Professor Joshua Vogel is a perinatal epidemiologist and public health researcher. He is Co-Program Director for Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health at the Burnet Institute in Melbourne, Australia, where he co-heads the multi-disciplinary Global Women’s and Newborn’s Health group.  

Joshua has led epidemiological and interventional research projects conducted in >20 countries, and has produced over 200 peer-review articles on global maternal and newborn health. He has led the development of multiple WHO guidelines in maternal health, and WHO’s 2019 global preterm birth estimates.    

Joshua was recognised by the journal Nature with the 2020 Driving Global Impact Award. In 2021, he received the Australian Commonwealth Health Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Health and Medical Research.