Ken Winkel

Dr. Ken Winkel

Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia
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Biography

Dr. Kenneth Winkel is an Associate Professor, currently a teaching specialist within the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (MSPGH), and is the former Director of the Australian Venom Research Unit (AVRU) at the University of Melbourne. He represents the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences on the Sustainability Advisory Group at the University of Melbourne and coordinates MSPGH postgraduate healthcare sustainability and undergraduate One Health teaching. He is an alumnus of the University of Melbourne (PhD.Walter and Elisa Hall Institute), the University of Queensland (MBBS) (BMedSci, Tropical Health Program, QIMR), and the Swiss Tropical Institute (Master of International Health Advanced module, Basel). Dr. Winkel has published more than 100 papers on One Health topics, including in the Lancet and Lancet Planetary Health, and secured more than $7M in funding from State and Federal Health Departments as well as from the NH&MRC. He has won multiple teaching awards, including for the ‘Sharing Place, Learning Together’ Partnership with Maningrida College in Arnhem Land and for the ‘Our Planet, Our Health’ teaching collaboration with The Doherty Institute and Melbourne Veterinary School. He has also supervised numerous PhD and other students and is now focused on amplifying sustainability in the healthcare agenda.

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