Seminar ini disampaikan pada tanggal 18 Nov 2015 di Ruang Seminar Perpustakaan Pusat ITB. Slide mengenalkan ilmu kesehatan masyarakat dan ilmu-ilmu yang berkaitan dengannya. Presenter: Dasapta Erwin Irawan, Cut Novianti Rachmi, Kingsley Agho.

1. Sesi 1: Dasapta Erwin Irawan

2. Sesi 2: dr. Cut Novianti Rachmi, MIPH

3. Another Interesting
Day
in The Library
Cut Novianti Rachmi
Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health,
University of Sydney Clinical School
The Children’s hospital at Westmead
cut.rachmi@health.nsw.gov.au

4. Public Health
• Who can study Public Health?
• It doesn’t belong to a particular
discipline(s)
• Examples
• Why should I?
• What can I do after I graduated from PH?

5. Kingsley Agho
• Dr. Kingsley Agho, BSc, BEd, MSc, MEng,
MPH
• Senior Lecturer at WSU

6. Western Sydney University
• Why study at WSU?
• What are the topics of the ongoing
research?
• How to choose my supervisor(s)?

7. Where to start?
• Choose a topic
• Find a school, NOT a country!
• Find a supervisor
• Contact them (nicely), they are busy
people!
• Stop twiddling your thumbs!
• Look for a scholarship(s)

8. Tips
• Be TOUGH
• No DRAMA 
• There are many fish in the sea!
• Save your tears for really important issues
• Do not LIE!
• Persistence!

9. More Tips
• Multitasking
• Look for other students from Indonesia
• No such thing as stupid questions
• Do not underestimate the power of
politeness
• Do not underestimate the power of
prayer(s)

10. THANK YOU
QUESTIONS?

12. UNIVERSITY RANKINGS
56th
Top 100 under 50 years old
361st
Top 400 in the world
Top 2%
Globally
361st
Top 100 under 50

13. Subject areas
Top 200
Agriculture and Forestry
Education
Psychology
Sociology
Top 300
English Language and Literature
Top 350
Medicine
Faculty areas
Top 250
Arts & Humanities
Top 250
Social Sciences & Management
QS World University Rankings

14. 5 Stars
• Facilities
• Inclusiveness
• Innovation
• Teaching
4 Stars
• Employability
• Internationalization
• Research
QS World University Rankings

15. 10th
Western Sydney University 10th in Australia
259th
Ranked 259 in the world
The Leiden rankings are administered by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden
University in the Netherlands.
Leiden Rankings

16. 160 Nationalities
35% Speak a language other than English at home
44,000 Student numbers will soon exceed 50,000
4,800 International students from 130 countries
7 Campuses
10 Schools
One of Australia’s Largest Universities

17. The College
Academic Pathways
English Language Programs
Ten Schools
• Business
• Computing, Engineering
and Mathematics
• Education
• Graduate Research School
• Humanities and Communication
Arts
• Law
• Medicine
• Nursing and Midwifery
• Science and Health
• Social Sciences and Psychology
Structures and Schools
Western Sydney University
The Whitlam Institute
Five Research Institutes
• Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE)
• Institute for Culture and Society (ICS)
• The MARCS Institute – researching brain behaviour
and computation
• Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (IIE)
• National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM)

18. Female Orphan
School founded
So much achieved in 200 years
A young university with a long tradition of higher education
1813 1891 1972 1989 2006 2014 2015
Former Australian Prime
Minister Gough Whitlam
announces University of
Western Sydney
UWSCollege
established
Western Sydney
University – an unlimited
world of potential
Hawkesbury
campus
established
University of Western
Sydney established
UWS celebrates
25 years

19. Research
70%
of assessed research is ranked
as world class or higher
Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) report
Top 20
among Australian Universities
for research performance

20. Excellence in Research
Well above world standard
Plant Biology, Forestry Sciences, Complementary Medicine
Above world standard
Applied Mathematics, Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, Soil Sciences, Ecology, Mechanical Engineering,
Performing Arts and Creative Writing, Cultural Studies, and Literary Studies
World standard
Analytical Chemistry, Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Civil Engineering,
Clinical Sciences, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Film, Television and Digital Media, Historical Studies, Human
Geography, Human Movement and Sports Science, Law, Linguistics, Literary Studies, Materials Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology, Nursing, Other Studies in Human Society, Philosophy, Physical Chemistry
(incl. Structural), Policy and Administration, Political Science, Pure Mathematics, Religion and Religious Studies,
Social Work, Sociology, Specialist Studies in Education, Urban and Regional Planning

21. Excellence in Research
Bringing big data, cloud and mobile technologies to complex problems
Institute for
Infrastructure
Engineering
MARCS Institute Hawkesbury
Institute for the
Environment
Institute for
Culture and Society
Parramasala Image
© Cynthia Sciberras
National Institute of
Complimentary Medicine

22. Western Sydney University Campuses

23. Bankstown Campus
• Australia’s leading interpreting and translation programs
• Largest teacher education program
• Australia’s leading Psychology School
• The College at Western Sydney University

24. Campbelltown Campus
• Home to Western Sydney University School of
Medicine
• Reputation as a leading health precinct in Sydney

25. Hawkesbury Campus
• Adjacent to the world-heritage listed Blue Mountains
• Famous history – oldest agricultural institution in NSW
(1891)

26. Parramatta Campus
• Two sites: Parramatta and Westmead
• Located on the scenic Parramatta river
• Oldest three storey brick building in Australia (1813)

27. Parramatta City Campus
• Dynamic and student-centred location in Parramatta –
the second largest CBD in Sydney
• Sydney Graduate School of Management
• 1PSQ will be ready for additional 10,000 students in 2017

28. Nirimba Campus

29. Penrith Campus
• Two adjacent sites: Werrington North and Kingswood
• State-of-the-art TV & Media production facility

30. Greater Western Sydney
Population
2.02 million (June 2011)
31.13 million (by 2036)
Over 100 nationalities
Government
14 local government areas
23 state government
electorates
7 federal electorates
Area
9000 square kilometres
Sydney Olympic Park
to Blue Mountains
Unique flora fauna
environment
Government
Third largest in Australia
Economic output
$95.6 billion
161,000 businesses (2011)

31. PARTNER INSTITUTIONS
• Over 140 international existing partners in 31 countries
• Collaborative agreements
• Exchange – students and staff
• Academic cooperation
• Guaranteed admissions and articulation
• Joint Research Initiatives

33. Undergraduate
or Postgraduate
Study
1st Year
University
or 2nd Year
The College
English
Programs
The College
Academic
Programs
The College

34. Disciplines
• Arts and Humanities
• Business
• Communication, Design and Media
• Engineering and Built Environment
• Health Sciences
• Information Technology and Computing
• Law
• Medicine
• Nursing
• Science
• Social Sciences and Psychology
• Teaching and Education
• TESOL, Interpreting and Translation
• Therapeutic Studies
• Tourism, Urban Management and planning

35. Staff of the Public Health and Health Sciences
Dr Amit Arora – email:
Dr Thomas Astell-Burt - email
Dr Tinashe Dune – email:
A/Prof. Dfana Merom - email
Paul Fahey - email
Dr Kingsley Agho – email: k.agho@westernsydney.edu.au
Prof. Andrew Page - email
Prof. Andre Renzaho - email

36. Dr Tinashe Dune
• Lecturer in Interprofessional Health Science and Academic
Course Advisor – MPH & MHSc
• Over 35 publications
• 12 grants
• Research engages industry partners from the Australian
Government, Hospitals and Health Clinics, Community
Support organisations and NGOs
• Research Areas:
– Sexual and reproductive health & sexuality
– Migrant (women’s) health
– Indigenous health
– LGBTIQ health and wellbeing

37. Research interests
• Health Promotion
• Breastfeeding
• Maternal and Child Health
• Migrant health
• Global health
• Health Literacy
• Socio-economic inequality in health
• Longitudinal research
• Qualitative research approaches
• Oral health

38. Contact information
+61 2 9685 9177
internationalpartnerships@westernsydney.edu.au
Western Sydney University
Locked Bag 1797
Penrith NSW 2751 Australia
CRICOS Provider Number: 00917K