James Trauer
Associate Professor
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolJames Trauer is an Associate Professor and practising respiratory, sleep and public health physician who leads the Epidemiological Modelling Unit at Monash University, applying advanced quantitative methods and mathematical models to tackle health inequities. With a decade of experience bridging clinical practice and applied epidemiology, he holds roles with the Victorian Tuberculosis Program and an adjunct appointment at the University of Melbourne. His research portfolio spans tuberculosis, COPD, insomnia and infectious diseases such as influenza and Ebola, and he has translated behavioural sleep medicine evidence into clinical practice through systematic reviews and CBT‑i research. James combines front-line clinical insight with mathematical modelling to inform policy for disadvantaged populations—a practical, interdisciplinary approach that has guided TB control strategies across the Asia‑Pacific.
11 years of coding experience
Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine at Australasian Faculty of Public Health MedicineIvanhoe Grammar SchoolThe University of MelbourneFellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Respiratory Medicine, Sleep Medicine, General Medicine, Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Respiratory Medicine, Sleep Medicine, General Medicine at Royal Australasian College of PhysiciansMaster of Public Health (M.P.H.), International Public Health/International Health, Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), International Public Health/International Health at Monash University
Github Skills (7)
r-package9
textbook6
jupyterlab6
python6
jupyter6
bioinformatics3
translation3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
monash-emu/summer-textbook
Oct 2022 - Oct 2025
A textbook of infectious disease modelling, using the summerepi library
Contributions:8 PRs, 232 pushes, 16 branches in 3 years
pythoninfectious-diseasetextbookdiseasemodelling
monash-emu/summer-vynnycky-white-validation
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
Validate functionality of summer by comparing against Vynnycky and White textbook
Contributions:11 PRs, 154 pushes, 11 branches in 2 months
comparingcrosswordvalidationtextbookvalidator
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