Associate Professor David Heslop

Associate Professor David Heslop

Associate Professor
  • Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (FAFOEM)
  • Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP)
  • Associate Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (AFRACMA)
  • Doctor of Philosophy (USyd)
  • Master of Public Health (USyd)
  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) (USyd)
  • Bachelor of Science (Advanced) Honours 1 (USyd)

 

Medicine & Health
School of Population Health

Dr David Heslop is an Associate Professor at the School of Population Health at UNSW Sydney, and a practicing vocationally registered General Practitioner (FRACGP), an Occupational and Environmental Physician (FAFOEM) with RACP.. He retains military responsibilities as Senior Medical Adviser for CBRNE to the Australian Army and to Australian Defence Force (ADF) leadership. During a military career of over 15 years he has deployed into a variety of complex and austere combat environments, and has advanced international training in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Medicine. He has experience in planning for and management of major disasters, mass casualty and multiple casualty situations. He is regularly consulted and participate in the development and review of national and international clinical and operational general military and CBRNE policy and doctrine. His research interests lie in health and medical systems innovation and research using computational modelling and simulation to address otherwise intractable problems.

Phone
0239853136
  • Book Chapters | 2021
    Heslop DJ; MacIntyre RC; Gerber B, 2021, 'The adaptability and resilience of cities to major epidemics', in Inoculating Cities, Elsevier, pp. 171 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-820204-3.00010-3
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Aleksandrov M; Zlatanova S; Heslop DJ; Diakite A, 2024, 'BIM-based connectivity graph and voxels classification for pedestrian-hazard interaction', Journal of Spatial Science, 69, pp. 699 - 719, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14498596.2023.2281923
    Journal articles | 2024
    Keep J; Heslop D, 2024, 'Increase in febrile illness among children in mainland China, winter 2023 - 2024', Global Biosecurity, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.244
    Journal articles | 2024
    Raina MacIntyre C; Lim S; Gurdasani D; Miranda M; Metcalf D; Quigley A; Hutchinson D; Burr A; Heslop DJ, 2024, 'Early detection of emerging infectious diseases - implications for vaccine development', Vaccine, 42, pp. 1826 - 1830, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.05.069
    Journal articles | 2024
    Züfle A; Salim F; Anderson T; Scotch M; Xiong L; Sokol K; Xue H; Kong R; Heslop D; Paik HY; Macintyre CR, 2024, 'Leveraging Simulation Data to Understand Bias in Predictive Models of Infectious Disease Spread', ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3660631
    Journal articles | 2023
    Costantino V; Bahl P; Doolan C; De Silva C; Heslop D; Chen X; Lim S; MacIntyre CR, 2023, 'Modeling on the Effects of Deliberate Release of Aerosolized Inhalational Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax) on an Australian Population', Health Security, 21, pp. 61 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/hs.2022.0100
    Journal articles | 2023
    Heslop DJ, 2023, 'Tropane alkaloids and the potential for accidental or non-accidental mass outbreaks of anti-cholinergic toxidrome', Global Biosecurity, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.193
    Journal articles | 2023
    Keep J; Heslop D, 2023, 'Detention of citizen journalists who reported on the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan', Global Biosecurity, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.215
    Journal articles | 2023
    Keep J; Heslop DJ, 2023, 'Anthrax in wartime Ukraine requires increased surveillance', Global Biosecurity, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.183
    Journal articles | 2023
    Keep J; Heslop DJ, 2023, 'The war on the OPCW', Global Biosecurity, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.219
    Journal articles | 2023
    MacIntyre CR; Chen X; Kunasekaran M; Quigley A; Lim S; Stone H; Paik HY; Yao L; Heslop D; Wei W; Sarmiento I; Gurdasani D, 2023, 'Artificial intelligence in public health: the potential of epidemic early warning systems', Journal of International Medical Research, 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03000605231159335
    Journal articles | 2023
    Peden AE; Heslop D; Franklin RC, 2023, 'Weather-Related Fatalities in Australia between 2006 and 2019: Applying an Equity Lens', Sustainability (Switzerland), 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15010813
    Journal articles | 2023
    Raphael M; Kelly-Hanku A; Heslop D; Hutchinson D; Kunasekaran M; Quigley A; Macintyre R, 2023, 'Early pandemic use of face masks in Papua New Guinea under a mask mandate', Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2023.14.1.998
    Journal articles | 2023
    Stone H; Heslop D; Lim S; Sarmiento I; Kunasekaran M; Raina MacIntyre C, 2023, 'Open-Source Intelligence for Detection of Radiological Events and Syndromes Following the Invasion of Ukraine in 2022: Observational Study', JMIR Infodemiology, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/39895
    Journal articles | 2022
    Aleksandrov M; Zlatanova S; Heslop DJ, 2022, 'Voxelisation and Voxel Management Options in UNITY3D', ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 10, pp. 13 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-13-2022
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bhattacharjee S; Bahl P; Chughtai AA; Heslop D; MacIntyre CR, 2022, 'Face masks and respirators: Towards sustainable materials and technologies to overcome the shortcomings and challenges', Nano Select, 3, pp. 1355 - 1381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nano.202200101
    Journal articles | 2022
    Currie J; Heslop D, 2022, 'Playing Sick and Injured: The Experiences of Undergraduate Nurses as Casualty Actors in a Mass Casualty Simulation Exercise', Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 62, pp. 73 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2021.08.005
    Journal articles | 2022
    Kunasekaran M; Moa A; Hooshmand E; Trent M; Poulos CJ; Chughtai AA; Heslop DJ; Raina MacIntyre C, 2022, 'Effectiveness estimates for enhanced trivalent influenza vaccines in an aged care summer outbreak', Vaccine, 40, pp. 7170 - 7175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.018
    Journal articles | 2022
    Kunasekaran M; Poulos CJ; Chughtai AA; Heslop DJ; MacIntyre CR, 2022, 'Factors associated with repeated influenza vaccine uptake among aged care staff in an Australian sample from 2017 to 2019', Vaccine, 40, pp. 7238 - 7246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.08.015
    Journal articles | 2022
    Kunasekaran M; Quigley A; Rahman B; Chughtai AA; Heslop DJ; Poulos CJ; Macintyre CR, 2022, 'Factors Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Attack Rates in Aged Care-A Meta-Analysis', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9, pp. ofac033, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac033
    Journal articles | 2022
    Kunasekaran MP; Chughtai AA; Heslop DJ; Poulos CJ; MacIntyre CR, 2022, 'Influenza cases in nine aged care facilities in Sydney, Australia over a three-year surveillance period, 2018—2020', Vaccine, 40, pp. 4253 - 4261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.048
    Journal articles | 2022
    Kunasekaran MP; Mongha A; Chughtai AA; Poulos CJ; Heslop DJ; MacIntyre CR, 2022, 'Policy Analysis for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Aged Care', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23, pp. 1741.e1 - 1741.e18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2022.06.002
    Journal articles | 2022
    MacIntyre CR; Heslop DJ; Nguyen P; Adam D; Trent M; Gerber BJ, 2022, 'Pacific Eclipse – A tabletop exercise on smallpox pandemic response', Vaccine, 40, pp. 2478 - 2483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.10.081
    Journal articles | 2022
    Macintyre CR; Heslop DJ, 2022, 'Demystifying COVID-19 pandemic modelling for policymaking', Global Biosecurity, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.154
    Journal articles | 2022
    Quigley A; Nguyen PY; Stone H; Heslop DJ; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR, 2022, 'Estimated Mask Use and Temporal Relationship to COVID-19 Epidemiology of Black Lives Matter Protests in 12 Cities', Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01308-4
    Journal articles | 2021
    Aleksandrov M; Heslop DJ; Zlatanova S, 2021, '3d indoor environment abstraction for crowd simulations in complex buildings', Buildings, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11100445
    Journal articles | 2021
    Aleksandrov M; Zlatanova S; Heslop DJ, 2021, 'Voxelisation algorithms and data structures: A review', Sensors, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21248241
    Journal articles | 2021
    Bhattacharjee S; Bahl P; De Silva C; Doolan C; Chughtai AA; Heslop D; Macintyre CR, 2021, 'Experimental Evidence for the Optimal Design of a High-Performing Cloth Mask', ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 7, pp. 2791 - 2802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00368
    Journal articles | 2021
    Bhattacharjee S; Joshi R; Chughtai A; Heslop D; Wilcox M; MacIntyre R, 2021, 'Graphene and nanoparticles coated antimicrobial and biocompatible cotton/silk fabrics for protective clothing', ACS Applied Bio Materials
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cartwright AK; Pain T; Heslop DJ, 2021, 'Substitution, delegation or addition? Implications of workforce skill mix on efficiency and interruptions in computed tomography', Australian Health Review, 45, pp. 382 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH20118
    Journal articles | 2020
    Chen X; Bahl P; De Silva C; Heslop D; Doolan C; Lim S; MacIntyre CR, 2020, 'Systematic Review and Evaluation of Mathematical Attack Models of Human Inhalational Anthrax for Supporting Public Health Decision Making and Response', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 35, pp. 412 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X20000734
    Journal articles | 2020
    Costantino V; Heslop DJ; MacIntyre CR, 2020, 'The effectiveness of full and partial travel bans against COVID-19 spread in Australia for travellers from China during and after the epidemic peak in China', Journal of Travel Medicine, 27, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/JTM/TAAA081
    Journal articles | 2020
    Harrison R; Hinchcliff RA; Manias E; Mears S; Heslop D; Walton V; Kwedza R, 2020, 'Can feedback approaches reduce unwarranted clinical variation? A systematic rapid evidence synthesis', BMC Health Services Research, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4860-0
    Journal articles | 2020
    Heslop DJ; Blain PG, 2020, 'Threat potential of pharmaceutical based agents', Intelligence and National Security, 35, pp. 539 - 555, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2020.1750158
    Journal articles | 2020
    Heslop DJ, 2020, 'Disaster preparedness to exotic and emerging infections', Microbiology Australia, 41, pp. 123 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MA20032
    Journal articles | 2020
    Jones B; Heslop D; Harrison R, 2020, 'Seldom heard voices: a meta-narrative systematic review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples healthcare experiences', International Journal for Equity in Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-020-01334-w
    Journal articles | 2020
    MacIntyre CR; Costantino V; Heslop DJ, 2020, 'The potential impact of a recent measles epidemic on COVID-19 in Samoa', BMC Infectious Diseases, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05469-7
    Journal articles | 2020
    MacIntyre CR; Heslop DJ, 2020, 'Public health, health systems and palliation planning for COVID-19 on an exponential timeline', Medical Journal of Australia, 212, pp. 440 - 442.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50592
    Journal articles | 2020
    Vassil JC; Winn L; Heslop DJ, 2020, 'The Sun Herald Sydney City-2-Surf Fun Run - Historical Injury Patterns and Factors Influencing Injury Type and Frequency', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 35, pp. 189 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X20000175
    Journal articles | 2019
    Armstrong J; Adam D; Kunasekaran M; MacIntyre R; Nand D; Heslop D, 2019, 'Themes and correlations of participant experience and evaluation of an interactive bioterrorism release exercise – a mixed methods study', Journal of Global Biosecurity, 1, pp. 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.20
    Journal articles | 2019
    David H; MacIntyre R, 2019, 'Germ line genome editing and the emerging struggle for supremacy in the Chemical, Biological and Radiological (CBR) balance of power', Global Biosecurity, 1, pp. 169 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.18
    Journal articles | 2019
    Heslop D; Vassil J; Winn L, 2019, 'The Sun Herald Sydney City-2-Surf Fun Run: Historical Injury Patterns and Development of a Predictive Model to Inform Health Service Planning', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 34, pp. s41 - s41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x19000992
    Journal articles | 2019
    Heslop D; Westphalen N, 2019, 'Medical CBRN Defence in the Australian Defence Force', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 27, pp. 66 - 73, https://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=191235888839493;res=IELHEA
    Journal articles | 2019
    Heslop D, 2019, 'Beyond traditional CBRN force protection – a future of CBRN hardened super-soldiers?', Global Biosecurity, 1, pp. 162 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.3
    Journal articles | 2019
    Heslop DJ, 2019, 'CBRN News: Waxing CBRNE, Waning humanity', Global Biosecurity, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.19
    Journal articles | 2019
    MacIntyre R; Heslop D; Nand D; Schramm C; Butel M; Rawlinson W; Baker M; Kiedrzynski T; Nelson C; Fotualii L; Yeo K; Elsgaard J; Fonua L; Lane M, 2019, 'Exercise Mataika: White Paper on response to a smallpox bioterrorism release in the Pacific', Journal of Global Biosecurity, 1, pp. 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.10
    Journal articles | 2019
    MacIntyre R; Valentina C; Biswajit M; Devina N; Mohana Priya K; David H; Costantino V; Heslop D; Kunasekaran M, 2019, 'Epidemic size, duration and vaccine stockpiling following a large-scale attack with smallpox', Global Biosecurity, 1, pp. 74 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.13
    Journal articles | 2018
    Ashraf MM; harrison ; Hinchcliff R; *Agaliotis M; Balasooriya C; Meyer L; Heslop D, 2018, 'Optimising the use of Technology Enhanced Learning And Teaching (TELT) in Health Services Management Education', Education for Health
    Journal articles | 2018
    Currie J; Heslop DJ, 2018, 'Operational systems evaluation of a large scale multi-agency decontamination exercise', International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 31, pp. 1054 - 1061, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.03.027
    Journal articles | 2018
    Harrison R; Manias E; Mears S; Heslop D; Hinchcliff R; Haye L, 2018, 'Addressing unwarranted clinical variation: A rapid review of current evidence', Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 25, pp. 53 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jep.12930
    Journal articles | 2018
    Raina MacIntyre C; Engells TE; Scotch M; Heslop DJ; Gumel AB; Poste G; Chen X; Herche W; Steinhöfel K; Lim S; Broom A; MacIntyre R, 2018, 'Converging and emerging threats to health security', Environment Systems and Decisions, 38, pp. 198 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10669-017-9667-0
    Journal articles | 2018
    Yew YY; Delgado RC; Heslop D; Gonzales PA, 2018, 'The Yew Disaster Severity Index: A New Tool in Disaster Metrics', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X18001115
    Journal articles | 2017
    Awadh A; Chughtai AA; Dyda A; Sheikh M; Heslop DJ; MacIntyre CR, 2017, 'Does Zika Virus Cause Microcephaly - Applying the Bradford Hill Viewpoints.', PLoS Curr, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/currents.outbreaks.2fced6e886074f6db162a00d4940133b
    Journal articles | 2017
    Heslop DJ; Chughtai AA; Bui CM; MacIntyre CR, 2017, 'Publicly available software tools for decision-makers during an emergent epidemic—Systematic evaluation of utility and usability', Epidemics, 21, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2017.04.002
    Journal articles | 2017
    Muscatello DJ; Chughtai AA; Heywood A; Gardner LJ; Heslop DJ; Macintyre CR, 2017, 'Translating real-time infectious disease modeling into routine public health practice', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23, pp. e1 - e6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2305.161720
    Journal articles | 2011
    Currie AJ; Heslop DJ; Winter SM, 2011, 'H1N1 in the field: The impact on Australian Defence Force Field Exercise Talisman Sabre 09', Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 14, pp. 103 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aenj.2011.03.002
    Journal articles | 2004
    Heslop DJ; Bandler R; Keay KA, 2004, 'Haemorrhage-evoked decompensation and recompensation mediated by distinct projections from rostral and caudal midline medulla in the rat', European Journal of Neuroscience, 20, pp. 2096 - 2110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03660.x
    Journal articles | 2003
    Troy BP; Heslop DJ; Bandler R; Keay KA, 2003, 'Haemodynamic response to haemorrhage: Distinct contributions of midbrain and forebrain structures', Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 108, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1566-0702(03)00152-8
    Journal articles | 2002
    Heslop DJ; Keay KA; Bandler R, 2002, 'Haemorrhage-evoked compensation and decompensation are mediated by distinct caudal midline medullary regions in the urethane-anaesthetised rat', Neuroscience, 113, pp. 555 - 567, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00161-6
    Journal articles | 2002
    Keay KA; Clement CI; Matar WM; Heslop DJ; Henderson LA; Bandler R, 2002, 'Noxious activation of spinal or vagal afferents evokes distinct patterns of fos-like immunoreactivity in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray of unanaesthetised rats', Brain Research, 948, pp. 122 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02959-1
    Journal articles | 2000
    Keay KA; Henderson LA; Heslop DJ; Potas JR; Bandler R, 2000, 'The caudal midline medulla mediates state dependent cardiovascular responses', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 12, pp. 419 - 419, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000088236602394&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 1999
    Shepherd VA; Beilby MJ; Heslop DJ, 1999, 'Ecophysiology of the hypotonic response in the salt-tolerant charophyte alga Lamprothamnium papulosum', Plant, Cell and Environment, 22, pp. 333 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00414.x
  • Conference Abstracts | 2022
    Bhattacharjee S; Bahl P; de Silva C; Doolan C; Chughtai AA; Heslop D; MacIntyre R, 2022, 'A blueprint for well-designed, high-performing cloth masks that can outperform a 3-layered surgical mask', in SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK, ELSEVIER, Vol. 13, pp. S164 - S164, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000760944700539&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Preprints | 2022
    Stone H; Heslop D; Lim S; Sarmiento I; Kunasekaran M; MacIntyre CR, 2022, Open-Source Intelligence for Detection of Radiological Events and Syndromes Following the Invasion of Ukraine in 2022: Observational Study (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.39895
    Preprints | 2020
    Costantino V; Heslop D; MacIntyre R, 2020, The effectiveness of full and partial travel bans against COVID-19 spread in Australia for travellers from China, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.09.20032045
    Preprints | 2020
    Costantino V; Heslop D; Macintyre R, 2020, The effectiveness of full and partial travel bans against COVID-19 spread in Australia for travellers from China, , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-17714/v1
    Preprints | 2020
    Quigley AL; Nguyen PY; Stone H; Heslop D; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre R, 2020, Estimated Mask Use and Temporal Relationship to COVID-19 Epidemiology of Black Lives Matter Protests in 12 Cities, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3712951
    Reports | 2018
    Dawson P; Lau TWM; Heslop D; Unsworth N, 2018, Outcomes from a Q Fever Biological Attack Scenario Exercise, from the 6th Annual CBRN International Symposium, Defence Science and Technology Group - Australia, Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, Australia, DST-Group-GD-1025
    Conference Abstracts | 2017
    Ashraf MM; Harrison R; Hinchcliff R; Agaliotis M; Balasooriya C; Meyer L; Heslop D, (ed.), 2017, 'Optimising the use of Technology Enhanced Learning And Teaching (TELT) in Health Services Management Education', in SHAPE Symposium 2017, University of New England, Parramatta Future Campus, 232 Church Street Parramatta, Sydney Australia, presented at SHAPE of Healthcare: Outcomes, Research, Actions, Curriculum, University of New England, Parramatta Future Campus, 232 Church Street Parramatta, Sydney Australia, 19 July 2017 - 21 July 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26270
    Conference Abstracts | 2017
    Heslop DJ, (ed.), 2017, 'A Review of Civil-Military Cooperation and Response During Epidemic and Pandemic Events', in Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, Australasian Military Medicine Association, Brisbane, Australia, Vol. 25, pp. 9 - 9, presented at Australasian Military Medicine Conference 2017, Brisbane, Australia, 06 October 2017 - 08 October 2017, http://www.amma.asn.au/amma2017/
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Heslop DJ, 2017, 'A Review of Civil-Military Cooperation and Response During Epidemic and Pandemic Events', presented at Australasian Military Medicine Conference 2017, Brisbane, Australia, 06 October 2017 - 08 October 2017, http://www.amma.asn.au/amma2017/
    Conference Abstracts | 2016
    Ashraf MM; Hinchcliff R; Agaliotis M; Narasimhan P; Pardosi J; Asante A; Harrison R; Heslop D; Meyer L; Balasooriya C, 2016, 'The role of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Health Management education: a global perspective', Sydney, presented at 10th annual Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Global Health Program Workshop, Sydney, 28 October 2016 - 01 October 2016
    Conference Abstracts | 2016
    Heslop DJ, (ed.), 2016, 'ADF Forward CBRN Medical Capabilities – Preparing for Black Swans', in Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, Australasian Military Medicine Association, Melbourne, Australia, Vol. 24, pp. 10 - 11, presented at Australasian Military Medical Conference 2016, Melbourne, Australia, 14 October 2016 - 16 October 2016, http://amma.asn.au/amma2016/
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Heslop DJ, 2016, 'ADF Forward CBRN Medical Capabilities - Preparing for Black Swans', presented at Australasian Military Medical Association 2016, Melbourne, Australia, 14 October 2016 - 16 October 2016, http://amma.asn.au/amma2016/
    Conference Abstracts | 2016
    MacIntyre CR; Kirk M; Clements A; Komesaroff P; Heslop DJ; Wang Q; Sakar S; Rawlinson W; de Barro P; Baker M, (ed.), 2016, 'The NHMRC CRE for Integrated Systems for Epidemic Response (ISER)', in Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, Australasian Military Medicine Association, Melbourne, Australia, Vol. 24, pp. 68 - 69, presented at Australian Military Medicine Conference 2016, Melbourne, Australia, 14 October 2016 - 16 October 2016, http://amma.asn.au/amma2016/
    Conference Posters | 2016
    MacIntyre CR; Kirk M; Clements A; Komesaroff P; Heslop DJ; Wang Q; Sakar S; Rawlinson W; de Barro P; Baker M, (ed.), 2016, 'The NHMRC CRE for Integrated Systems for Epidemic Response (ISER)', Melbourne, Australia, Vol. 24, pp. 67 - 68, presented at Australasian Military Medicine Conference 2016, Melbourne, Australia, 14 October 2016 - 16 October 2016, http://amma.asn.au/amma2016/
    Reports |
    Honeyman D; Keep J; Heslop DJ; Lim S; Gurdasani D; Macintyre CR, The history of chemical warfare: a systematic review, INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2024.3.0016, http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2024.3.0016

  • MRFF Frontiers Grant Stage 1. EPIWATCH - Global Epidemic Intelligence Observatory and Early Warning System. Chief Investigator. $1,000,000. 2021-2022.
  • NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence. BREATHE. Airborne threats to Health. Chief Investigator. $2,500,000 over 5 years. 2022-2027.
  • Defence Strategic Policy Grant Scheme. Boxwood Scenarios. Exploring the impact of climate change and geopolitical change on CBRNE proliferation. $99,000. 2021-2023
  • NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence. Integrated Systems for Epidemic Response (ISER). Chief Investigator. $2,500,000 over 5 years. 2016-2021.
  • Defence Science and Technology Group (DST Group). Chimaera Evolution – An experiment by simulation framework to support CBR medical planning, preparedness and operational response. Bioterrorism Stream collaborative research grant. Chief Investigator. $575,000 over 3 years. FY 17-19
  • 2x Industry funded reseatch grants totalling $210,000.

My interests lie in health and medical systems innovation and research. I retain linkages with key national civilian and military education, research and development organisations and retain an active involvement in a wide variety of projects and initiatives supporting national public health preparedness goals.

My current research effort and interests touch on complexity science, agent based and deterministic modelling, emergent complex adaptive systems phenomena, test and evaluation of systems, policy research, epidemic modelling, exotic and emerging infections, disaster preparedness and response, organisational resilience in health care, development of robust socio-technical systems in health care, and the modelling, simulation and investigation of public health interventions and systems.

Methods that I utilise in my research are:

 - Sociotechnical systems modeling and simulation

 - Hybrid Modeling (Agent Based Modeling, Discrete Event Modeling, System Dynamics)

 - Artificial intelligence and autonomous agents

 - Qualitative and mixed methods

 - Epidemiology

 - Geospatial/GIS based approaches

My Research Supervision

Post-Doctoral Researcher:

  • Dr Mitko Alexandrov (Faculty of Built Environment)

Higher Degree (PhD) Candidates:

  • Abigail Trewin (Professional Doctorate in Public Health)
  • Arshpreet Sran (Professional Doctorate in Public Health)
  • Lynelle Hales (Professional Doctorate in Public Health)
  • Sean Casey (Professional Doctorate in Public Health)
  • Nathan George (Professional Doctorate in Public Health)
  • Haley Stone (PhD - Kirby Institute)
  • Mohana Kunasekaran (PhD - Kirby Institute)
  • Shovon Bhattacharjee (PhD - Kirby Institute)

Medical Program Project Supervision:

2022

  • Mr Jordan Zhang (UNSW Clinical AI ILP)

2021

  • Evelyn Wilkins (ILP)

2019

  • Mr Stewart McNamara (ILP)
  • Mark Butorac (ILP)

2018

  • Kaspar Fiebig (ILP)

2017

  • James Niddrie (ILP)
  • Jack Connolly (ILP)
  • Jia Ong (ILP)
  • Zahran Tohid (ILP)
  • John Vassil (ILP)

My Teaching

PHCM9662 - Health Aspects of Crises Emergencies and Disasters - Convenor

PHCM9789 - Bioterrorism and Health Intelligence - Convenor