Voting members
Name | Area of expertise | Position |
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Prof Katie Flanagan | Co-Chair, Clinical Trials, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Adverse Effects Following Immunisation, Vaccine Development | Director of Infectious Diseases, Launceston General Hospital Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania Adjunct Professor, School of Health and Biomedical Science, RMIT |
A/Prof Katherine Gibney | Co-Chair, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Epidemiology, Clinical Trials | Deputy Director, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, The Royal Melbourne Hospital Principal Research Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne |
Ms Karen Bellamy | Vaccine Policy and Program Implementation, Primary Health Care, Immunisation Workforce, Vaccine preventable disease surveillance | Infectious Monash Health, South East Public Health Unit (SEPHU) |
A/Prof Penelope Burns | General Practice, Public Health, Infectious Disease outbreaks in General Practice, Pandemic preparedness and response in General Practice, Guideline development for General Practice, Disaster Management | General Practitioner
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Dr James Wood | Modelling, Epidemiology and Public Health, primarily in relation to infectious diseases, vaccination and pandemic preparedness | Professor and Acting Head of School, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney |
Ms Diane Walsh | Consumer Health Issues, in relation to safe and quality use of medicines and vaccines | Consumers Health Forum |
Ms Kristy Cooper | Primary Health Care, Remote Health Practice, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Immunisation Practice and Policy, First Nations Health Care, Cultural Safety in Health Care, Advanced Nursing Practice | Senior Nurse Practitioner, Tasmanian Aboriginal Health Service Tasmanian Aboriginal Health Service |
A/Prof. Benjamin Teh | Clinical infectious diseases (adult) - general infectious diseases, Infections in immunocompromised patients. Research - clinical trials, translational immunology, guideline development and implementation/evaluation of programs (models of care). | Infectious Diseases Physician Infections in Immunocompromised patients
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Dr Julia Marshall | Public Health, Vaccine development and mucosal immunology, Women’s health, Primary Health Care | General Practitioner and Public Health Physician
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Prof Margaret Danchin | Consultant Paediatrician; vaccinology; social behavioural science and communication | Consultant Paediatrician, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital Group Leader, Vaccine Uptake, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne |
Dr Rosalind Webby | Public Health, Epidemiology, Primary Health Care, Remote Health, Vaccine Policy and Program Implementation | Acting Deputy Director of Population and Primary Health, Top End Health Services, Northern Territory Department of Health
Medical Advisor, Centre for Disease Control, Northern Territory Department of Health |
Prof Paul Kelly | Public Health, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Primary Health Care, Vaccinology; Vaccine Policy and Program Implementation, Travel Medicine, Immunisation Workforce and Program Implementation; Vaccine preventable disease surveillance | Public Health Physician, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist
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Dr Alan Leeb | General Practitioner, Vaccine Safety | General Practitioner |
Dr Sarah McGuinness | Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Travel Medicine | Infectious Diseases Physician, Alfred Health
Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Monash University |
Mr Tom Clayton | Pharmacist, Immunisation Workforce and Program Implementation | Assistant Director, (Clinical Governance and Workforce Capability), Queensland Health Immunisation Program |
Ex-officio members
Name | Organisation representing | Position |
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Mr Dave McNally | Department of Health, Disability and Ageing | Assistant Secretary, Immunisation Branch, Department of Health, and Aged Care |
Dr Yashwant Sinha | Therapeutic Goods Administration | Office of Medicines Authorisation Market Authorisation Group, Therapeutic Goods Administration |
Prof Kristine Macartney | National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) | Director, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist |
Dr Sonya Ennis | Jurisdiction Immunisation Committee (JIC) | Associate Director, Immunisation Unit, Health Protection Branch, NSW Health |
Dr Heidi Carroll | Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) | Acting Executive Director – Communicable Diseases Branch, Queensland Health |
Ms Jo Watson | Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) | Deputy Chair, Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee |