Dr Kinley Wangdi is an NHMRC Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the NHMRC Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) Global Research Centre at the University of Canberra Health Research Institute. He is a medically trained spatial epidemiologist with 10 years of clinical practice experience and more than 10 years of research experience in public health. Research topics include vector-borne diseases, infectious diseases, and chronic diseases including dementia. He uses spatial and Bayesian analytical methodologies to understand the effects of climate and environment on health and disease.

Dr Wangdi has actively engaged with the Ministries of Health in Bhutan, Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Thailand which enabled him to translate research findings into policy and practice. This includes working with the Ministry of Health and drafting their strategy plans and training of public health workers.

Dr Wangdi has collaborated with WHO, DFAT, the US Navy, and World Vision. He is an invited member of the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN), which includes 22 countries pursuing malaria elimination by 2030. He is also a member of the APMEN Vivax and Surveillance and Response Working Group.