# Colleen Lau

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2260
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Professor

# Colleen Lau

Email:
:   [colleen.lau@uq.edu.au](mailto:colleen.lau@uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [+61 7 334 64747](tel:+61 7 334 64747)

## Positions

Affiliate of Queensland Digital Health Centre
:   Queensland Digital Health Centre
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Professorial Research Fellow
:   UQ Centre for Clinical Research
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

## Overview

### Background

Prof Colleen Lau - MBBS (UWA), MPHTM (JCU), PhD (UQ), FRACGP, FACTM, FISTM.

Prof Colleen Lau is an NHMRC Fellow and Professorial Research Fellow at the UQ Centre for Clinical Research. Her areas of expertise include emerging infectious diseases, neglected tropical diseases, and clinical travel medicine. Her wide range of research interests include infectious disease epidemiology, spatial epidemiology and disease mapping, infectious disease surveillance and elimination, vaccinations, travel health, environmental health, and digital decision support tools. Professor Lau’s research projects focus on answering practical questions in clinical management of infectious diseases and operational questions on improving strategies to solve public health problems. She leads UQ's [HERA](https://www.uq.edu.au/research/research-support/research-management/funding-schemes/uq-internal-initiatives/hera-health-research-accelerator/hera-programs) program on Operational Research and Decision Support for Infectious Diseases ([ODeSI](https://clinical-research.centre.uq.edu.au/odesi)).

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### Availability

Professor Colleen Lau is:
:   Available for supervision
:   Media expert

### Fields of research

[Biomedical and Clinical Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4760)
[Clinical sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4979)
[Environmental Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4773)
[Epidemiology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4897)
[Health Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4759)
[Infectious diseases](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=6765)
[Pacific Peoples health and wellbeing](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4830)

### Qualifications

- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, University of Western Australia
- Postgraduate Diploma in Travel Medicine, James Cook University
- Masters (Coursework) of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University
- Doctor of Philosophy of Public Health, The University of Queensland
- Member, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Member, Asia Pacific Travel Health Society, Asia Pacific Travel Health Society
- Board Member, Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
- Fellow, Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
- Honorary Academic, Australian National University, Australian National University
- Board Member, Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) Network, Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) Network
- Fellow, International Society of Travel Medicine, International Society of Travel Medicine
- Honorary Academic, James Cook University, James Cook University
- Journal Editorial Board Member, Journal of Travel Medicine, Journal of Travel Medicine
- Journal Editorial Board Member, One Health, One Health
- Fellow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- Journal Editorial Board Member, Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling, Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling
- Journal Editorial Board Member, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

### Research interests

- #### Neglected Tropical Diseases

  Operational research on lymphatic filariasis elimination. Spatial epidemiology. Disease hotspots. Integrated surveillance. Pacific Islands.

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- #### Emerging Infectious Diseases

  Leptospirosis. Arboviruses. Zoonoses. Spatial epidemiology and disease mapping. Environmental drivers of disease transmission and outbreaks.

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- #### Clinical Travel Medicine

  Vaccinations. Malaria prophylaxis. Health and wellbeing of travellers.

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- #### Digital decision support tools

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## Works

[Search Professor Colleen Lau’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/79872)

[All
(264)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/2260/all)
[Journal Article
(229)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/2260/4748)
[Other Outputs
(7)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/2260/4749)
[Conference Publication
(20)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/2260/4751)
[Book Chapter
(8)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/2260/4752)

Featured

2024

Journal Article

##### Malaria cases in China acquired through international travel, 2013–2022

Zhu, Yan, Restrepo, Angela Cadavid, Wang, Hai-Bo, Mills, Deborah J., Liang, Rong-Rong, Liu, Zhi-Bin, Lau, Colleen L. and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2024). Malaria cases in China acquired through international travel, 2013–2022. Journal of Travel Medicine, 31 (8) taae056. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae056

[Malaria cases in China acquired through international travel, 2013–2022](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:0ebeae4)

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2024

Journal Article

##### Anti-filarial antibodies are sensitive indicators of lymphatic filariasis transmission and enable identification of high-risk populations and hotspots

Lawford, Harriet, Mayfield, Helen, Sam, Filipina Amosa-Lei, Viali, Satupaitea, Kamu, Tito, Cooley, Gretchen, Simon, Ashley, Martin, Diana and Lau, Colleen L. (2024). Anti-filarial antibodies are sensitive indicators of lymphatic filariasis transmission and enable identification of high-risk populations and hotspots. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 147 107194, 107194. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107194

[Anti-filarial antibodies are sensitive indicators of lymphatic filariasis transmission and enable identification of high-risk populations and hotspots](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:716877e)

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2024

Journal Article

##### Operational research to inform post-validation surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in Tonga study protocol: history of lymphatic filariasis elimination, rational, objectives, and design

Lawford, Harriet, Tukia, Ofa, Takai, Joseph, Sheridan, Sarah and Lau, Colleen L. (2024). Operational research to inform post-validation surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in Tonga study protocol: history of lymphatic filariasis elimination, rational, objectives, and design. PLoS One, 19 (8) e0307331, 1-12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307331

[Operational research to inform post-validation surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in Tonga study protocol: history of lymphatic filariasis elimination, rational, objectives, and design](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:acd6038)

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2024

Journal Article

##### Field laboratory comparison of STANDARD Q Filariasis Antigen Test (QFAT) with Bioline Filariasis Test Strip (FTS) for the detection of Lymphatic Filariasis in Samoa, 2023

Scott, Jessica L., Mayfield, Helen J., Sinclair, Jane E., Martin, Beatris Mario, Howlett, Maddison, Muttucumaru, Ramona, Won, Kimberly Y., Thomsen, Robert, Viali, Satupaitea, Tofaeono-Pifeleti, Rossana, Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2024). Field laboratory comparison of STANDARD Q Filariasis Antigen Test (QFAT) with Bioline Filariasis Test Strip (FTS) for the detection of Lymphatic Filariasis in Samoa, 2023. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18 (8) e0012386, 1-13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012386

[Field laboratory comparison of STANDARD Q Filariasis Antigen Test (QFAT) with Bioline Filariasis Test Strip (FTS) for the detection of Lymphatic Filariasis in Samoa, 2023](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1444966)

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2024

Journal Article

##### Ongoing transmission of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa 4.5 years after one round of triple-drug mass drug administration

Mayfield, Helen J., Sartorius, Benn, Sheridan, Sarah, Howlett, Maddison, Mario Martin, Beatris, Thomsen, Robert, Tofaeono-Pifeleti, Rossana, Viali, Satupaitea, Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2024). Ongoing transmission of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa 4.5 years after one round of triple-drug mass drug administration. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18 (6) e0012236, e0012236. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012236

[Ongoing transmission of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa 4.5 years after one round of triple-drug mass drug administration](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ab75a39)

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2024

Journal Article

##### Novel chikungunya and dengue vaccines: travel medicine applications

Steffen, Robert, Hamer, Davidson H., Chen, Lin H., Caumes, Eric and Lau, Colleen L. (2024). Novel chikungunya and dengue vaccines: travel medicine applications. Journal of Travel Medicine, 31 (4) taae064. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae064

[Novel chikungunya and dengue vaccines: travel medicine applications](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:c766d44)

Featured

2023

Journal Article

##### Using regional sero-epidemiology SARS-CoV-2 Anti-S antibodies in the Dominican Republic to inform targeted public health response

Mario Martin, Beatris, Cadavid Restrepo, Angela, Mayfield, Helen, Then Paulino, Cecilia, De St Aubin, Micheal, Duke, William, Jarolim, Petr, Zielinski Gutiérrez, Emily, Skewes Ramm, Ronald, Dumas, Devan, Garnier, Salome, Etienne, Marie Caroline, Peña, Farah, Abdalla, Gabriela, Lopez, Beatriz, de la Cruz, Lucia, Henríquez, Bernarda, Baldwin, Margaret, Sartorius, Benn, Kucharski, Adam, Nilles, Eric James and Lau, Colleen L. (2023). Using regional sero-epidemiology SARS-CoV-2 Anti-S antibodies in the Dominican Republic to inform targeted public health response. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8 (11) 493, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8110493

[Using regional sero-epidemiology SARS-CoV-2 Anti-S antibodies in the Dominican Republic to inform targeted public health response](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:af47754)

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2023

Journal Article

##### The impact of COVID-19 on knowledge, beliefs, and practices of Ni-Vanuatu health workers regarding antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance, 2018 and 2022: a mixed methods study

Foxlee, Nicola D., Taleo, Siti Aishah, Mathias, Agnes, Townell, Nicola, McIver, Lachlan and Lau, Colleen L. (2023). The impact of COVID-19 on knowledge, beliefs, and practices of Ni-Vanuatu health workers regarding antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance, 2018 and 2022: a mixed methods study. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8 (10) 477, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8100477

[The impact of COVID-19 on knowledge, beliefs, and practices of Ni-Vanuatu health workers regarding antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance, 2018 and 2022: a mixed methods study](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2c98dd2)

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2023

Journal Article

##### Scabies prevalence after ivermectin-based mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis, Samoa 2018–2019

Willis, Gabriela A., Kearns, Therese, Mayfield, Helen J., Sheridan, Sarah, Thomsen, Robert, Naseri, Take, David, Michael C., Engelman, Daniel, Steer, Andrew C., Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2023). Scabies prevalence after ivermectin-based mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis, Samoa 2018–2019. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17 (8) e0011549, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011549

[Scabies prevalence after ivermectin-based mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis, Samoa 2018–2019](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:01d248b)

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2023

Journal Article

##### A decision support tool for risk–benefit analysis of Japanese encephalitis vaccine in travellers

Lau, Colleen L., Mills, Deborah J., Mayfield, Helen, Gyawali, Narayan, Johnson, Brian J., Lu, Hongen, Allel, Kasim, Britton, Philip N., Ling, Weiping, Moghaddam, Tina and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2023). A decision support tool for risk–benefit analysis of Japanese encephalitis vaccine in travellers. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30 (7) taad113. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad113

[A decision support tool for risk–benefit analysis of Japanese encephalitis vaccine in travellers](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2e38884)

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2023

Journal Article

##### Spatial predictive risk mapping of lymphatic filariasis residual hotspots in American Samoa using demographic and environmental factors

Cadavid Restrepo, Angela M., Martin, Beatris M., Fuimaono, Saipale, Clements, Archie C. A., Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2023). Spatial predictive risk mapping of lymphatic filariasis residual hotspots in American Samoa using demographic and environmental factors. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17 (7) e0010840, e0010840. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010840

[Spatial predictive risk mapping of lymphatic filariasis residual hotspots in American Samoa using demographic and environmental factors](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:b3479ed)

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2023

Journal Article

##### Immunogenicity of a single fractional intradermal dose of Japanese encephalitis live attenuated chimeric vaccine

Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Gyawali, Narayan, Mills, Deborah J., Mills, Christine, Hugo, Leon E, Devine, Gregor J. and Lau, Colleen L. (2023). Immunogenicity of a single fractional intradermal dose of Japanese encephalitis live attenuated chimeric vaccine. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30 (2) taac122, 1-8. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taac122

[Immunogenicity of a single fractional intradermal dose of Japanese encephalitis live attenuated chimeric vaccine](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:da79f24)

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2022

Journal Article

##### SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, cumulative infections, and immunity to symptomatic infection – A multistage national household survey and modelling study, Dominican Republic, June–October 2021

Nilles, Eric J., Paulino, Cecilia Then, de St. Aubin, Michael, Restrepo, Angela Cadavid, Mayfield, Helen, Dumas, Devan, Finch, Emilie, Garnier, Salome, Etienne, Marie Caroline, Iselin, Louisa, Duke, William, Jarolim, Petr, Oasan, Timothy, Yu, Jingyou, Wan, Huahua, Peña, Farah, Iihoshi, Naomi, Abdalla, Gabriela, Lopez, Beatriz, Cruz, Lucia de la, Henríquez, Bernarda, Espinosa-Bode, Andres, Puello, Yosanly Cornelio, Durski, Kara, Baldwin, Margaret, Baez, Amado Alejandro, Merchant, Roland C., Barouch, Dan H., Skewes-Ramm, Ronald ... Lau, Colleen L. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, cumulative infections, and immunity to symptomatic infection – A multistage national household survey and modelling study, Dominican Republic, June–October 2021. Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 16 100390, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100390

[SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, cumulative infections, and immunity to symptomatic infection – A multistage national household survey and modelling study, Dominican Republic, June–October 2021](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3a96c1b)

Featured

2013

Journal Article

##### Dengue surveillance by proxy: travellers as sentinels for outbreaks in the Pacific Islands

Lau, C. L., Weinstein, P. and Slaney, D. (2013). Dengue surveillance by proxy: travellers as sentinels for outbreaks in the Pacific Islands. Epidemiology and Infection, 141 (11), 2328-2334. doi: 10.1017/S0950268813000058

[Dengue surveillance by proxy: travellers as sentinels for outbreaks in the Pacific Islands](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:311275)

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2012

Journal Article

##### Leptospirosis in American Samoa - estimating and mapping risk using environmental data

Lau, Colleen L., Clements, Archie C. A., Skelly, Chris, Dobson, Annette J., Smythe, Lee D. and Weinstein, Philip (2012). Leptospirosis in American Samoa - estimating and mapping risk using environmental data. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 6 (5) e1669, e1669. 1-e1669. 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001669

[Leptospirosis in American Samoa - estimating and mapping risk using environmental data](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:276723)

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2012

Other Outputs

##### Environmental drivers of human Leptospirosis infection in American Samoa - emergence, risk analysis, and disease mapping

Lau, Colleen (2012). Environmental drivers of human Leptospirosis infection in American Samoa - emergence, risk analysis, and disease mapping. PhD Thesis, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland.

[Environmental drivers of human Leptospirosis infection in American Samoa - emergence, risk analysis, and disease mapping](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:283868)

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2010

Journal Article

##### Climate change, flooding, urbanisation and leptospirosis: Fuelling the fire?

Lau, Colleen L., Smythe, Lee D., Craig, Scott B. and Weinstein, Philip (2010). Climate change, flooding, urbanisation and leptospirosis: Fuelling the fire?. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104 (10), 631-638. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.07.002

[Climate change, flooding, urbanisation and leptospirosis: Fuelling the fire?](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:219410)

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2010

Journal Article

##### Leptospirosis: An emerging disease in travellers

Lau, Colleen, Smythe, Lee and Weinstein, Philip (2010). Leptospirosis: An emerging disease in travellers. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8 (1), 33-39. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.12.002

[Leptospirosis: An emerging disease in travellers](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:222677)

2026

Journal Article

##### Estimating risk of long COVID using a Bayesian network-based decision support tool

Sinclair, Jane E., Mayfield, Helen J., Lu, Hongen, Brown, Samuel J., Moghaddam, Tina, Waller, Michael, Bonner, Carissa, Williams, Olivia, Litt, John C.B., Short, Kirsty R. and Lau, Colleen L. (2026). Estimating risk of long COVID using a Bayesian network-based decision support tool. Vaccine, 72 128127, 128127. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.128127

[Estimating risk of long COVID using a Bayesian network-based decision support tool](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:0bd1173)

2026

Journal Article

##### Leptospirosis in the Caribbean Region between 2000 and 2022: A scoping review of morbidity and mortality

Mario Martin, Beatris, Zhang, Zhonghan, Vernal, Sebastian, Jian, Holly, Nilles, Eric J., Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Sartorius, Benn and Lau, Colleen L. (2026). Leptospirosis in the Caribbean Region between 2000 and 2022: A scoping review of morbidity and mortality. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 20 (1) e0013595, e0013595. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013595

[Leptospirosis in the Caribbean Region between 2000 and 2022: A scoping review of morbidity and mortality](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:cb9e131)

## Funding

### Current funding

- 2026

  Identifying environmental and behavioural drivers of dengue dynamics in climate-vulnerable communities in Vietnam (HEAL Innovation Fund administered by the University of Canberra)

  University of Canberra

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/71913)
- 2025 - 2027

  The impact of climate on vector-borne zoonoses in Australia: changing transmission pathways and increased spill-over risks (NHMRC TCR grant led by QIMR)

  Queensland Institute of Medical Research

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/71242)
- 2024 - 2028

  Regional Immunisation Strengthening and Engagement 2 (RISE 2) (DFAT grant externally led by USYD)

  University of Sydney

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/70466)
- 2024 - 2027

  An Observational Study of the Epidemiology, Burden of Disease and Genomics of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Older Adults of Queensland, Australia (RSV BoD) - led by Metro North Health

  Metro North Hospital and Health Service

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/64048)
- 2023 - 2028

  A user-friendly digital prediction tool for dengue prevention

  Wellcome Trust Discretionary Award

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/60765)
- 2022 - 2027

  Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) - National Research Network on Human Health and Environmental Change (NHMRC Special Initiative in Human Health and Environmental Change grant administered by ANU)

  Australian National University

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/58005)
- 2021 - 2026

  Control of neglected tropical diseases in the Pacific: integration of programs to increase their impact (NHMRC Partnership Project administered by UNSW)

  University of New South Wales

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/59846)
- 2021 - 2026

  Building Decision Support Systems to Combat Emerging Infectious Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Precision Public Health Approach

  NHMRC Investigator Grants

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/47786)

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### Past funding

- 2024 - 2025

  Operational Research to Inform Post-Validation Surveillance of Lymphatic Filariasis in Tonga

  Task Force for Global Health

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/64132)
- 2023 - 2025

  Targeted surveillance studies linked to Surveillance and Monitoring to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis and Scabies from Samoa (SaMELFS)

  Task Force for Global Health

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/58926)
- 2022 - 2023

  Geospatial mapping of Neglected Tropical Diseases (via Australian Centre for the Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ACE-NTD) administered by University of New South Wales)

  University of New South Wales

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/59728)
- 2022 - 2024

  Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine Risk-Benefit Analysis Tool (International Society of Travel Medicine grant administered by Dr Deb The Travel Doctor)

  Dr Deb The Travel Doctor Pty Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/55952)
- 2022 - 2024

  Developing a proof-of-concept self-contact tracing app to support epidemiological investigations and outbreak response (Australia-Korea Joint Call for Joint Research Projects - ATSE Tech Bridge Grant)

  Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/54374)
- 2022 - 2023

  SMART Project - Towards Systematic Maturation of Analytics and System Redesign to Transform (SMART) Healthcare and Public Health Research

  Queensland Health

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/54605)
- 2021 - 2023

  JEVID - Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination via IntraDermal route

  The International Society of Travel Medicine Research Grant

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/49607)
- 2021 - 2023

  Surveillance and Monitoring to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis and Scabies from Samoa: SaMELFS Samoa 2019

  Task Force for Global Health

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/49729)
- 2018 - 2024

  The Australian Centre for the Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ACE-NTD) (Administered by University of New South Wales)

  University of New South Wales

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/49029)
- 2016

  Combating Infectious Diseases: Eco-Epidemiology, Disease Mapping, and Travel Medicine

  NHMRC Early Career Fellowships

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/27284)
- 2015

  Combating infectious disease emergence and outbreaks: Interactive and dynamic tools for public health risk assessment and decision-making

  UQ Early Career Researcher

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/23638)
- 2013

  Epidemiology of Leptospirosis in Fiji

  World Health Organisation

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/21182)
- 2013 - 2018

  Travel and tropical medicine research

  Research Donation Generic

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/15786)

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## Supervision

### Availability

Professor Colleen Lau is:
:   Available for supervision

Looking for a supervisor? Read our advice on [how to choose a supervisor](https://study.uq.edu.au/study-options/phd-mphil-professional-doctorate/how-to-choose-a-supervisor).

### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Spatio-temporal epidemiology of vector-borne diseases in the Dominican Republic

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Helen Mayfield](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/19569), [Dr Angela Cadavid Restrepo](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/30107), [Associate Professor Benn Sartorius](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/41349)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Integrated serological surveillance of neglected tropical diseases and vaccine preventable diseases in Samoa

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Benn Sartorius](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/41349)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Machine learning in epidemiology research on African Swine Fever epidemic in the Philippines Outline

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Luis Furuya Kanamori](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/30948), [Associate Professor Yoni Nazarathy](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2755), [Associate Professor Benn Sartorius](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/41349)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of gram-negative bloodstream infections in children

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Geoff Spurling](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/5930), [Mr Mark Chatfield](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/20374), [Associate Professor Adam Irwin](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/20512)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Assessing risk of importation of sexually transmitted infections into Australia by international travellers

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Judith Dean](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/14669), [Associate Professor Luis Furuya Kanamori](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/30948)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Integrated watershed management for public and ecosystem health in the Pacific Islands: overlapping drivers and strategies to prevent leptospirosis and improve coral reef health

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Helen Mayfield](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/19569), [Dr Amelia Wenger](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/16349), [Associate Professor Carissa Klein](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1735)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Effectiveness of digital Dengue early warning system (E-DENGUE) for Dengue control in the Mekong Delta Region

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Dung Phung](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/33047)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Epidemiology and risk factors of overseas acquired infectious diseases in Australian travellers

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Benn Sartorius](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/41349), [Dr Alec Henderson](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/49152), [Associate Professor Luis Furuya Kanamori](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/30948)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Epidemiology and burden of rotavirus infections in Australia

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Luis Furuya Kanamori](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/30948), [Dr Behzad Kiani](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/41872), [Associate Professor Benn Sartorius](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/41349)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### A big-data approach to the epidemiology of foodborne and enteric zoonoses in Queensland

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Dwan Vilcins](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/25478), [Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1991)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Enhancing infectious disease surveillance through the integration of routinely collected data

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Amalie Dyda](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/29291)

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#### Completed supervision

- 2026

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The long-term cardiovascular complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccines](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:cbec3f7)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Helen Mayfield](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/19569), [Professor Nathan Palpant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/13564), [Professor Kirsty Short](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/3075)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Spatiotemporal impact of an eight-year mass drug administration programme on soil transmitted helminth infections and anaemia in Burundi.](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a089868)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1991)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Spatial epidemiological approaches to quantify the role of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) in cognitive dysfunction in school-aged population](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:266fb14)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Mark Nielsen](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1104), [Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1991)

## Media

### Enquiries

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- Infectious diseases

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## External profiles

- [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8288-4169)
- [ResearcherID](https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/F-5974-2012)
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- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=TuDbnM8AAAAJ)

## Personal links

- [Personal profile](https://clinical-research.centre.uq.edu.au/odesi)
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- [HERA ODeSI Program](https://www.uq.edu.au/research/research-support/research-management/funding-schemes/health-research-accelerator)
- [UQ Centre for Clinical Research](https://clinical-research.centre.uq.edu.au)

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