New acting director at Gippsland RCS
Associate Professor Elmer Villanueva
Associate Professor Elmer Villanueva has been appointed to the position of Acting Director of the Gippsland Regional Clinical School.
Associate Professor Villanueva is no stranger to Gippsland or the Clinical School as he works in the Gippsland Medical School at Monash’s Gippsland Campus.
He had broad experience before coming to Gippsland some years ago. Associate Professor Villanueva has held senior research posts at the Monash Institute of Health Services Research, including the Deputy Directorship of Health Technology Assessment Unit, and research positions at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and the Baltimore Cochrane Centre in the United States.
He holds an ScM (Epidemiology) from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and an MD and BS (Biology) from the De La Salle University in the United States. He was also elected Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health (UK) for contributions to health services research and technology assessment and is a member of the American College of Epidemiology.
He has primary qualifications in general medicine but his research focus is in the organisation of health services using statistical process control methodology, epidemiologic methodology, biostatistics, and evidence-based medicine.
Associate Professor Villanueva starts his acting role at GRCS this month.