Ben has experience working, researching and teaching in environmental public health, communicable and noncommunicable diseases, humanitarian assistance and disaster risk reduction. He has led activities in these fields across the Indo-Pacific, Europe and North America. His experience includes environmental health assessments in city, rural and business settings, responses to natural disasters and disease outbreaks, mass casualty incidents, failures of critical business functions, managing projects in Indigenous communities, facilitating delivery of health services to asylum seekers, and working with stakeholders to identify strategies for strengthening resilience. Ben has led local and multinational disaster risk reduction and resilience projects, is a Registered Environmental Health Specialist and has worked at local, state and national levels of government in Australia, federally in the United States, and as a consultant in the private sector. He has also published books, chapters, peer-reviewed articles, guidelines, and conducted media interviews relating to resilience, disaster risk reduction and environmental public health.