
Challenges students to reach their potential.
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Dr Toni Hannelly is a Senior Lecturer in the Curtin School of Population Health within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University. She holds a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) from Curtin University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences with a focus on Epidemiology and Biostatistics, a Bachelor of Science, and a Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health. As a Fellow of Environmental Health Australia (FEHA) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Dr Hannelly contributes significantly to teaching and supervision in environmental health disciplines. Her teaching areas encompass communication, waste management, air pollution, and communicable diseases, where she supervises projects for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Dr Hannelly's research centers on environmental health, with a specific emphasis on water and air quality, as part of the School of Public Health's healthy communities initiatives. She is a team member of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Climate Change, Health, and Air Quality (WHOCC-CCHIA) at Curtin University. With 21 publications and 165 citations documented on ResearchGate, her scholarly output includes key works such as 'International Environmental Health Skills, Knowledge, and Qualifications: Enhancing Professional Practice Through Agreements Between Countries' (2024), 'The COVID Pandemic and Environmental Health: Lessons Learned' (2024), 'Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Health Teaching: Impacts for the Wider Profession' (2023), 'Environmental Health Responses to COVID-19 in Western Australia: Lessons for the Future' (2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health), 'How Can Environmental Health Practitioners Contribute to Ensure Population Safety and Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic?' (2021), 'Work-Integrated Learning and Professional Accreditation Policies: An Environmental Health Higher Education Perspective' (2018), and 'Water Recycling in Western Australia: Analysis of 2003–2009 Monitoring Programme' (2012). Additionally, her doctoral research examined 'Air Pollution in Metropolitan Perth and Cardiovascular and Respiratory Hospital Admissions' (2018). Dr Hannelly serves as Secretary of the Environmental Health Australia (Western Australia) Board, contributing to professional governance, conference organization, and policy development in environmental health education and practice.
