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Personal profile
Biography
A/Prof James Trauer is a respiratory, sleep, general and public health physician - and head of the Epidemiological Modelling Unit for the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. Since 2020, his work has focused primarily on COVID-19, including working in close partnership with the World Health Organization Western Pacific and South East Asia Regions. Through this work, James’ team has developed a modular platform to support WHO member states from these regions in epidemiological modelling for pandemic control. These have included the Philippines, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan. During Victoria’s second COVID-19 wave in 2020 and 2021 Delta outbreak, the team also provided modelling support to the Victorian Department of Health.
James was a 2021 Victorian Tall Poppy awardee and the team’s work was recognised through a WHO Western Pacific Innovation Challenge award. James and his team employ methodological approaches areas that include deterministic and stochastic modelling, agent-based simulations, applied mathematics, Bayesian inference, statistics, epidemiology, health economics, software engineering and data visualisation.
Prior to 2020, his work focused primarily on tuberculosis (TB) epidemiology and modelling, and was supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, and the Victorian TB Program. These projects have supported countries including the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, Bhutan and Mongolia. During 2016 to 2017, James was appointed to Steering Committee of the TB Modelling and Analysis Consortium (the global body for the coordination of TB epidemiology and modelling).
James also works as a clinician for the Victorian Cystic Fibrosis Service at the Alfred Hospital, and as an epidemiologist for the Victorian TB Program. He has clinical research interests in cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, influenza, non-tuberculous mycobacterial diseases and behavioural sleep disorders.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Modelling and simulation
- Epidemiology
- tuberculosis
- covid-19
- respiratory diseases
- Infectious Diseases
- Applied Mathematics
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Determining health needs and outcomes of key populations of people who use drugs.
Dietze, P., Maher, L., Hickman, M., Kerr, T., Stoové, M. A., Doyle, J., Ward, B., Jones, J., Agius, P. & Trauer, J.
1/07/23 → 30/06/28
Project: Research
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Strategies to minimise the societal impacts of zoonotic pandemics
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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PROPHECY: Profiling immune RespOnses in Paediatric and High risk populations to SARS-CoV-2
van Zelm, M., Khoury, G., Drummer, H., McMahon, J., Mulley, W., Holland, A., Woolley, I., Ojaimi, S., Rogers, B., Hoi, A., Trauer, J., Sparrow, M., Licciardi, P. V., Giles, E., Curtis, D., Crawford, N. W., Leech, M., Westall, G., O'Hehir, R., Jones, A., Morand, E., Bosco, J. J. & Turner, S.
Monash University, Alfred Health, Monash Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Burnet Institute (Australia), Spleen Australia, National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA) Incorporated, Musculoskeletal Australia , Safer Care Victoria (SCV)
1/06/22 → 30/05/26
Project: Research
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NT Department of Health - Technical report on Covid-19 Models evaluating counterfactual scenarios
Trauer, J., Hughes, A., Abayawardana, M. & Shipman, D.
1/08/22 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
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Technical Support for Modelling in Western Pacific Region Countries
Trauer, J., Ragonnet, R., Jayasundara, P., Abayawardana, M., Hughes, A. & Shipman, D.
6/06/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Mental health and wellbeing of health and aged care workers in Australia, May 2021 – June 2022: a longitudinal cohort study
McGuinness, S. L., Eades, O., Grantham, K. L., Zhong, S., Johnson, J., Cameron, P. A., Forbes, A. B., Fisher, J. R. W., Hodgson, C. L., Kasza, J., Kelsall, H., Kirkman, M., Russell, G. M., Russo, P. L., Sim, M. R., Singh, K., Skouteris, H., Smith, K., Stuart, R. L., Trauer, J. M., & 3 others , May 2023, In: The Medical Journal of Australia. 218, 8, p. 361-367 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
A multistate model of health transitions in older people: a secondary analysis of ASPREE clinical trial data
Neumann, J. T., Thao, L. T. P., Callander, E., Carr, P. R., Qaderi, V., Nelson, M. R., Reid, C. M., Woods, R. L., Orchard, S. G., Wolfe, R., Polekhina, G., Williamson, J. D., Trauer, J. M., Newman, A. B., Murray, A. M., Ernst, M. E., Tonkin, A. M. & McNeil, J. J., Feb 2022, In: The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 3, 2, p. e89-e97 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus) -
COVID-19 collaborative modelling for policy response in the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam
Hughes, A., Ragonnet, R., Jayasundara, P., Ngo, H-A., de Lara-Tuprio, E., Estuar, M. R. J., Teng, T. R., Boon, L. K., Peariasamy, K. M., Chong, Z. L., Ghazali, I. M. M., Fox, G. J., Nguyen, T. A., Le, L. V., Abayawardana, M., Shipman, D., McBryde, E. S., Meehan, M. T., Caldwell, J. M. & Trauer, J. M., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 8 p., 100563.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Children Migrating to Australia
Laemmle-Ruff, I., Graham, S. M., Williams, B., Horyniak, D., Majumdar, S. S., Paxton, G. A., Soares Caplice, L. V., Hellard, M. E. & Trauer, J. M., Sept 2022, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 28, 9, p. 1833-1841 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Estimating the long-term effects of mass screening for latent and active tuberculosis in the Marshall Islands
Ragonnet, R., Williams, B. M., Largen, A., Nasa, J., Jack, T., Langinlur, M. K., Ko, E., Rahevar, K., Islam, T., Denholm, J. T., Marais, B. J., Marks, G. B., McBryde, E. S. & Trauer, J. M., Oct 2022, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 51, 5, p. 1433-1445 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Best Figure American Journal of Epidemiology
Trauer, James (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Graham Rouch Award (best presentation by a public health medicine trainee)
Trauer, James (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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John McNeil Early Career Researcher Publication Prize for Public Health Research
Trauer, James (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Outstanding Quality Peer Reviewer
Trauer, James (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)