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Research Biography
Professor Arbon is a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor, Director of the Torrens Resilience Initiative and Professor of Nursing (Population Health). The Torrens Resilience Initiative was established in 2009 to improve the capacity of organisations and societies to respond to disruptive challenges that have the potential to overwhelm local disaster management capabilities and plans. Current research and development is focused on community and organisational resilience, mass gathering health and health security. The Institute hosts the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Mass Gatherings and Global Health Security.
Professor Arbon is listed among the top 2% of researchers globally in the 6th annual Stanford-Elsevier standardardisation index.
Professor Arbon is former President of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, former Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Flinders University, a member the International Health Regulations Roster of Experts and the World Health Organisation Health Security Interface Technical Advisory Group, Editorial Board Member of the disaster health journal Pre Hospital and Disaster Medicine and Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and the American Academy of Nursing.
Research Interests
Current research projects focus on disaster and security resilience through community capacity and organisational capability building, mass gathering health including development on non-linear predictive models and consensus for minimum data sets and review of disaster health terminology. Doctoral student supervision includes projects on family resilience during disaster, the roles and experiences of nurses and paramedics during disaster, health care during conflict, health system strengthening for crisis, health service preparedness for deliberate events, protective aspects of emergency services culture and organisation, and bystander motivation and experience. Development work includes risk assessment for mass gatherings, development of mass gathering guidelines and standards, and resilience measurement at national, state and local levels.
Completed Supervisions
- HEALTH CARE SYSTEM STRENGTHENING
- THE EXPERIENCE OF CRISIS AND EMERGENCY
- THE EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN AS FIREFIGHTERS
- HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN CONFLICT AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
- WOMENS EXPERIENCE OF CYCLONE DISASTERS IN BANGLADESH
- NURSES EXPERIENCE OF RESPONDING TO EXTERNAL DISASTERS
- DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND THE OLDER PERSON (1)
- COMMUNITY NURSING (1)
- THAI MASSAGE THERAPY IN COMMUNITY NURSING (1)
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Master of Education Studies, Flinders University
Diploma, Diploma of Education, Flinders University
Bachelor of Science, Flinders University
Graduate Diploma Health Education, Sturt College Advanced Education
PhD, University of Sydney
External positions
Member, Health Security Interface Technical Advisory Group, World Health Organization, Geneva
1 Feb 2023 → …
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- Health emergencies and health security
- Nursing
Supervisory Interests
- Community resilience building
- Pre hospital emergency care
- Defence
- Health system strengthening
- Disaster resilience
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Co-designing a public health data analytics platform
Otieno, L., Henderson, P., Khanna, S., Spurrier, N., Palmer, L. J., Hendrie, G., Mahoney, R., Arbon, P., Ferguson, J., Sharpe, P., Mittinty, M., Haji Ali Afzali, H., Rathjen, J., Bierbaum, L., Sallows, G., Omodei-James, S., Dahia, S., Miller, C., Bonevski, B. & Ryder, C., Dec 2025, In: Nature Medicine. 31, 12, p. 3952-3953 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Effects of Zataria multiflora mouthwash and chlorhexidine compared to chlorhexidine alone on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients admitted to intensive care units
Shorofi, A., Golchin-Mehr, S., Mousavinasab, S. N., Arbon, P., Saeedi, M. & Ali Ebrahimzadeh, M., Aug 2025, In: Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 60, 7 p., 101966.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Managing youth mental health at a 10-day live-in mass-gathering event
Stephens, J. H., Couzner, L., Roberts, L., Henderson, J., Cuttance, G. & Arbon, P., Dec 2025, In: Mass Gathering Medicine. 4, 5 p., 100030.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Key Considerations Guidance for the Grape and Wine Sector
Arbon, P., Crouch, R., Muller, R., Hall, A. & Pourazad, N., 2024, Flinders University. 21 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Legacy in Global Health Security: Insights from the 5th International Conference for Mass Gatherings Medicine
Khan, A., Alahmari, A., Arbon, P., Wang, N. & Jokhdar, H., Apr 2024, In: Journal of Infection and Public Health. 17, p. 1-3 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)75 Downloads (Pure)
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ARTRSA: Understanding, Identifying, and Mapping Ambulance Response Times in Regional South Australia with Big Data Analytics
Soltani, A. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Ullah, S. (Chief Investigator), Arbon, P. (Chief Investigator), Mackean, T. (Chief Investigator), Harrison, N. (Associate Investigator), Latham, T. (Associate Investigator), Majd, S. (Associate Investigator), Zito, R. (Chief Investigator) & Guan, H. (Chief Investigator)
1/03/25 → 28/02/27
Project: Research
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Determining attitudes towards the major drivers of community resilience for input into the established Resilience Toolkit.
Crouch, R. (Chief Investigator), Arbon, P. (Chief Investigator) & Pourazad, N. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead))
26/07/23 → 31/10/23
Project: Research
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Drought proofing farming communities: building resilience in economic and societal cohesion
Crouch, R. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)) & Arbon, P. (Chief Investigator)
14/04/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research