Tony Stewart

Tony Stewart is an Honorary Professor at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University. As a medical epidemiologist and public health physician, he specializes in outbreak response, applied epidemiology, and health emergency management, with extensive experience in WHO programs and global health crises.

• Education: MBBS (Monash University), MAppEpid (ANU), Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine

His research focuses on applied epidemiology in public health emergencies, including:

• Outbreak investigation and containment
• Climate change impacts on population health
• Surveillance systems for infectious diseases
• Health workforce training and deployment

Recent publications analyze zoonotic disease outbreaks and climate-related health risks, with keywords spanning epidemiology, environmental health, and global health security. His work with WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) earned a WHO Director General’s Award for Zika virus response.

Stewart has led field deployments during the Ebola outbreaks in West Africa (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia), the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh, and cyclone recovery efforts in the Pacific. He collaborates with international agencies (UNICEF, CDC, Red Cross), regional institutions (Africa CDC, ASEAN), and NGOs, focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to health emergencies.