Anniversary Symposium, Cairns, Australia. 18-20 August 2010: 23.
Leggat PA. Fulbright Symposium Lecture: Protecting the innocent – confronting the vexed issue of safety and security of tourists. Fulbright 60th Anniversary Symposium, Cairns, Australia. 18-20 August 2010: 27.
Leggat PA. 10 “Golden Rules” for Healthy and Safe Travel. JCU 40th Anniversary Public Lecture, JCU Singapore Campus, Singapore, 21 April, 2010. (Invited)
Leggat PA for the DMAT Research Group. Plenary Address, 38th World Congress for Military Medicine: National Survey of Disaster Medical Assistance Team Members in Australia: Implications for deployment. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 4-9 October 2009 (Invited)
Leggat PA. 6th Anton Breinl Memorial Lecture: Trends in antimalarial prescriptions in Australia 1992-2006. Proceedings (ISSN 1324-7352) of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine and the Capricornia Medical Science Association Conference 2009, Yeppoon, Australia, 5-8 June 2009: 30. (Invited)
Leggat PA. 60th Sandford Jackson Memorial Lecture, Australian Medical Association (Queensland): Preparing for New Voyages of Discovery and Medical Challenges, Robert Douglas Auditorium, Townsville, Australia. 31 October 2008. (Invited)
Leggat PA, Smith DR. 20th Oxford Round Table: Alcohol consumption by occupation: Public health policy needs to target alcohol screening and brief interventions in the workplace. Lincoln College and Oxford Union, Oxford, UK. 9-14 March 2008. (invited)
Leggat PA. Sandford Jackson Lecture, Australian Medical Association (Queensland), Preparing for New Voyages of Discovery and Medical Challenges, Robert Douglas Auditorium, Townsville, Australia. 31 October 2008. (Invited)
Leggat PA. RSTM&H Centennial Lecture: Travel Medicine: Giving the correct advice to travellers. Centennial Symposium of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 43rd Annual Scientific Seminar of the Malaysian Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine. “Advances of Biotechnology in Tropical Medicine”, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 20-22 March 2007. S2.6:19. (Invited)
Leggat PA. Keynote Address: The training and assessment of public health medicine specialists in Australia. 2007 AfriHealth Conference; Sustaining Africa’s Development through Public Health Education. Rockefeller Foundation, Pretoria, South Africa, June, 2007: 41. (Invited)
Leggat PA. RSTM&H Centennial Symposium Opening Address: “One Hundred Years of Tropical Medicine”. Tropical Health and Cancer Research in the Tropics”, 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, 19-21 July 2007, Townsville, Australia. Annals of the ACTM. 2007; 8: 12.
Leggat PA. RSTM&H Centennial Lecture: Travel Medicine: An Australian Perspective. Centennial Symposium of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Tropical Health and Cancer Research in the Tropics”, 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, 19-21 July 2007, Townsville, Australia. Annals of the ACTM. 2007; 8: 14
Leggat PA. SuperCourse Travel Medicine Course (7 SuperCourse Lectures). URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/travel/travel.htm (Last updated March 2005)
Leggat PA. 4th Anton Breinl Memorial Lecture: Trends in antimalarial prescriptions in Australia 1998-2002. Proceedings of "2005-To Infinity and Beyond"-Capricornia Medical Science Association Conference-Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine and the Capricornia Medical Science Association, Yeppoon, 10-13 June, 2005: 33. (ISSN 1324-7352) (invited).