Adam Childs

Adam Childs serves as the Course Coordinator for Public Health in Humanitarian Emergencies at James Cook University since September 2015, and holds the honorary title of Adjunct Senior Lecturer, providing training for Tropical Medicine Masters' students. In addition, Adam is the Emergency Management Team Leader for Risk Reduction at Hawke's Bay Regional Council and chairs East Coast LAB. Previous experiences include director positions at Basically Business and tCeti, where Adam focused on risk analysis and security audits for humanitarian organizations. Adam's extensive fieldwork with Médecins Sans Frontières involved multiple leadership roles in various humanitarian missions across the globe. Adam's educational background includes a Master's in Risk, Crisis, and Emergency Management from the University of Leicester, a certificate in Climate Change for Decision-Makers from the University of Cambridge, as well as numerous additional certifications relevant to crisis management and teaching.