Professor Peter A. Leggat
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FFTM
RCPSG , FACRRM, FSIA, FACE, FAICD,
FRGS,
ACPHM
CMSA Professor and Head of SchoolSchool of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences Associate Dean for Faculty AffairsFaculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences Building DB41, TOWNSVILLE CAMPUS Room 115 |
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Professor Leggat's' resume entry on the Community of Science database
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).
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, Occupational health, Aviation medicine, Aerospace medicine, Aeromedical evacuation, Disaster health, Medical education
Academic and professional interests
Teaching
Head, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences
Chair, Human Research Ethics Committee, James Cook University
Member, 15th Council, James Cook University
Member, Finance Committee, James Cook University
Honorary Treasurer, The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
Member, State Council, St John Ambulance Australia (Queensland)
Chair, Training Branch, St John Ambulance Australia (Queensland)
State Medical Officer, St John Ambulance Australia (Queensland)
Member, Board of Directors, World Safety Organization
Secretary, Australian Fulbright Alumni Association (Queensland)
Consultant (Lieutenant Colonel), Defence Health Services, Army Reserve, Brisbane
Member, Australian Travel Health Advisory Group (THAG)
Deputy Chair, Australian Visiting Friends and Relatives Medical Advisory Group (AVMAG)
Deputy Editor–in-Chief, Journal of Travel Medicine, Wiley Blackwell
Editor, Industrial Health, Japan NIOSH
Executive Editor, Annals of the ACTM
Consulting Editor, Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health, Hedref Publications
Member, National Health and Medical Research Council, Grant Review Panel
Director, World Safety Organization Collaborating Centre for Injury Prevention and Occupational Health; Travel Safety and Health
Subject coordination
TM5501 Tropical Medicine
TM5502 Tropical Public Health
TM5508 Diving and Marine Medicine
TM5512 Travel Medicine
TM5540 Occupational Health
TM5542 Clinical Travel Medicine
TM5557 Disaster Health Management
TM5560 Aeromedical Retrieval
TM5565 Clinical Review of Aeromedical Retrieval Activity
TM5566 Clinical Care Skills in Aeromedical Retrieval
TM5567 Flight Crew Skills in Aeromedical Retrieval
Grants - selected recent
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, 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, Therapeutic Goods Authority, Commonwealth of Australia, $5,500
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
2006-2007, Sanofi Pasteur, Australian Visiting Friends and Relatives Advisory Group, $2,400
2005, Western Australian Department of Health, Health Protection Group, International Disaster Medical Assistance Teams: A Literature Review, $1,600
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
2000- ACTM Medal for Outstanding Service to the College, The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
2000- Certificate of Merit, New Zealand Society of Travel Medicine
2001- F. Katz Memorial Medal, Australasian and New Zealand Association for Medical Education/World Health Organization
2001- Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence, James Cook University
2001- AMMA Patron’s Prize, Australian Military Medical Association
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
2003- Institute of International Education-American Management Association Scholarship
2003- James K Williams Award, World Safety Organization
2004- ACTM Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Tropical Medicine, The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
2005- Vitae Lampada Medal, Royal Children’s Hospital Health District, Queensland Health
2006- Most Outstanding Alumnus, Mahidol University Tropical Medicine Alumni
2007- Australian Defence Medal, Australian Government
2008- Thomson Reuters Blake Dawson Inside OHS Professional of the Year
2008- International Award, World Safety Organization
2008- Surgeon General John White Medal
2009-WSO Award for Achievement in Scientific Research and Development, World Safety Organization
Professional Affiliations
Fellow – The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
Fellow – The Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
Fellow – The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
Fellow – Faculty of Travel Medicine, The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
Fellow – Faculty of Travel Medicine (Expedition Medicine), The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
Fellow – Faculty of Travel Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Fellow – Safety Institute of Australia (Inducted into College of Fellows)
Fellow – Australian Institute of Company Directors
Fellow – Australian College of Educators
Fellow – Royal Geographical Society
Associate – College of Public Health Medicine, Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
Member – Public Health Association of Australia
Honorary Member - New Zealand Society of Travel Medicine
Lifetime Member - World Safety Organization
Medical Review Officer – Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Australia
Medical Review Officer – Medical Officers Review Certification Council, USA
Publications - selected recent
Published more than 20 monographs and more than 400 papers in peer-reviewed professional journals. For a full list of publications (link)
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 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).
White N, Leggat PA, Blumburg L. Malaria Master Class: Treatment and Prophylaxis of Malaria. Proceedings of the Joint Infectious Disease Societies Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa, December, 2001: 11. (invited)