Professor Joel Negin
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Professor Joel Negin

Acting Deputy Executive Dean - Research Partnerships, Faculty of Medicine and Health
Professor of Global Health, Sydney School of Public Health
Professor Joel Negin

Joel Negin is the Acting Deputy Executive Dean - Research Partnerships in the Faculty of Medicine and Health. Previously, Joel was the Head of the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney from November 2015 to April 2023.

Joel graduated from Harvard and Columbia Universities and then worked for a number of years in sub-Saharan Africa on health and development projects before moving to Australia. In those years, he lived and worked in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Kenya and collaborated with governments, the World Bank, academic institutions and United Nations partners.

Joel started at the School of Public Health in 2008 as a lecturer in the Masters of International Public Health program and has always loved teaching and the interaction with students.

WIth regard to research, Joel holds grants from the NHMRC and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade focused on strengthening health systems in low- and middle-income countries. He maintains collaborations in Uganda, Vietnam, Indonesia and Fiji and maintains a passion for capacity building in the Asia-Pacific region.

Project titleResearch student
Assessment of institutional readiness, faculty capacity and governance related to the digital education of health professionals in IndiaAnjali SHARMA

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Ford, J., Negin, J. (2013). Principled Engagement and Public Health: Donors and HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe. In Morten B. Pedersen, David Kinley (Eds.), Principled Engagement: Negotiating Human Rights in Repressive States, (pp. 129-152). Farnham, United Kingdom: Ashgate.
  • Fanzo, J., Remans, R., Pronyk, P., Negin, J., Wariero, J., Mutuo, P., Masira, J., Diru, W., Lelerai, E., Kim, D., et al (2011). A 3-year Cohort Study to Assess the Impact of an Integrated Food- and Livelihood-based Model on Undernutrition in Rural Western Kenya. In Brian Thompson and Leslie Amoroso (Eds.), Combating micronutrient deficiencies: food-based approaches, (pp. 76-91). Wallingford: CAB international. [More Information]
  • Tozan, Y., Negin, J., Wariero, J. (2011). The Millennium Villages Project: improving health and eliminating extreme poverty in rural African communities. In Erik Blas, Johannes Sommereld and Anand Sivasankara Kurup (Eds.), Social determinants approaches to public health: from concept to practice, (pp. 91-104). Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.

Journals

  • Pham, G., Dang, T., Nguyen, T., Zawahir, M., Le, H., Negin, J., Huckel Schneider, C., Fox, G. (2024). Health system barriers to the implementation of the national action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance in Vietnam: a scoping review. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 13(1:12), 1-14. [More Information]
  • Nasim, N., Anthony, S., Daurewa, T., Gavidi, S., Horwitz, P., Jenkins, A., Jupiter, S., Liu, S., Mailautoka, K., Mangubhai, S., Negin, J., Thomas, J., et al (2023). Understanding on-site sanitation in rural Fiji: where definitions of sanitation back-ends differ. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 9(7), 1913-1931. [More Information]
  • Huang, W., Marks, G., Pham, N., Nguyen, T., Nguyen, T., Vu, V., Nguyen, V., Jan, S., Negin, J., Ngo, Q., Fox, G. (2022). A smoking quitline integrated with clinician counselling at outpatient health facilities in Vietnam: a single-arm prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 739. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Negin, J. (2012). The emerging demographic tide: HIV and aging: the challenge of the epidemic's fourth decade. International Aids Conference, Washington.
  • Negin, J. (2011). The Evolution of Primary Heath Care in Fiji: Past, Present and Future. Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Montreux, Switzerland.
  • Negin, J. (2009). Achieving Health for All: Increasing Utilization of Health Services in Rural Ghana. African Health Economics and Policy Association Conference, Accra, Ghana.

Research Reports

  • Negin, J., Irava, W., Morgan, C. (2012). Development assistance in health - how much, where does it go, and what more do health planners need to know? A case study of Fiji's national health accounts, WORKING PAPER SERIES NUMBER 21, SEPTEMBER 2012, (pp. 1 - 9). Melbourne, Australia: Nossal Institute Ltd.
  • Negin, J., Irava, W., Leon, D., Malau, C., Morgan, C. (2012). Sustainable health financing in the Pacific: tracking dependency and transparency, WORKING PAPER 22, (pp. 1 - 9). Melbourne, Australia: The Nossal Institute for Global Health.
  • Negin, J., Denning, G. (2011). Study of Australia's approach to aid in Africa, Final report | 21 February 2011, (pp. 3 - 43). Canberra, Australia: Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness.

2024

  • Pham, G., Dang, T., Nguyen, T., Zawahir, M., Le, H., Negin, J., Huckel Schneider, C., Fox, G. (2024). Health system barriers to the implementation of the national action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance in Vietnam: a scoping review. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 13(1:12), 1-14. [More Information]

2023

  • Nasim, N., Anthony, S., Daurewa, T., Gavidi, S., Horwitz, P., Jenkins, A., Jupiter, S., Liu, S., Mailautoka, K., Mangubhai, S., Negin, J., Thomas, J., et al (2023). Understanding on-site sanitation in rural Fiji: where definitions of sanitation back-ends differ. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 9(7), 1913-1931. [More Information]

2022

  • Huang, W., Marks, G., Pham, N., Nguyen, T., Nguyen, T., Vu, V., Nguyen, V., Jan, S., Negin, J., Ngo, Q., Fox, G. (2022). A smoking quitline integrated with clinician counselling at outpatient health facilities in Vietnam: a single-arm prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 739. [More Information]
  • Nyirenda, M., Mnqonywa, N., Tutshana, B., Naidoo, J., Kowal, P., Negin, J. (2022). An analysis of the relationship between HIV risk self-perception with sexual behaviour and HIV status in South African older adults. African Journal of AIDS Research, 21(3), 277-286. [More Information]
  • Ngoc Yen, P., Obeid, M., Quy Chau, N., Van Giap, V., Viet Nhung, N., Yen, N., Thi Ha, B., Nguyen, T., Marks, G., Freeman, B., Negin, J., Fox, G. (2022). Behaviors and Attitudes Toward Smoking Among Health Care Workers at Health Facilities in 4 Provinces of Vietnam: A Representative Cross-Sectional Survey. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 34(1), 79-86. [More Information]

2021

  • Wan-Chun Huang, E., Fox, G., Pham, N., Nguyen, A., Vu, V., Ngo, Q., Nguyen, N., Jan, S., Negin, J., Le, T., et al (2021). A syndromic approach to assess diagnosis and management of patients presenting with respiratory symptoms to healthcare facilities in Vietnam. ERJ Open Research, 7(1), 00572-2020. [More Information]
  • Farrell, P., Thow, A., Rimon, M., Roosen, A., Vizintin, P., Negin, J. (2021). An Analysis of Healthy Food Access Amongst Women in Peri-urban Honiara. Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 80(2), 33-40.
  • Negin, J., Alpers, P., Nassar, N., Hemenway, D. (2021). Australian Firearm Regulation at 25-Successes, Ongoing Challenges, and Lessons for the World. New England Journal of Medicine, 384(17), 1581-1583. [More Information]

2020

  • Sawleshwarkar, S., Zodpey, S., Negin, J. (2020). "Public health is global": examining Indian stakeholders' perspectives on Global Health education. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 1259. [More Information]
  • Elbarbary, M., Honda, T., Morgan, G., Guo, Y., Guo, Y., Kowal, P., Negin, J. (2020). Ambient air pollution exposure association with anaemia prevalence and haemoglobin levels in Chinese older adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(9), 1-15. [More Information]
  • Elbarbary, M., Honda, T., Morgan, G., Kelly, P., Guo, Y., Negin, J. (2020). Ambient air pollution exposure association with diabetes prevalence and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels in China. Cross-sectional analysis from the WHO study of AGEing and adult health wave 1. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 55(10), 1149-1162. [More Information]

2019

  • Schatz, E., Seeley, J., Negin, J., Weiss, H., Tumwekwase, G., Kabunga, E., Nalubega, P., Mugisha, J. (2019). "For us here, we remind ourselves": strategies and barriers to ART access and adherence among older Ugandans. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 131. [More Information]
  • Farrell, P., Thow, A., Schuster, S., Vizintin, P., Negin, J. (2019). Access to a Nutritious Diet in Samoa: Local Insights. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 58(3), 189-206. [More Information]
  • Hill-Cawthorne, G., Negin, J., Capon, A., Gilbert, G., Nind, L., Nunn, M., Ridgway, P., Schipp, M., Firman, J., Sorrell, T., Marais, B. (2019). Advancing Planetary Health in Australia: focus on emerging infections and antimicrobial resistance. BMJ Global Health, 4(2), 1-10. [More Information]

2018

  • Sarma, S., Nemser, B., Cole-Lewis, H., Kaonga, N., Negin, J., Namakula, P., Ohemeng-Dapaah, S., Kanter, A. (2018). Effectiveness of SMS Technology on Timely Community Health Worker Follow-Up for Childhood Malnutrition: A Retrospective Cohort Study in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Health: Science and Practice Journal, 6(2), 343-353. [More Information]
  • Chol, C., Negin, J., Garcia-Basteiro, A., Gebrehiwot, T., Debru, B., Chimpolo, M., Agho, K., Cumming, R., Abimbola, F. (2018). Health system reforms in five sub-Saharan African countries that experienced major armed conflicts (wars) during 1990-2015: a literature review. Global Health Action, 11(1), 1-15. [More Information]
  • Farrell, P., Thow, A., Abimbola, F., Faruqui, N., Negin, J. (2018). How food insecurity could lead to obesity in LMICs: When not enough is too much: a realist review of how food insecurity could lead to obesity in low- and middle-income countries. Health Promotion International, 33(5), 812-826. [More Information]

2017

  • Sawleshwarkar, S., Negin, J. (2017). A review of global health competencies for postgraduate public health education. Frontiers in Public Health, 5(MAR), 1-12. [More Information]
  • Korver, S., Kinghorn, A., Negin, J., Shea-Perry, M., Martiniuk, A. (2017). Assessing the experience of social support for parents who attended Camp Trillium's pediatric oncology family program. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 35(1), 1-16. [More Information]
  • Negin, J., Dhillon, R. (2017). Authors' response - WHO must prioritise its roles and then be positioned and supported to execute effectively. BMJ Global Health, 2(Supplement 1), i5-i5. [More Information]

2016

  • Abimbola, F., Molemodile, S., Okonkwo, O., Negin, J., Jan, S., Martiniuk, A. (2016). 'The government cannot do it all alone': realist analysis of the minutes of community health committee meetings in Nigeria. Health Policy and Planning, 31(3), 332-345. [More Information]
  • Thow, A., Fanzo, J., Negin, J. (2016). A Systematic Review of the Effect of Remittances on Diet and Nutrition. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 37(1), 42-64. [More Information]
  • Abimbola, F., Amazan, R., Vizintin, P., Howie, L., Cumming, R., Negin, J. (2016). Australian higher education scholarships as tools for international development and diplomacy in Africa. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 70(2), 105-120. [More Information]

2015

  • Singh, D., Cumming, R., Negin, J. (2015). Acceptability and trust of community health workers offering maternal and newborn health education in rural Uganda. Health Education Research, 30(6), 947-958. [More Information]
  • Stewart, M., Negin, J., Farrell, P., Houasia, P., Munamua, A., Martiniuk, A. (2015). Extent, causes and impact of road traffic crashes in the Solomon Islands 1993-2012: Data from the orthopaedic department at the National Referral Hospital, Honiara. Rural and Remote Health, 15(3), 1-10. [More Information]
  • Negin, J., Aspin, C., Gadsden, T., Reading, C. (2015). HIV Among Indigenous peoples: A Review of the Literature on HIV-Related Behaviour Since the Beginning of the Epidemic. AIDS and Behavior, 19(9), 1720-1734. [More Information]

2014

  • Aridi, J., Chapman, S., Wagah, M., Negin, J. (2014). A comparative study of an NGO-sponsored CHW programme versus a ministry of health sponsored CHW programme in rural Kenya: A process evaluation. Human Resources for Health, 12, 1-15. [More Information]
  • Negin, J., Vizintin, P., Houasia, P., Martiniuk, A. (2014). Barking up the wrong tree: injuries due to falls from trees in Solomon Islands. Medical Journal of Australia, 201(11), 698-700. [More Information]
  • Negin, J., Rozea, A., Martiniuk, A. (2014). HIV behavioural interventions targeted towards older adults: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 14(1), 1-10. [More Information]

2013

  • Negin, J., Rozea, A., Cloyd, B., Martiniuk, A. (2013). Foreign-born health workers in Australia: an analysis of census data. Human Resources for Health, 11(1), 1-9. [More Information]
  • Negin, J., Nyirenda, M., Seeley, J., Mutevedzi, P. (2013). Inequality in Health Status Among Older Adults in Africa: The Surprising Impact of Anti-Retroviral Treatment. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 28(4), 491-493. [More Information]
  • Druyts, E., Dybul, M., Kanters, S., Nachega, J., Birungi, J., Ford, N., Thorlund, K., Negin, J., Lester, R., Yaya, S., et al (2013). Male sex and the risk of mortality among individuals enrolled in antiretroviral therapy programs in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. AIDS, 27(3), 417-425. [More Information]

2012

  • Negin, J., Barnighausen, T., Lundgren, J., Mills, E. (2012). Aging with HIV in Africa: The challenges of living longer. AIDS, 26(SUPPL. 1), S1-S5. [More Information]
  • Asante, A., Negin, J., Hall, J., Dewdney, J., Zwi, A. (2012). Analysis of policy implications and challenges of the Cuban health assistance program related to human resources for health in the Pacific. Human Resources for Health, 10(1), 1-9. [More Information]
  • Martiniuk, A., Manouchehrian, M., Negin, J., Zwi, A. (2012). Brain Gains: a literature review of medical missions to low and middle-income countries. BMC Health Services Research, 12(May), 1-8. [More Information]

2011

  • Fanzo, J., Remans, R., Pronyk, P., Negin, J., Wariero, J., Mutuo, P., Masira, J., Diru, W., Lelerai, E., Kim, D., et al (2011). A 3-year Cohort Study to Assess the Impact of an Integrated Food- and Livelihood-based Model on Undernutrition in Rural Western Kenya. In Brian Thompson and Leslie Amoroso (Eds.), Combating micronutrient deficiencies: food-based approaches, (pp. 76-91). Wallingford: CAB international. [More Information]
  • Negin, J., van Lettow, M., Semba, M., Martiniuk, A., Chan, A., Cumming, R. (2011). Anti-Retroviral Treatment Outcomes among Older Adults in Zomba District, Malawi. PloS One, 6(10), 1-7. [More Information]
  • Negin, J., Mills, E., Albone, R. (2011). Continued neglect of ageing of HIV epidemic at UN meeting. The Lancet, 378(9793), 768-768. [More Information]

2010

  • Hersch, F., Negin, J., Atik, A., Parker, J. (2010). Australian medical students unaware of global development goals. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34(1), 94-95. [More Information]
  • Snowdon, W., Snowdon, W., Negin, J., Negin, J., Marj, M., Marj, M. (2010). Building an economic case for food interventions in the Pacific. Pacific Health Dialog, 16(2), 24-29. [More Information]
  • Negin, J., Robinson, H. (2010). Funding for HIV and Non-Communicable Diseases: Implications for Priority Setting in the Pacific Region, WORKING PAPER SERIES NUMBER 1 | MARCH 2010, (pp. 1 - 15). Melbourne, Australia: Nossal Institute Ltd.

2009

  • Negin, J. (2009). Achieving Health for All: Increasing Utilization of Health Services in Rural Ghana. African Health Economics and Policy Association Conference, Accra, Ghana.
  • Negin, J., Wariero, J., Mutuo, P., Jan, S., Pronyk, P. (2009). Feasibility, acceptability and cost of home-based HIV testing in rural Kenya. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 14(8), 1-7. [More Information]
  • Negin, J. (2009). Food Nutrition and Health in Africa: achieving the MDGs through multi-sectoral development. Alfred Medical Research & Education Precinct Global Health Forum, Melbourne, Australia.

2008

  • Negin, J. (2008). Addressing Nutrition and Health Challenges through Sustainable Agriculture Interventions: The African Millenium Villages Project. Population Health Congress 2008, Maroochydore: Australian Health Promotion Association.
  • Negin, J. (2008). Australia and New Zealand's contribution to Pacific Island health worker brain drain. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 32(6), 507-511. [More Information]
  • Negin, J., Denning, G. (2008). Shared Challenges and Solutions: Australia's Unique Contribution to the Future of African Development, (pp. 1 - 24). Sydney, Australia: The Lowy Institute for International Policy.

2007

  • Negin, J. (2007). The central role of health in building peaceful post-conflict societies. Peace, Conflict and Development, 10, 1-22.

2005

  • Negin, J. (2005). Assessing the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Economic Growth and Rural Agriculture in Africa. Journal of International Affairs, 58(2), 267-281.

Selected Grants

2023

  • Rewarding Research 2024, Negin J, Faculty of Medicine and Health/FMH Rewarding Research Success
  • FMH Start-up Scheme, Negin J, Faculty of Medicine and Health/New Academic Staff Funding

2022

  • Identifying precursors and outcomes of firearm incidents in New South Wales: creating a data profile to examine firearm registration, domestic and family violence, and suicide to guide prevention and intervention, Negin J, Nassar N, Ivancic L, Australian Institute of Criminology/Criminology Research Grant