Dr Adam Craig
Senior Research Fellow
UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Researcher biography
Dr. Adam Craig is an infectious disease epidemiologist and global health system researcher. He has more than 25 years of experience in health, having worked across and with Australian, Asian and Pacific health authorities. Among other areas, his research explores the use of digital technology to support health information collection and exchange and how technology may support improved health system function. Other projects Adam is involved in include the development of policy advice for Pacific leaders related to enhanced early warning disease surveillance, the use of digital technology to support health care delivery and community participation in disease vector tracking. In addition to his academic roles, Adam is a senior advisor to the Australia-Indonesia Health Security Partnership and a researcher for the Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
Book
Craig, A.T., Beek, K., Godinho, M., Ansari, S., Jonnagaddala, J., Linhart, C., Hall, J.J. and Liaw. T. (2022). Digital health and universal health coverage: opportunities and policy considerations for Pacific Island health authorities. New Delhi, India: World Health Organization.
Journal Articles
Craig, Adam T., Lawford, Harriet, Miller, Maggie, Chen-Cao, Liuyi, Woods, Leanna, Liaw, Siaw-Teng and Godinho, Myron A. (2025). Use and impact of digital technology in supporting health providers deliver care in low- and low-middle-income countries: A systematic review protocol. PLOS ONE, 20 (2) e0319190, e0319190-2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319190
Craig, Adam T., Lawford, Harriet, Mokoia, Grizelda, Ikimau, Minerva, Fetaui, Peter, Marqardt, Tonia and Lau, Colleen L. (2025). Integrating post-validation surveillance of lymphatic filariasis with the WHO STEPwise approach to non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance in Niue, a study protocol. PLoS One, 20 (1) e0315625, 1-12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315625
Dove, Georgina, Craig, Adam, Harris-Roxas, Ben and Kelly-Hanku, Angela (2025). Governance of Public-Private Partnerships for Primary Healthcare in Low-and Lower-Middle-Income Countries, 2000-2023: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 14 8442. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.8442
Craig, Adam T., Lawford, Harriet, Viali, Satupaitea, Tuitama, George and Lau, Colleen L. (2024). Perspectives on the implementation of post-validation surveillance for lymphatic filariasis in the Pacific Islands: A nominal group technique-based study protocol. PLoS One, 19 (12) e0313957, 1-9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313957
Muscatello, David J., Rose, Nectarios, Paul, Kishor Kumar, Ware, Sandra, Dinh, Michael M., Mohsin, Mohammed, Craig, Adam T., Dyda, Amalie and Forero, Roberto (2024). Epidemiological comparison of emergency department presentations with seasonal influenza or COVID-19 and an outcome of intensive care admission or death: A population-based records linkage study in New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Infection, 89 (6) 106307, 106307. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106307
Dove, Georgina, Craig, Adam, Usurup, Jethro, O’Keeffe, Annmaree, Scahill, Geoff, Harris‐Roxas, Ben and Kelly‐Hanku, Angela (2024). Collaborative governance in a primary health care partnership in Papua New Guinea. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 39 (5), 1370-1382. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3808
Jaworski, Alison, Craig, Adam T., Dyer, Clare E. F., Goncalves, Julio, Neuendorf, Nalisa, Newland, Jamee, Kelly-Hanku, Angela, Pomat, William, Maclaren, David and Nery, Susana Vaz (2024). Understanding how neglected tropical diseases programs in five Asia-Pacific countries adjusted to the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18 (5) e0012221, e0012221. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012221
Craig, Adam T., Panda, Nixon, Palapu, Rudgard, Oku, Geoffrey, Lifoia, Clement, Tatalu, Joanna, Beebe, Nigel, Kelly, Gerard, Kama Jr, Nathan, Iro’ofa, Charlie and Bugoro, Hugo (2024). Citizen Science for Enhanced Dengue Vector Surveillance in Solomon Islands: A Methods Paper. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 9 (1) cstp.679, 1-13. doi: 10.5334/cstp.679
Dove, Georgina, Kelly-Hanku, Angela, Usurup, Jethro, O'Keeffe, Annmaree, Scahill, Geoff and Craig, Adam (2024). Collaboration in a Partnership for Primary Health Care: A Case Study From Papua New Guinea. Global Health: Science and Practice Journal, 12 (1) e2300040, 1-11. doi: 10.9745/ghsp-d-23-00040
Nasser, Ahmad, de Zwart, Blake J., Stewart, David J., Zielke, Anne M., Blazek, Katrina, Heywood, Anita E. and Craig, Adam T. (2024). Risk factors predicting the need for intensive care unit admission within forty-eight hours of emergency department presentation: A case–control study. Australian Critical Care, 37 (5), 686-693. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2024.01.012
McDermid, Pippa, Craig, Adam, Sheel, Meru, Blazek, Katrina, Talty, Siobhan and Seale, Holly (2023). Information seeking behaviors of individuals impacted by COVID-19 international travel restrictions: an analysis of two international cross-sectional studies. Frontiers in Communication, 8 1101548. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1101548
Craig, Adam T., Leong, Robert Neil F., Donoghoe, Mark W., Muscatello, David, Mojica, Vio Jianu C. and Octavo, Christine Joy M. (2023). Comparison of statistical methods for the early detection of disease outbreaks in small population settings. IJID Regions, 8, 157-163. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2023.08.007
Craig, Adam, Beek, Kristen, Godinho, Myron, Ansari, Sameera, Jonnagaddala, Jitendra, Asgari-Jirhandeh, Nima, Linhart, Christine, Hall, John and Liaw, Siaw-Teng (2023). Digital health and Universal Health Coverage: Opportunities and policy considerations for low- and middle-income Pacific Island countries and territories. Pacific Health, 6. doi: 10.24135/pacifichealth.v6i.64
Alreeme, Sara, Bokhary, Hamid and Craig, Adam T. (2022). Transmission of antimicrobial resistant bacteria at the Hajj: a scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (21) 14134, 14134. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192114134
Borgelt, Kaye, Siose, Taniela Kepa, Taape, Isaia V., Nunan, Michael, Beek, Kristen and Craig, Adam T. (2022). The impact of digital communication and data exchange on primary health service delivery in a small island developing state setting. PLoS Digital Health, 1 (10) e0000109, e0000109-10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000109
McDermid, Pippa, Sooppiyaragath, Soumya, Craig, Adam, Sheel, Meru, Blazek, Katrina, Talty, Siobhan and Seale, Holly (2022). Psychological and financial impacts of COVID-19-related travel measures: an international cross-sectional study. PLoS One, 17 (8) e0271894. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271894
van Gemert, Caroline, Tarivonda, Len, Tapo, Posikai Samuel, Natuman, Sereana, Clark, Geoff, Mariasua, Joanne, Scott, Nick, Craig, Adam, Abel, Myriam, Cornish, Matthew J., Hellard, Margaret and Sacks-Davis, Rachel (2022). Mathematical modeling for removing border entry and quarantine requirements for COVID-19, Vanuatu. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28 (5), 1053-1055. doi: 10.3201/eid2805.211757
McDermid, Pippa, Craig, Adam, Sheel, Meru, Blazek, Katrina, Talty, Siobhan and Seale, Holly (2022). Examining the psychological and financial impact of travel restrictions on citizens and permanent residents stranded abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic: international cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 12 (5) e059922. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059922
Craig, Adam T., Beek, Kristen, Gilbert, Katherine, Soakai, Taniela Sunia, Liaw, Siaw-Teng and Hall, John J. (2022). Universal health coverage and the Pacific Islands: an overview of senior leaders' discussions, challenges, priorities and solutions, 2015-2020. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (7) 4108, 4108. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19074108
Sousa, Larissa Braz, Webb, Cameron, Craig, Adam, Williams, Craig, Chitkara, Upma, Baldock, Katherine and Fricker, Stephen (2022). Methodological diversity in citizen science mosquito surveillance: a scoping review. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 7 (1) 8. doi: 10.5334/cstp.469
McDermid, Pippa, Craig, Adam, Sheel, Meru and Seale, Holly (2022). How have governments supported citizens stranded abroad due to COVID-19 travel restrictions? A comparative analysis of the financial and health support in eleven countries. BMC Infectious Diseases, 22 (1) 161. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07155-2
Matthews, Rosie J., Kaluthotage, Ishani, Russell, Tanya L., Knox, Tessa B., Horwood, Paul F. and Craig, Adam T. (2022). Arboviral disease outbreaks in the Pacific Islands countries and areas, 2014 to 2020: a systematic literature and document review. Pathogens, 11 (1) 74, 74. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11010074
Craig, Adam T., Kama, Nathan, Fafale, George and Bugoro, Hugo (2021). Citizen science as a tool for arboviral vector surveillance in a resourced-constrained setting: results of a pilot study in Honiara, Solomon Islands, 2019. BMC Public Health, 21 (1) 509. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10493-6
Zheng, Anthony, Govindasamy, Laksmi S., Thomas, Jane, Branley, James, Craig, Adam T. and Douglas, Michael (2021). Lessons from a successful public health response to COVID-19 in a New South Wales residential aged care facility, 2020. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45 (1), 13-16. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13077
Craig, Adam T., Kaldor, John, Schierhout, Gill and Rosewell, Alexander E. (2020). Surveillance strategies for the detection of disease outbreaks in the Pacific islands: meta-analysis of published literature, 2010-2019. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 25 (8), 906-918. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13448
Craig, A. T., Heywood, A. E. and Hall, J. (2020). Risk of COVID-19 importation to the Pacific islands through global air travel. Epidemiology and Infection, 148, 1-5. doi: 10.1017/s0950268820000710
Craig, Adam T, Heywood, Anita E and Worth, Heather (2020). Measles epidemic in Samoa and other Pacific islands. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 20 (3), 273-275. doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30053-0
Craig, Adam and Worth, Heather (2020). Samoan measles crisis is diverting resources from non-communicable diseases. BMJ, 368 m5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m5
Craig, Adam T., Manu, Samuel, Viga, Rolly, Joshua, Cynthia A., Saepioh, Jane and Sio, Alison R. (2020). A severe diarrhoeal outbreak in a remote Pacific island community, Anuta Island, Solomon Islands, April-June 2019. Rural and Remote Health, 20 (3), 1-5. doi: 10.22605/rrh5787
Hall, John J., Ambang, Tabian, Asante, Augustine, Mapira, Pili, Craig, Adam, Schuele, Elisabeth and Iqbal, Maha Pervaz (2019). Poliomyelitis outbreak in Papua New Guinea: health system and health security implications for PNG and Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 211 (4), 161-162.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50283
Craig, Adam T. and Sio, Alison R. (2019). The value of joint external evaluation as a tool for country-level health security monitoring. Health Security, 17 (2), 166-167. doi: 10.1089/hs.2018.0130
Craig, Adam T., Joshua, Cynthia A., Sio, Alison R., Donoghoe, Mark, Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Bainivalu, Nemia, Dalipanda, Tenneth, Kaldor, John, Rosewell, Alexander E. and Schierhout, Gill (2018). Epidemic surveillance in a low resource setting: lessons from an evaluation of the Solomon Islands syndromic surveillance system, 2017. BMC Public Health, 18 (1) 1395. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-6295-7
Craig, Adam T., Joshua, Cynthia A., Sio, Alison R., Lauri, Michael, Kaldor, John, Rosewell, Alexander E. and Schierhout, Gill (2018). Towards effective outbreak detection: a qualitative study to identify factors affecting nurses' early warning surveillance practice in Solomon Islands. BMC Health Services Research, 18 (1) 702, 1-7. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3508-9
Craig, Adam T., Joshua, Cynthia A., Sio, Alison R., Teobasi, Bobby, Dofai, Alfred, Dalipanda, Tenneth, Hardie, Kate, Kaldor, John and Kolbe, Anthony (2018). Enhanced surveillance during a public health emergency in a resource-limited setting: Experience from a large dengue outbreak in Solomon Islands, 2016-17. PLoS One, 13 (6) e0198487, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198487
Craig, Adam T., Butler, Michelle T., Pastore, Roberta, Paterson, Beverley J. and Durrheim, David N. (2017). Acute flaccid paralysis incidence and Zika virus surveillance, Pacific Islands. World Health Organization. Bulletin, 95 (1), 69-75. doi: 10.2471/blt.16.171892
Craig, Adam T., Kama, Mike, Samo, Marcus, Vaai, Saine, Matanaicake, Jane, Joshua, Cynthia, Kolbe, Anthony, Durrheim, David N., Paterson, Beverley J., Biaukula, Viema and Nilles, Eric J. (2016). Early warning epidemic surveillance in the Pacific island nations: an evaluation of the Pacific syndromic surveillance system. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 21 (7), 917-927. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12711
Craig, Adam T., Paterson, Beverley J. and Durrheim, David N. (2016). Commentary: Zika Virus: the Latest Newcomer. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7 (JUN) 1028, 1-2. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01028
Craig, Adam T., Rafai, Eric, Samo, Marcus, Oritaimae, Aaron, Samse, Losii and Nilles, Eric J. (2015). Short report: 2014 Pacific meeting on implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005). Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 6 (2).
Craig, Adam T., Ronsse, Axelle, Hardie, Kate, Pavlin, Boris I., Biaukula, Viema and Nilles, Eric J. (2015). Risk posed by the Ebola epidemic to the Pacific islands: findings of a recent World Health Organization assessment. Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, 6 (2), 1-6. doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.1.009
Tabunga, Teanibuaka, Utiera, Maryanne, Tekoaua, Rosemary, Tibwe, Tebikau, Tira, Teatao, Toatu, Tebuka, Duituturaga, Sala Elbourne, Nilles, Eric and Craig, Adam (2014). Response to a large rotavirus outbreak on South Tarawa, Kiribati, 2013. Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, 5 (2), 9-14. doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2013.4.4.006
Craig, Adam T., Musto, Jennie A., Carroll, Therese F., Roberts-Witteveen, April R., McCarthy, Rod A. and Wang, Qinning (2013). An investigation of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to contaminated eggs on the Central Coast of NSW, 2008. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 24 (2), 99-101.
Craig, Adam, Kool, Jacob and Nilles, Eric (2013). The Pacific experience: supporting small island countries and territories to meet their 2012 International Health Regulations (2005) commitments. Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, 4 (3), 14-18. doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2012.3.4.007
Mannes, Trish, Gupta, Leena, Craig, Adam, Rosewell, Alexander, McGuinness, Clancy Aimers, Musto, Jennie, Shadbolt, Craig and Biffin, Brian (2010). A large point-source outbreak of salmonella typhimurium phage type 9 linked to a bakery in Sydney, March 2007. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 34 (1), 41-48.
Craig, A. T., Kasai, T., Li, A., Otsu, S. and Khut, Q. Y. (2010). Getting back to basics during a public health emergency: a framework to prepare and respond to infectious disease public health emergencies. Public Health, 124 (1), 10-13. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.11.011
Spokes, Paula J., Marich, Andrew J.N., Musto, Jennie A., Ward, Kate A., Craig, Adam T. and McAnulty, Jeremy M. (2009). Investigation of equine influenza transmission in NSW: walk, wind or wing?. New South Wales public health bulletin, 20 (9-10), 152-156. doi: 10.1071/nb08025
Craig, Adam T, Mannes, Trish F and Gupta, Leena (2009). Audit of post-exposure treatment to prevent lyssavirus infection in Sydney South West Area Health Service, 2005-2007. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 20 (5-6), 86-89. doi: 10.1071/nb07124
Craig, Adam T. and Armstrong, Paul K. (2007). Exercise paton: a simulation exercise to test New South Wales emergency departments' response to pandemic influenza. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 31 (3), 310-313.
Craig, Adam, Hall, Gillian and Russell, Richard (2007). Climate change and infectious diseases. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 18 (12), 243-244. doi: 10.1071/nb07092
Conference Papers
Lin, Sophia, Craig, Adam and Heywood, Anita (2021). Online teaching of epidemiology and biostatistics: where do we go from here?. IEA World Congress Of Epidemiology 2021, Virtual, September 2021. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab168.391
Mannes, T., Gupta, L., Craig, A., Rosewell, A., Aimers-McGuiness, C., Musto, J. and Wang, Q. (2008). A large point-source outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium Phage Type 9 in Sydney, Australia, March 2007. 13th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 19–22 June 2008. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.05.1191
Research Reports
Heryanto, B., Prasettya Japri, A. and Craig, A.T. (2024). Community-based Surveillance (CBS) Review in Indonesia. Jakarta, Indonesia: Australia Indonesia Health Security Partnership.
Asare-Doku, W., Settumba Stolk, S., Peacock, A., Shakeshaft, A., Waller, E., Nathan, S., Craig, A., Economidis, G., G., Ravulo, J., Meo-Sewabu, L., D'Este, C., Thapa, P., Abbott, T., Satour, T., Tulele, L., Wilson, K., Tyson, D., Doran, C., Mhey-Rivas, T., Macpherson, G., Lynch, M., Taylor, S., Santo, T., Graham, D., Baillie, G., Tran, A., Aiken, A., Harwood, E., Turner, A. ... Farrell, M. (2023). Monitoring and evaluation of the Kava Pilot Program: Final Report. Sydney, NSW, Australia: UNSW, Sydney.
Linhart, C., Craig, A., Rosewell, A., Beek, K. and Pardosi J. (2022). Investing in our future: building strong and resilient health systems in the Indo-Pacific region. Sydney, NSW, Australia: UNSW Sydney, The Fred Hollows Foundation, Australian Council for International Development.