Colin William Binns is an Australian public health specialist. He is the John Curtin Distinguished Emeritus Professor at

Curtin University Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, ...

and founder of the Curtin Health Service.

Early life and education

Binns completed his medical degree at the

University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany, Western Australia, Albany an ...

and worked for several years in hospitals in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

before moving to

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

for eight years. While working as a doctor in Papua New Guinea, Binns received a scholarship to complete a MPH degree at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

Career

Following his MPH, Binns returned to Australia and accepted a faculty position at

. During his tenure at the institution, Binns founded the Curtin Health Service and was appointed the Head of the School of Public Health. In these roles, Binns also established the National Centre for Research into the Prevention of Drug Abuse and the Centre for Health Promotion Research. As such, he was awarded the 2010 Research Australia Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of the "support he has given to health policy, practice and medical research." The following year, Binns was appointed a John Curtin Distinguished Professor, the highest honours the university can award its academic staff. As a result of his public health work, Binns was honoured as an

Officer of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

in 2021.

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