Experience

Current Designation

Senior Lecturer

Full time

• 2018: Currently a senior lecturer in the department of Health Management and Systems
  Development within Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

• 2015 – 2017 was employed with the Divine Word University holding the position
  mentioned above

• 2006 – 2014 worked with the national health department. Was holding the position of
  Director, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research.

• 1996 – 2005 was the technical advisor, national health department research unit.

• 1991 – 1995 Joined the national health department as a Project Officer.

• 1986 Preliminary year (UPNG)

• 1987 – 1990 UPNG undertook studies in BA in Public Administration

• 1984 – 1985 Clinical HEO Vanimo General Hospital

• 1983 – 1981 worked with Department of East Sepik attached to Division of Health
  Wewak as a clinical HEO and also officer in charge of Wombisa and Timbunke
  health centres

Affiliations

• Member of PNG Medical Board of Papua New Guinea
• Member of HEO Association of Papua New Guinea
• Member PNG Evaluators Association of Papua New Guinea

Awards

EDUCATION

• Diploma in Health Extension (HEO) Para Med, Madang

• Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration (UPNG)

• Diploma in Economic Policy Analysis (NRI)

• Certificate in Statistics (PNGIPA)

• Masters in Science - Health Policy and Management (Wollongong, Australia) 

• Certificate in Higher Teaching and learning (DWU)

AWARDS & HONORS

• World Health Organization (WHO) scholarship for 3 months study (Malaysia) in Health Systems Research
• Grant of K60 000 for doing a commissioned research for UNDP and World Vison(PNG)
• Chairperson of Medial Research Advisory Committee of PNG 2006 - 2014

Presentations

1. Where are they now? A tracer study of former Health Management students of Divine Word University: by Namun, Irumai, Chakumai, Papapu, Sion & Semos. A poster presentation at “Painim aut Health Research Seminar”, Divine Word University, Madang. 2017, October

2. Annual National Health Conference (2014). Annual Sector Review. A Report. Irumai,A.

3. Development Partners Summit (2013). National Health Indicators: A report on “The Health Status of PNG”. Irumai.A

4. Papua New Guinea Health Information System. A Conference on Health Information Systems in the Pacific, Nadi,Fiji. 2012. Irumai.A.

Publications

1. Namun,K., Irumai,A.,Chakumai,K., Papapu.S., Sion,P., Semos,I. 2016. A Tracer Study of former Health Management students of Divine Word University.

Supervision

Collaboration