Meet one of our newest members, Matthew Griffiths.

Matthew Griffiths is a public-health learning specialist working at the intersection of health professions education (HPE), field epidemiology, and systems strengthening.

My background is in designing and facilitating experiential, practice-based learning for health professionals, with a particular focus on how learning translates into real-world decision-making. Over the past two decades, I have worked with universities, ministries of health, and international organizations—most extensively with Field Epidemiology Training Programs across Australia, Asia, and the Pacific.

My interest in HPE lies in how professionals learn in complex, high-stakes environments, and how facilitation, reflective practice, and learning design can support sense-making and action rather than simple transmission of content. Alongside practice, I remain engaged in scholarship that bridges theory and lived educational experience.

I first engaged with ANZAPHE when I presented at the 2024 conference. I found it to be the most suitable academic home for my work—neither overly theoretical nor overly instrumental, but grounded in thoughtful practice and meaningful scholarship. I gained more from that conference than from the other conferences where I presented that year, and it confirmed my desire to be more actively involved in this community. This experience ultimately led me to join ANZAPHE as a member.