Peter Kolbe

Public Health Officer

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

About

Driven and proactive health professional with experience in assessing and managing risk for food-borne and viral disease transmission, investigating outbreaks and incidents of infectious disease transmission in state and local government health departments. Passionate about improving public health, with a desire to contribute to the research and implementation of broad scale prevention and treatment methods. Possess a Bachelor of Health Science (Public and Environmental Health) from Swinburne University and pursuing a Master of Public Health / Master of Infectious Diseases Intelligence from the University of New South Wales (completion 2020).

Experience

  • Surveillance Officer - Infectious Diseases at Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD)
    Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  • Public Health Officer at Gippsland Region Public Health Unit
    Jul 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Public Health Officer at Western Health
    Sep 2022 - Jun 2023 · 10 mos

  • Epidemiologist at Victorian Department of Health
    Oct 2021 - Jul 2022 · 10 mos

  • Environmental Health Officer at Hobsons Bay City Council
    Mar 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos