Dr Ben Scalley
About
Dr Ben Scalley is a public health physician with recent experience across the breadth of public health. He is currently the medical director of the Boorloo (Perth) Public Health Unit, the largest public health unit in Australia. Through this role he has expanded and modernised the unit with an emphasis on data science, automation, and technical innovation.
During COVID-19 he was the head of the Public Health Operations section of the WA Health response. Through this role he lead the establishment of this new area, created a scalable structure and implemented surge processes that resulted in highly successful outcomes for contact tracing and other public health functions in WA. He was also previously the Director of Environmental Health in NSW where he responded to the emergence of PFAS as an important contaminant, drinking water quality issues, and to climate and heat related incidents.