“The world is watching”: the Federation researcher shaping Gippsland’s post-coal future

For Jess Reeves - a sustainability scientist inspired by the challenges and opportunities caused by change - Gippsland is an extraordinary living laboratory.

Associate Professor Jess Reeves teaches sustainability and environmental change at Federation University’s Churchill campus, in a region central to efforts to deliver a carbon-neutral future.

Creating agents of change: the Federation University researcher focused on the big picture of public health

As a graduate doctor, Professor Dr Muhammad Aziz Rahman took a job with a company producing cancer drugs. But in disadvantaged communities in Bangladesh, many patients he met simply could not afford the medication.

To have real impact, he resolved to focus on the bigger picture of disease prevention: as a public health specialist.

Prof Rahman has no regrets. His varied research interests include smoking and vaping, chronic diseases including mental health, and the health and wellbeing of migrants.