Charmaine Gauci CV

Curriculum Vitae Dr Charmaine Gauci

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PERSONAL INFORMATION Dr Charmaine Gauci MD,MSc, PhD, FRSPH, FFPH

Personal profile I am a dedicated and committed public health specialist. Over the years I have developed skills in the wide aspect of the public health specialty. During this time I have tackled for many of the aspects of public health and am particularly interested in the specialty of epidemiology. I have found that my work contributes a lot to the prevention of communicable and non communicable diseases and this has provided me with great job satisfaction. Following the attainment of the medical degree, I pursed my studies with a masters in public health and consequently followed the European Programme in Epidemiological Training ( EPIET) in France. I have specialized in fitness and nutrition and have developed a programme for weight management as part fulfilment of the diploma. I have attained my PhD Degree in communicable disease epidemiology in 2006. I am a fellow of the UK Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH) and a fellow of the UK Faculty of Public Health (FFPH. I have been registered as a specialist in Public Health Medicine with the Specialist Accreditation Committee in accordance with the Health Care Professions Act 2003 since 2003. I have an appointment as resident senior lecturer with the University of Malta and deliver lectures in the field of public health with special interest in Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases and Disease Prevention. I currently assist in the coordination of the Public Health masters course organized by the Public Health Department. I have served as President of the Malta Association of Public Health Medicine for the term December 2009-2011 and December 2011-2013 after having served as vice-resident for two years and secretary for four years. Currently I am a member on the executive committee and member of the CPD subcommittee. . I am also part of the Public health training committee which is responsible for setting up of training in the public health specialty. I am also a lead location trainer for public health trainees who are attached with the directorate. I have great interest in research work and further education especially in the field of epidemiology and carry out various research projects. I form part of the Editorial Board of the “International Journal of Medicine” and of “Infectious Disease: Research and Treatment”(Libertas Academia, New Zealand). I have published a number of papers in peer review journals, chapters in books and frequent reviewer

for various international and local peer reviewed journals.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Current position

CONSULTANT IN PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE (November 2009-

present)

DIRECTOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION

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DIRECTORATE (September 2007- present)

I have been appointed as consultant in Public Health Medicine in November 2009

and given headship position as the director of the Health Promotion and Disease

Prevention Directorate within the Ministry for Health since September 2007 ,

where I am responsible for two units namely:

Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Unit

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Unit

The Directorate is responsible for preventing illness and promoting health in order

to improve the health and well-being of the Maltese population. My role as

Director is to provide leadership for health promotion to reduce/delay the onset of

illness. In this function, I am responsible for promoting healthy lifestyles amongst

the population and working in partnership with other Ministries and external

stakeholders to tackle the determinants of illness, particularly to reduce the disease

burden caused by non-communicable diseases. As a Director I am responsible to

ensure that services within the directorate are operating in line with the Ministry’s

policy, strategy, regulations and standards.

The main tasks of this directorate are to:

1. Enhance knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and values that are conducive to

good health;

2. Educate and empower the public to adopt healthy behaviour, enhance

personal skills, promote environmental change and advocate lifestyle

policies favourable to health;

3. Monitor health and disease trends and provide the necessary input to the

development of policies in respect of communicable and non

communicable diseases;

4. Study ways of promoting better nutrition; prevent overweight, obesity and

chronic disease;

5. Formulate effective health promotion measures, in co-operation with the

key stakeholders, by applying a multisectoral approach;

6. Produce publications and use media on a range of health topics;

7. Formulate and regularly update national policy for communicable disease

and ensure its implementation

8. Carry out field investigation and epidemiological control of communicable

diseases;

9. Minimize the transmission of and mortality from communicable diseases;

10. Prepare operational policies and strategies aimed at reducing non

communicable diseases and their impact on morbidity and mortality;

11. Reduce the incidence, morbidity and mortality from non communicable

diseases;

12. Formulate contingency plans for potential epidemics and prepare national

plans for biological threats to public health.

I lead a team of 29 people (three consultants, three specialist registrars, one sexual



health nurse, one dental officer, five health promotion/scientific officers, one

pharmacist/nutritionist, two nurses, a designer, public health trainees and

administrative/supportive staff).

MALTA REPRESENTATION

Member of the Advisory Forum of the European Centre for Disease Control

(ECDC)

Contact point on competent bodies of the ECDC.

Member on the Health Security Committee of the DG SANCO

Focal point for the Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) of the ECDC

Contact point on RAS-BICHAT

Focal point for the ECDC network Epi-South

Contact point for the European Community health indicators monitoring

Non communicable diseases WHO focal point

Member on editorial board of “ Archives, The international Journal of Medicine”

and “Infectious Disease: Research and Treatment”(Libertas Academia, New

Zealand)

BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices

Chairperson of the TB Control Committee

Chairperson of the Biological Threats Committee

Member on the Hospital Infection Control Committee

Member on the Smoking and Health Committee (Tobacco Control act)

Member on Food Safety Commission

Member on Influenza Pandemic Committee

Co-Chair of the International Health Regulations Advisory committee

Co-Chair of the Education-Health Committee



Co-Chairperson of the sexual health policy/ strategy implementation committee

Co-Chairperson of the healthy weight for life strategy implementation committee

Co-Chairperson of the non communicable disease strategy implementation

committee

Member on the European Union Public Health Conference 2012 Local

Organisation committee

Member on the European Union Public Health Conference 2012 Scientific

Committee

Member on the Malta Medical School Conference 2012 Scientific Committee

Was nominated Chairperson on the EY 2012 European Year for Active Ageing

and Intergenerational solidarity responsible for the events and initiatives related

to this event.

Member on the Sports Policy Advisory Board

Member on the drafting group of WHO European region Physical activity

strategy (nominated by WHO as expert on this committee)

EU FUNDED PROJECTS

Project leader for ERF project for the setting up of islaotion homes and digital

screening xray unit in detention centre January 2013

Project leader for

Episouth Project

Episouth Plus

HCube project

OPEN

Flu Resp

CHRODIS-JA

NOMINATED EXPERT

Nominated as temporary expert with the World Health Organisation for the

development of a strategy for Health Enhancing Physical Activity for WHO

European Region

Academic Profession July 2007-Present

I have been appointed as resident lecturer (T2) with the University of Malta, Public Health Department in July 2007 and consequently promoted to senior lecturer in June 2009. I have been consequently promoted to resident senior lecturer TR4 since January 2013 following a call for applications. I am responsible for the delivery and assessment of study units in Epidemiology, Communicable Diseases and Disease Surveillance in BSc Environmental Health and Epidemiology Study Unit in



nutrition post graduate diploma. I deliver a number of lectures to undergraduate doctors, nursing conversion courses, diploma environmental health and postgraduate courses including Masters Public Health, Masters Health Services Management and to other health care professionals. I currently assist in the coordination of the Masters course of Public health with the University of Malta. I have supervised a number of students for their dissertation including MSc Public Health, BSc Environmental health and have acted as an advisor for a number of students. I am currently supervising the dissertations of a student for his doctorate degree, one student for masters public health and four students reading for B.Ed. I also have other prospective PhD students to supervise. I am also part of the training committee (representing the Superintendent of Public Health) which is responsible for setting up training in the public health specialty. I am the principal lead trainer and responsible for the training of doctors attached with the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Directorate. I am also an Educational Supervisor to the Foundation Programme of Trainees I participated in PHTECE which is responsible for harmonizing public health training in Europe and have attended workshops organized by this team. I was a standing member on the selection committee of the MGSS scheme 2010-2012 whereby I was responsible for evaluating and selection of health related proposals.

Malta Association of Public Heath Medicine

I have been and active member on the MAPHM since 2005 Was Hon secretary for the period December 2005-Decemeber 2007 Was Hon Vice President for the period December 2007-December 2009 Have been appointed Hon President of the association December 2009- December 2013 In 2012, the association was responsible for organising the local European Public Health Conference in Malta which welcomed over 1200 delegates. Appointed as member on the current executive committee for term 2014-2016 Member on the CPD subcommittee

July 1998-September 2007 HEAD OF DISEASE SURVEILLANCE UNIT (July 1998 to September 2007) I started working with the Department of Public Health in July 1993 as a medical officer. I obtained a post as medical officer in public health on the 3

rd June 1996. I was promoted to senior medical officer

on the 25th June 1998 when I was appointed Head of Disease Surveillance Unit within the Department

of Public Health where I was responsible for a team of 20 people. Consequently I was then appointed as Principal Medical officer on the 13

th June 2001.

The work involved mainly the surveillance of communicable diseases at national level in Malta and the international cooperation with other countries. The work included:

Investigation and follow up of reported Notifiable Diseases

Setting up an outbreak control team in case of outbreaks

Communication with various disease specific networks and provision of information to the ECDC/WHO.

Responsibility for the early warning and response system of the ECDC (24hr/7 day on call for urgent alerts)

Issuing recommendations for improving prevention and control of Communicable Diseases

Co-ordination of Health Promotion in conjunction with other sectors

Initiation of surveys and statistical interpretation of data

Assisting the Director of Public Health in the investigation of reports of breaches of the relevant national Health Laws and Regulations.

Screening of laboratory results

Focal point for a number of disease specific networks under the ECDC including early warning and response system (EWRS), RAS-BICHAT, Enter-Net and Epi-South.

Contact point for the European Community health indicators monitoring

Advisor for the open learning on enteric pathogens group

Appointed member of the Infection Control Committee

Appointed member of Viral Hemorrhagic fever working group

Issuing and renewals of licenses relating to the provision of health care services.



Responsibility for issuing permits for adverts relating to health issues on behalf of the Council of Health

Dealing with various queries presented by the public

Responsibility for the supervision of medical officers and other staff in the Disease Surveillance Unit. These included nine medical officers, a health inspector, a clerk, a messenger and a maid.

Responsibility for the training of doctors who are attached with the disease surveillance unit. These include doctors who are on the training programme and also junior house officers who are attached for a temporary period with the unit.

Responsibility for the research carried out at the unit both as initiatives and also in collaboration with other centres or institutes, locally and internationally.

Responsibility for the Chest Unit, which is responsible for surveillance and control of Tuberculosis, and the Occupational Health Unit, which is responsible for screening of employees.

I was also responsible for taking up duties of the Director of Public Health when the latter is abroad or on leave and performing on call duties for which I am responsible for emergencies dealing with public health issues.

July 1991-May 1996 MEDICAL OFFICER (July 1991 to May 1996) Following my attainment of the medical degree I was assigned with a number of firms within the main state hospital. This experience enhanced my clinical skills in a variety of areas including: Medical Officer in Public Health 1995/1996 11 months) House Officer in Blood Transfusion 1995 (6 months) House Officer in Orthopaedics 1994 (3 months) Medical Officer in Radiology 1994 (3 months) Medical Officer in Accident and Emergency 1994 (6 months) House Officer in Blood Transfusion 1993 (3 months) Medical Officer in Public Health 1993 (3 months) House Officer in Surgery 1993 (6 months) House Officer in Medicine 1992 (6 months) House Officer in Paediatrics 1992 (3 months) House Officer in ENT 1992 (3 months) House Officer in Orthopaedics 1991 (3 months) House Officer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1991 (3 months)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING



2013

November 2006

Certified PRINCE 2 project management practitioner PhD degree in communicable disease epidemiology

Member of learned associations

2007

2010

Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, UK Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, UK

November 2000 Masters degree with Distinction in Public Health Medicine

November 1991 Medical Doctor University of Malta qualification (Registration No. 2247)

Undergraduate education 1985: Advanced Level passes in three subjects. These are: Physics Grade A Biology Grade B Chemistry Grade B Post secondary school 1983 - 1985 1981 – 1982 Ordinary Level passes in nine subjects Junior Lyceum secondary school 1981 - 1982 Maria Assunta, Secondary School 1979- 1980 Lily of the Valley, Secondary School 1978 - 1979 Mosta Primary School 1972 - 1977



Other training Living in an intercultural Society, CDRT, 2014 Leading and Innovation: more than meets the eye? CDRT, April 2014 Achieving success through self mortivation, CDRT, April 2014 Measuring team performance CDRT , February 2014 Performance and Motivation: the difference and the link training CDRT , January 2014 Leadership trends and implementation in the public service, CDRT 2012-2013 Certified PRINCE 2 Project Management Practitioner (2013) Training on the role of an educational Supervisor to foundation programme trainees 2013 Training on the foundation Programme assessment tools, May 2013 PRINCE 2 project management foundation certificate, 2013 Effective People Management, CDRT , March 2013 Governance in the Public Sector Seminar January 2013 Leadership Trends and Implementation in the Public Service, CDRT January 2013 Team Stress Workshop, CDRT June 2012 Motivation Workshop for senior management, CDRT May 2012 Writing for the media seminar, February 2012 Overcoming negativity at the workplace, CDRT, October 2011 Health Impact Assessment Training Course, University of Liverpool, Aug-Sept 2011 Lejn Malti Ahjar course, CDRT September 2011 Community development course (30hr) March- May 2011 Report writing, CDRT, April 2011

Change Management, CDRT, March 2011 Public relations module, , CDRT, 2010 Leadership and management course, MCAST , June 2010 Supporting employees through change, CDRT , March 2010 Speech Writing and speech making , Staff Development Organization, June 2009 Evaluating policy, Staff Development Organization, June 2009 Effective Policy, Staff Development Organization, April 2009 Managing meetings course, Staff Development Organization, March 2009 Attendance at the Institute of Directors Malta Four Seasons Series in Company Direction. 2007/2008 Public health postgraduate training modules in: 2005

Health and Policy Planning Principles of health impact assessment Principles of Health Economics Health Policy and Planning Implementation Effective Communication and Coaching Teaching skills for public health physicians Mentoring Critical appraisal and evaluation methodologies

EPIET Training Module on Computer Tools for Outbreak Investigations December 2004 SPSS – Statistical Package for Social Sciences – National Statistics Office November 2004 Diploma in Fitness and Nutrition June 2004



Other training /seminars/conferences attended

Seminar on chemical contaminants in food of animal origin-strategies and surveillance - November 1999 Seminar on European Union Affairs - November 1999 Seminar on Importance and Monitoring for Drug Residues in Food - Strategies and Surveillance - January 2000 Health and Safety at Work Seminar - April 2000 Change Management Seminar- Accrual Accounting in Government - May 2001 European Union Fifth Framework Program - Quality of Life Thematic Program -July 2001 Seminar on the Regulatory Framework and Practical Implementation of Good Distribution Practice of Pharmaceutical Products and The Licensing of Wholesale Dealers as well as Pharmacy Premises - July 2001 Workshop on Food safety and Hygiene - January 2002 Conference on Managing the Transition from a Department of Government to a Regulator - March 2002 Conference on Data Protection Act in the Public Service - April 2002 Annual Meeting of the European Working Group for Legionella Infections - May 2002 Data Protection Compliance In the Public Service- Data Controllers Workshop - October 2002 Advertising of Medicinal Products for Human Use- Regulation and Monitoring Workshop - October 2002 Accrual Accounting In Government Departments Seminar - October 2002 Good distribution Practice Inspectors Training Programme - 11-15

th November 2002

Fourth Maltese Conference On Infection Control and Antibiotic Therapy - 3

rd

December 2002 Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Impact Assessments Workshop - December 2002 "Training the Trainers" Program organized by the Malta Association of Public Health Medicine - February 2003 Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies for Human Health Workshop on Food borne Disease and Climate Change in Rome - February 2003 The Public Health Programme - Public Health Policy Analysis and Development - March 2003 Major Accident Hazards from Dangerous Substances Emergency Planning Workshop - March 2003 Global Health Security Incident Scale Meeting in London – September 2003 Major Accidents Hazards from Dangerous Substances- Guidance to the Prevention and Evaluation of MAPP and Safety Reports – October 2003 Emergency Planning Exercise- October 2003 Health Impact Assessment Seminar- October 2003 Fourth Congress of the International Federation of Infection Control – November 2003 Information Session Pharmaco vigilance Articles in the Directive 2001/83/EC Building Synergies with Entrepreneurs Seminar – November 2003 Fifth Maltese Medical School Conference – December 2003 EMCDDA – Key Indicators of drug related infectious diseases Training Programme- June 2004 Enter-Net (EC Disease Specific Network) Meeting in Berlin – July 2004 16

th Jean Monnet Seminar: The EU’s fight against terrorism: disappointment thus

far? Prospects for the Future? – July 2004



Publications

Presentations

Posters

Reviewer

Published Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals

1. Haverkate M, D’Ancona F, Giambi C, Johansen K, Lopalco PL, Cozza V, Appelgren E, Gauci C (VENICE II gatekeeper). Mandatory and recomemnded vaccination in EU, Iceland and Norway: results of the Venice survey on the ways of the implementing national vaccination programmes. Eurosurveillance, 2012 ; 17 (22).

2. Fullerton K, Scallan E, Kirk M, Mahon B, Angulo F, De Valk H, Pelt W, Gauci C, Hauri A,

Majowicz S, O’Brien S. Case control syudies of sporadic enteric infections: a review and discussion of studies conducted internationally from 1990 to 2009. Foodborne pathogens and disease. Vol 9,4:281-292. 2012.

3. Dorleans F, Levy-Bruhl D, Giambi C, D’Ancona F, La Torre G, Cotter S, Mereckiene J,

Stefanoff P, Appelgren E, Gauci C (VENICE II gatekeeper). Health Technology assessments on human papillomavirus vaccinations in Europe: a survey from VENICE network. Italian Journal of Public Health, vol9, No 1, 3-12, 2012.

4. Gauci C, Delicata N. Prevention of cancer through lifestyle change and screening. JMCPP

issue 17, 2011, 21-24 5. Gauci C, Gilles H, Mamo J, Ruggeri FM, Di Bartoli I, Barbara C, Cuschieri L. The aetiology

of infectious intestinal disease. MMJ Vol 4, Issue 6, 2010, 6-12. 6. Farrugia B, Gauci C, Firoini A, Cacciotolo J. Tuberculosis in Malta: Comparisons between

the young and the elderly in a low incidence country. MMJ vol 22, issue 1 March 2010, 21-26

7. Gauci C, Gilles H, O’Brien S, Mamo J, Calleja N. General practitioners : their role in the

notification of communicable diseases. Eurosurveillance monthly (November) 2007 8. Majowicz S, Scallan E, Hall G, Gauci C, Jones T, O.Brien S, Henao O, Sockett P. “A

common symptom based case definition for gastroenteritis”. Epidemiology and Infection 2007 Aug 9;1-9

9. Gauci C, Gilles H, O’Brien S, Mamo J. Laboratory surveillance of communicable diseases:

enteric pathogens. Maltese Medical Journal Jun 2007: 19: 27-31.

10. Gauci C, T Melillo Fenech, Gilles H, O’Brien S, Mamo J, Stabile I, Ruggeri FM, Calleja N, F Ruggeri, L Cuschieri. Sentinel Surveillance: an option for surveillance of infectious intestinal disease? Eurosurveillance monthly 2007 Vol 12 Issue 4.

11. Gauci C, Borg D. Are children attending child play areas at risk to infectious diseases? What can be done? Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 2007. Vol 127:1: 22-28.

12. Gauci C, Gilles H, O’Brien S, Mamo J, Stabile I, Ruggeri FM, Gatt A, Calleja N, Spiteri G.

The magnitude and distribution of infectious intestinal disease in Malta: A population based study. Epidemiology and Infection. Jan 15 2007; 1-8.

13. Gauci C, Gilles H, O’Brien S, Mamo J, Stabile I, Ruggeri FM, Calleja N, Spiteri G. Estimating

the burden and cost of infectious intestinal disease in the Maltese Community. Epidemiology and Infection. Feb 21;2007: 1-9.

14. Gauci C, Gilles H, O’Brien S, Mamo J. Infectious intestinal disease: do we know it all? Maltese Medical Journal. Dec 2006: 18; 4: 7-12.

15. Gauci C, Gilles H, O’Brien S, Mamo J, Stabile I, Chircop Micallef C. Challenges in

identifying Methodology for a study to estimate prevalence of Infectious Intestinal Illness in Malta. Epidemiology and Infection. 2006., 134:393-339.



16. Gauci C, Amato Gauci A. What does the food handler in the home know about salmonellosis and food safety? The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. May 2005; 125,( 3) : 136-142.

17. Kovats RS, Edwards SJ, Charron D, Cowden J, D’Souza RM, Ebi KL, Gauci C, Gerner-

Smidt P, Hajat S, Hales S, Hernandez Pezzi G, Kriz B, Kutsar B, Kutsar K, McKeownP, Mellou K, MenneB, O’Brien S, Van Pelt W, Schmid H. Climate variability and campylobacter infection: an international study. Int. J. Biometeorol. 2005 Mar;49(4):207-214.

18. Falzon D, Portelli A, Mallia Azzopardi C, Gauci C. Hepatitis C: an emerging concern in

Maltese Medical Journal: 1997; 9(1): 19-22. Abstracts and Posters in conferences

1. Grech L, Sammut M, Gauci C. The attitudes, knowledge and practices of Maltese family doctors in disease prevention and health promotion Presented at the Malta Medical Scholl conference November 2012

2. Azzopardi J, Calleja N, Gauci C, Buttigieg A, Montefort S. Smoking prevalence in health care

workers in local hospital. Presented at the Malta Medical Scholl conference November 2012 3. Gauci C, Busuttil R, Borg Buontempo M. Healthy Weight for Life Strategy.: an intersectoral

approach to tackling obesity in Malta. Presented at the European Public Health Conference, Malta November 2012.

4. Busuttil D, Gauci C. Food consumption habits in Maltese adolescents aged 12-14 years.

Presented at the European Public Health Conference, Malta November 2012.

5. Montefort S, Azzopardi J, Gauci C, Buttigieg A. Smoking prevalence in health care workers. Presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress to be held in Vienna September 2012.

6. Pace. L, Borg Buontrempo M, Gauci C, Gauci D. a Healthy weight for life. Presented at the

Action for Prevention Conference, Hungary 2011 and won best poster award.

7. Dingli P, Carachi E, Farrugia D, Gauci B, Galea A, Buttigieg A, Gauci C. Long term follow up of patients attending tobacco cessation clinics in Malta Presented at the national smoking cessation conference in UK, 2011.

8. Melillo T, Gauci C. Influenza H1N1v Pandemic in Malta- situational analysis of the first 3

months at Malta Medical School Conference, 2009

9. Mamo J, Gauci C, Calleja N. A community service for Malta’s growing elderly population: Screening – the missing link in our portfolio? Maltese Medical School Conference, Nov-Dec 2006.

10. Majowicz S, Hall G, Scallan E, Adak GK, Gauci C, Jones T, O’Brien S, Henao O, Sockett

PN. Development of a common, Symptom based case definition for gastroenteritis: an international analysis. At Emerging Infectious Disease Conference, Atlanta, 2005.

11. Gauci C. Infectious Intestinal Disease Population Survey in Malta. At 2

nd Annual

International Collaboration on enteric disease ‘Burden of Illness’ studies meeting, Spain, 2005.

12. Gauci C, Maistre Melillo J. Epidemiology and surveillance of meningococcal disease in

Malta. At EUIBIS conference, 2005.

13. Gauci C, Micallef M, Eurohep.net team. Surveillance, epidemiology and prevention of Hepatitis A in Malta. At Eurohep.net conference, 2002.

Books



First author for the Chapter titled “Role of Environmental Contamination in Norovirus Gastroenteritis” which will be included in the book titled “Role of hygiene in health” by Nova Publishers , 2007. Published Reports Editor of the “Food and Nutrition Policy and Action Plan for Malta 2014-2020” , 2014 Contributor to the “Communicable Disease Strategy “ 2013 Editor of “TB strategy for Malta”, 2012 Editor of “Healthy weight for life strategy”, 2012 Contributor to the “Sexual Health Strategy for the Maltese Islands”, 2011. Contributor to the “Sexual Health Policy for the Maltese Islands”, 2010. Editor of “A strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases in the Maltese Islands”, 2010 Editor of “Communicable Disease Strategy”, 2006

Editor of the “Disease Surveillance Unit Annual Report 2007



Editor of the “Disease Surveillance Unit Case Definitions”, 2005 Surveillance, epidemiology and prevention of Hepatitis A in Malta published in EuroHep.Net Surveillance and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Hepatitis, 2005. Surveillance, epidemiology and prevention of Hepatitis B in Malta published in EuroHep.Net Surveillance and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Hepatitis, 2005.


Editor of the “Disease Surveillance Unit Annual Report 2003” ISSN 1812-8769

Editor of the “Disease Surveillance Unit Annual Report 2002 ISBN 99932-633-1-1

Contributor to the “Public Health Report, Malta 2002” ISBN 99932-609-4-0 Editor of DSU newsletter Reviewer of articles in peer reviewed journals Member of advisory board of “archives of International Journal of Medicine” and “Infectious Disease: Research and Treatment”(Libertas Academia, New Zealand.

Reviewer for the abstracts for the 2012 European Scientific Conference for Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE)

Reviewer for the abstracts for the 2012 European Union Public Health Conference

Reviewer for peer reviewed journals including Malta Medical Journal, BioMed Central, Clinical



Infection, Journal of Infection, Epidemiology and Infection, International Journal of Food Microbiology, BioMed and Journal of Infection. These included: “

1. “Screening of Hepatitis B surface antigen and any HCV among pregnant women at the Tamale teaching hospital “Infectious Diseases: Research and Treatment, March

2014 2. “ Leadership, clinical freedom and cost containment lessons from recent history “.Malta

Medical Journal. August 2013

3. “First National Mapping Survey of indoor radon levels in the Maltese Islands” Malta Medical Journal July 2013

4. “The risk of Pertussis in Malta in 2011 – a case for adolescent and adult pertussis booster vaccination”. Malta Medical Journal. June 2013

5. “Central Nervous System Infections among individuals with and without end stage renal

disease” Journal of Infection, February 2013 6. “Assessing Healthcare Utilization for Influenza-like Illness at an Emergency Department and

a Student Health Service during the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic” Infectious Diseases: Research and Treatment, January 2013

7. “Tuberculosis in Malta: 30 years epidemiological trends in the native population” Malta

Medical Journal, October 2012 8. “Transmitted HIV drug resistance- does the problem exist in Nepal ?” WHO South-East

Asia Journal of Public Health, September 2012 9. “Stool submission by general practitioners in SW England - when, why and how? A

qualitative study” BMC Family Practice for BMC, May 2012 10. “Hepatitis B Infection in Malta: A retrospective cross section study” for Malta Medical

Journal, December 2011.

11. “Identified cases of acute hepatitis C from computerized laboratory database: A hospital-based epidemiological and clinical study” for Journal of Infection, August 2011.

12. “Change in attachment of Salmonella Typhimurium, Yersinia enterocolitica, and Listeria

monocytogenes to pork skin and muscle after hot water and lactic acid decontamination” for International Journal for Food Microbiology, October 2010.

13. “Prevalence and mean intensity of Anisakis simplex sensu stricto in viscera and muscles of

European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)” for International Journal for Food Microbiology, October 2010.

14. “Vancomycin MIC Trend and Association with Outcomes” , July 2010

15. “Sentinel surveillance system for early outbreak detection in Madagascar”, for BMC Public

Health , November 2009

16. Influenza-like illness surveillance using a deputising medical service corresponds to surveillance from sentinel general practices for Eurosurveillance , July 2009

17. “Trends in sun awareness and protection practices in Malta: 1999-2004” for MMJ, February 2008.

18. “Gatekeepers of health: a qualitative assessment of child care centre staff’s perspectives,

practices and challenges to enteric illness prevention and management in child care centres” for BMC Public Health, January 2008.



19. “Estimating the Economic Cost of Acute Gastrointestinal Infection in Canada: Results from the National Studies on Acute Gastrointestinal Illness in British Columbia” for International Journal for Food Microbiology, January 2008

20. “Identified cases of acute hepatitis C from computerized laboratory database: A hospital-

based epidemiological and clinical study” in Journal of Infection, November 2007

21. “Declining visceral leishmaniasis in Malta” for MMJ , September 2007

22. “Enteropathogenic Bacteria and Intestinal Parasites in food handlers in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia” for Clinical Infection , September 2007

23. “Aetiology of acute gastroenteritis in 3 sentinel general practices in Austria”, 2007 for

Infection, May 2008

▪ PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue(s) Maltese

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production

MALTESE C1 C1 C1 C1 C1

ENGLISH C1 C1 C1 C1 C1

Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user Common European Framework of Reference for Languages



Communication skills

Through my work as a doctor with patients, in public health especially with health promotion and in mky academic career I have managed to develop the following skills in communication

▪ Taking responsibility for message being passed on

▪ Good listener

▪ Preparing to listen

▪ Adapting to difference of opinions

▪ Being open minded

▪ Acknowledging differences

▪ Assessing without being judgmental

▪ Accepting feedback

▪ Being assertive

▪ Ability to share one’s thoughts

▪ Sharing one’s feelings

▪ Conveying to others a message without commanding or dictating terms

▪ Maintaining a communication wheel of conclusions, sense data, emotions, impact and desire

▪ Ability to resolve conflicts so that it is a win-win for all

▪ Ability to be concise and clear

▪ Ability to convey thoughts in a focused and concrete manner

▪ Ability to confront a situation when faced with reputation crises using techniques of reputation management.

▪ Ability to convey with and empathetic statement

▪ Ability to provide specific details supported by concrete examples

▪ Ability to monitor emotional reactions and filter out irrational thoughts

▪ Ability to project oneself into the audience’s point of view



Organisational / managerial skills Through my experience as head of unit and even more as director I have managed to gain the following skills

▪ 1. Communication skills 2. Listening Skills 3. A Commitment to the Truth 4. Empathy 5. Persuasion 6. Leadership 7. Focus 8. Division of Work 9. Obstacle Removal 10. Heat Absorption 11. Uncertainty Removal 12. Project Management 13. Administrative and Financial Skills

Job-related skills ▫ Risk assessment , risk management and risk communication skills

▫ Planning, development , implementation and evaluation of strategies and policies

▫ Research skills( qualitative and quantitative)

▫ Critical appraisal

▫ Preparing briefing notes, answering parliamentary questions

▫ Preparing guidelines, algorithms

▫ Developing health campaigns

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Computer skills ▪ good command of Microsoft Office™ tools, statistical package SPSS.

EU projects ▪ Mare Nostrum

▪ Episouth

▪ Episouth plus

▪ Hcube

▪ Project leader for OPEN

▪ Project leader for migrant screening unit project

▪ Project leader for chronic diseases joint action

▪

Hobbies I enjoy making full use of my leisure time seeking quiet places in the countryside, reading, swimming, walking, dancing, craft work, fashion design, interior designing and gardening.

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