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Dr Edmore Masaka

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5517
Email: e.masaka@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO19.161  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5052-5479

Edmore is a Lecturer and Postgraduate Course Coordinator for the OHS and Occupational Environmental Health and Safety disciplines. He is also the Environmental Health discipline leader and Course Coordinator of the C54 Diploma in Environmental Health.

Current Teaching

  • HST2116 - Environmental Health Professional Practice
  • HST2131 - Public Health Microbiology
  • HST2184 - Communicable Diseases
  • HST3182 - Food Microbiology

Background

  • 2020 - Present : Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
  • 2011 - 2019 : Manager Development Services - Health, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia
  • 2010 - 2011 : Occupational Hygiene Advisor, Rio Tinto Alcan, Gladstone, Queensland
  • 2008 - 2010 : Manager, Regulatory and Health Services, Halls Creek Shire Council, Western Australia
  • 2005 - 2007 : Regional Safety Health and Environment Manager, Delta Beverages, Zimbabwe
  • 1992 - 2004 : Senior Environmental Officer, Bulawayo City Council, Zimbabwe
  • 1989 - 1991 : District Environmental Officer, Bulawayo City Council, Zimbabwe

Professional Associations

  • Environmental Health Australia  - Full member
  • Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists - Full member

Awards and Recognition

  • 2005 : United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Africa Region) award for the best Sustainable Development Project on Tannery Effluent Management
  • 2016 : Safety Institute of Australia Award - Graduate Certificate of OHS (ECU)

Research Areas and Interests

  • Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens
  • Water Quality
  • Occupational Noise Induced Hearing Loss
  • Air Quality Management
  • Food safety

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2021.
  • Graduate Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety, Edith Cowan University, 2015.
  • Diploma of Project Management, Other WA registered training organisation, 2013.
  • Master of Public Health, South Africa, 2009.
  • Bachelor of Technology, South Africa, 2000.
  • National Diploma in Enviromental Health, Zimbabwe, 1988.

Research Outputs

2023

Journal Articles

  • Dine, G., Reed, S., Oosthuizen, J., Masaka, E. (2023). Identified occupational health and safety risks amongst environmental health officers in Australia and New Zealand through an online survey. Medicine, 102(12), Article number 333270. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000033270.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Oosthuizen, J., Stoneham, M., Hannelly, T., Masaka, E., Dodds, G., Andrich, V. (2022). Environmental Health Responses to COVID 19 in Western Australia: Lessons for the Future. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(15), Article number 9393. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159393.
  • Masaka, E., Reed, S., Oosthuizen, J., Davidson, M. (2022). Awareness of business owners and environmental health officers regarding health risks associated with the use of water mist systems in Australia. Journal of Environmental Health, 84(10), 8-14.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Masaka, E., Reed, S., Oosthuizen, J., Davidson, M. (2021). Health Risks Associated With the Use of Water Mist Systems as a Cooling Intervention in Public Places in Australia. Journal of Environmental Health, 83(9), 16-22.
  • Masaka, E., Reed, S., Davidson, M., Oosthuizen, J. (2021). Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens. A Potential Health Risk in Water Mist Systems Used as a Cooling Intervention. Pathogens, 10(4), Article number 462. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10040462.

Research Projects

  • MARS: Developing research questions for the future; Health and exposure metrics as an indicator of workplace health in Western Australia., DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, Grant, 2024, $48,779.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Medical and Health Science by Research, An analysis of the prevalence of food borne pathogens, Bacillus cereus, non-STEC Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in ready-to-eat foods sourced from restaurants, cafés, takeaway food premises.

Completed Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Occupational Health and Safety Hazards Affecting Environmental Health Officers

Assistant Supervisor

  • Master of Medical and Health Science by Research, Risk assessment of Legionella pneumonphila in cooling towers in Western Australia
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