About Us
About the Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health (CERSH)
CERSH is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services Victoria through a service agreement with The University of Melbourne, to work across the Hume and Loddon Mallee regions. Our team is led by Professor Jane Tomnay, with staff based at the Department of Rural Health - Wangaratta campus and La Trobe University - Bendigo campus.
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Our Team
Our staff team and contact details are:
CERSH Director
Professor Jane Tomnay: jtomnay@unimelb.edu.au
Sexual Health Physician/Senior Lecturer
Dr Siobhan Bourke: siobhan.bourke@unimelb.edu.au
Senior Health Promotion Manager - Loddon Mallee region
Anne-Marie Kelly: annemarie.kelly@unimelb.edu.au
Sexual Health and Wellbeing Project Officer - Loddon Mallee region
Ashleigh Colquhoun: a.colquhoun@unimelb.edu.au
Senior Health Promotion Manager - Hume region
Dr Dave Evans: dave.evans@unimelb.edu.au
Sexual Health and Wellbeing Project Officer - Hume region
Ben Corio: ben.corio@unimelb.edu.au
Sexual Health and Wellbeing Project Officer - Hume region
Kim Cowen: kim.cowen@unimelb.edu.au
Rural Services Development Coordinator
Karli March: karli.march@unimelb.edu.au
CERSH Centre Coordinator (Shared Position)
Johanna Kyriakou: johanna.kyriakou@unimelb.edu.au
Sexual Health MD Discovery Coordinator / CERSH Centre Coordinator (Shared Position)
Sophie Stuart: sophie.stuart@unimelb.edu.au
For all general CERSH enquiries please email : cersh-admin@unimelb.edu.au
Our Vision & Work Focus
The vision of CERSH is that all rural Victorians have access to quality sexual health care, information and support that is tailored to their individual needs. CERSH continues to develop sustainable strategies by building collaborations and partnerships between agencies, services and individuals to achieve our vision.
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Our Priorities
The purpose of the Centre is to design, implement and evaluate programs that provide practical solutions for the improvement of sexual health in both the Hume and Loddon Mallee Department of Health and Human Services regions in rural Victoria. In achieving this, the Centre’s priority areas are focused on:
- Rural workforce capacity and development
- Leadership, research, evaluation and knowledge sharing
- Affordable reproductive health
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Our Goals
The goals that CERSH is working towards, in line with other funded agencies in Victoria, are:
- Reduced incidence and prevalence of Sexually Transmissible Infections/ Blood Borne Viruses (STI/BBV)
- Increase in early detection and treatment of STI/BBV
- Increased best-practice sexual and reproductive health services
- Increased access to affordable contraception and termination of pregnancy services
Annual Reports & Strategic Plans
Our most recent Annual Report is available here, as well as our current Strategic Plan.
