Andre M.N. Renzaho

Professor Renzaho joined Western Sydney University in 2015. Prior to that he was the Director of Migration, Social Disadvantage, and Health Programs within the Global Society Unit, the Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash University. With a background in Global Health and International Development, he has professional experience in complex (protracted) humanitarian emergencies and development practice, international public health, and nutrition epidemiology. From 2003 to 2006, he oversaw the evaluation of more than 40 AusAID NGO Cooperation Programs with World Vision Australia covering Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, the Pacific, and Asia; and acted as the Technical Director of the Impact Assessment of Australian Aid for the Bougainville Infrastructure. He has worked with a number of United Nations including working with Care Australia, Concern Worldwide, Médecins Sans Frontières, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, and the United Nations Children's Fund. Professor Renzaho has also undertaken consultancy work for State and Commonwealth Governments in Australia and overseas. He has been a member of a number of governmental and non-governmental Boards, Committees, Expert Panels, and Taskforce. He is on editorial boards of international journals and currently a Chief Investigator on category 1 grants. He has published more than 180 papers and attracted more than $8.5 million in national competitive grants.
Current research interests: Migration: social disadvantage and health, physical activity, nutrition vitamin D deficiency, non-communicable diseases (obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, mental health); blood donation and social inclusion (African migrants); health literacy, alcohol and drug prevention, and oral health (migrant populations). Global health: Hypertension and type 2 diabetes (Zimbabwe); maternal and child health (Papua New Guinea and Laos); child protection and sexual health & reproductive rights (Uganda); nutrition, food security, and food systems; HIV Prevention (Eastern Africa); and non-communicable diseases post-2015 development agenda. Cultural competence and health service delivery. Methodological approaches: systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and meta-ethnography