School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
1930 – 1980
Renamed Commonwealth Institute of Health in 1980.
Commonwealth-funded school at the University of Sydney, staffed by Commonwealth Department of Health officers, that trained doctors and health officers in public health and tropical medicine and carried out related research.
Names over time
- School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine1930–1980
- Commonwealth Institute of Health1980–1984
How it came into existence
Established in 1930 under an agreement between the Commonwealth and the University of Sydney, replacing the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine in Townsville, whose work moved to Sydney; Harvey Sutton was its first director.
- Tropical medicine research
How it ended
Renamed the Commonwealth Institute of Health in 1980, following recommendations approved in principle in 1979 that it be developed as a national institute of health.
Main functions
- Postgraduate teaching of public health and tropical medicine
- Research in tropical medicine and hygiene
- Research in industrial and occupational health
- Advice to the Department of Health on public health
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Health.
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Sources
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