Professor Benjamin Cowie is an infectious diseases physician and epidemiologist, holding appointments with the Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. In addition, Ben is a medical epidemiologist with Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance, Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, and is a Professorial Fellow in the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne.
He serves on a range of communicable disease, clinical and public health committees at state, national and international levels.
Ben has built a broad research agenda in the epidemiology and control of communicable diseases, with a focus on viral hepatitis. He has supervised a number of Masters and PhD students in this area and has attracted research funding to support public health research and innovative program development in relation to viral hepatitis. Ben has been involved in the development of healthy public policy in relation to viral hepatitis in Australia and internationally, and in 2015 was named the inaugural Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis at the Doherty Institute.
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FEATURED Journal article
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (vol 380, pg 2095, 2012)
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A PARTNERSHIP APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLY ELIMINATING CHRONIC HEPATITIS B IN THE NORTHERN TERR..
Research Grant
In contrast to Australia's success with hepatitis C, our response to hepatitis B is laggin..
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A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk fact..
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A NOVEL GENOTYPE OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS IN INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS WITH AN AGGRESSIVE PHENOTY..
Research Grant
Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health serv..
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Hepatitis B in the Northern Territory: insights into the changing epidemiology of an ancie..
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Projects
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HEP-LOGIC - A partnership approach to preventing liver cancer: tackling viral hepatitis in primary care
Surveillance for Hepatitis B Indicators - Blood-borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections surveillance and research program
National Viral Hepatitis Mapping Project
Liver cancer prevention - linking viral hepatitis diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes
Improving equity of hepatitis B treatment access and outcomes by informing spatial targeting of resources
Victorian Enhanced Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Project
Scholarly Works
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Cowie Group - Melbourne Research Team of the Year
WHO CC for Viral Hepatitis - Highly Commended, Chief Executive's Leadership Award
Individual Contribution Award
Award for Outstanding Service in Viral Hepatitis Health Promotion
Clinical Excellence Award - You Made a Difference
Hepatitis Victoria Ambassador and HepHero
Media Award
Victor Hurley Medical Research Fellowship
Junior Researcher Support Prize
Final Year Prize
Paul Boyce Award
FRACP - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Honorary
Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital
Honorary
Doherty Institute
Corresponding Member
European Association for the Study of the Liver
Member
Public Health Association of Australia
Life Member
The John Snow Society
Member
Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases
Member, And Director
Australasian Society for HIV Medicine
Education
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Clinical Epidemiology
Monash University
Medicine and Surgery
Monash University