The future role of the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health.
Public Health is undergoing a renaissance in Australia, driven by a series of funding imperatives, changing epidemiology, a changing global view of the nature of health and the purpose of health services, and changes in orientation by the politicians. For administrators, the new focus on population health means a change from institutional to community structures and a new set of challenges. The new National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at The Australian National University is being developed in this context. Its task is to undertake relevant research in line with the newly adopted Health Targets and to train future leaders in public health. It must draw both on the biological and social sciences in this endeavour.
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