Journal Editor CAPT Andrew Robertson Country: Australia Service: Royal Australian Navy

CAPT Andrew (Andy) Robertson, CSC, MB BS, Grad. Dip. OHS, MPH, MHSM, FAFPHM, FRACMA, RANR served as a full-time medical officer with the Royal Australian Navy from 1984 until 2003. A public health physician and medical administrator, he has served in various ships and establishments in Australia and overseas. He completed three tours to Iraq with OPERATION BLAZER, including three months as the Chief Inspector of the Biological Weapons Monitoring Group in 1996.
In October 2003, he took up the position of the Director, Disaster Preparedness and Management in WA Health, a position that was integrated into his Divisional Director’s role prior to his current role. In December 2004, he led the Australian Medical Relief team into the Maldives post tsunami, and has subsequently managed WA Health’s response to the 2005 Bali Bombing, its early preparations for a potential influenza pandemic and led the WA Health team into Indonesia after the Yogyakarta earthquakes in June 2006.
CAPT Robertson RANR is currently the Deputy Chief Health Officer and Director, Disaster Management, Regulation and Planning within the Public Health Division in WA Health. He was previously the Divisional Director, Health Protection Group and Chief Health Officer within WA Health from July 2005 until February 2008. He is also the Director Naval Health Reserves – WA .