Our People

Executive Group

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Prof Ben Howden

Microbiological Diagnostic Public Health Laboratory (MDU PHL)

Co-Director

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Prof Tim Stinear

Department of Microbiology and Immunology (DMI)

Co-Director

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A/Prof. Sarah Dunstan

Department of Infectious Diseases (DID)
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Prof Torsten Seemann

Bioinformatics Hub

Lead Bioinformatician

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Dr Michelle Wille

WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
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Prof. Glenn Browning

Melbourne Veterinary School
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Dr Lisa Ioannidis

Centre Coordinator

Centre Management

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Dr Lisa Ioannidis

Centre Coordinator

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Ms Chantel Lin

Partnerships and Implementation Manager

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Ms Tuyet Hoang

Strategy and Governance Manager

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Jessica Gu

Research Project Officer

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Isabella Stitt

Project Officer

Research

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Dr Danielle Ingle

Post Doctoral Researcher

Co-Lead, AMR

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Dr Sarah Baines

Post Doctoral Researcher

Co-Lead, AMR

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Dr Gerry Tonkin-Hill

Post Doctoral Researcher

Co-Lead, Evolutionary Genomics

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Dr Stefano Giulieri

Post Doctoral Researcher

Co-Lead, Evolutionary Genomics

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Dr Prashanth Ramachandran

Post Doctoral Researcher

Co-Lead, Genomic Diagnostics

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Franca Azzato

Bacteriology Section Head, VIDRL

Co-Lead, Genomic Diagnostics

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Dr Anson Koehler

Post Doctoral Researcher

Co-Lead, One Health

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Dr Celeste Donato

Post Doctoral Researcher

Co-Lead, One Health

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Dr Courtney Lane

Genomic Epidemiologist

Co-Lead, Surveillance

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Dr Patiyan Andersson

Post Doctoral Researcher

Co-Lead, Surveillance

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Dr Glen Carter

Post Doctoral Researcher

Co-Lead, Microbiome

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Dr Calum Walsh

Post Doctoral Researcher

Co-Lead, Microbiome

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Dr Claire Gorrie

Post Doctoral Researcher

AMR

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Dr Marielle Babineau

Research Officer

Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences

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Dr Angeline Ferdinand

Post Doctoral Researcher

Lead, Evaluation

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Ms Tuyet Hoang

Lead, Data Sharing

Innovation Hub

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Dr Louise Judd

Lead Laboratory Scientist and Genomics Trainer
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Taylor Harshegyi

Laboratory Scientist
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Dr Calum Walsh

Post Doctoral Researcher

Co-Lead, Microbiome

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Kat Pragastis

Technical Officer

Training Hub

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Dr Sarah Baines

Post Doctoral Researcher

Co-Lead, AMR

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Hasini Walpola

Training Specialist
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Tilda Thomson

Genomic Epidemiologist
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Keeley Allen

Genomic Epidemiologist
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Dr Mun Hua Tan

Research Fellow

Malaria genomics

Bioinformatics Hub

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Prof Torsten Seemann

Bioinformatics Hub

Lead Bioinformatician

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Dr Ryan Wick

ARC DECRA Fellow

Genome assembly

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Dr Wytamma Wirth

Post Doctoral Researcher

Phylodynamics, software engineering

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Dr Calum Walsh

Post Doctoral Researcher

Co-Lead, Microbiome

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Dr Geraldine Kong

Post Doctoral Researcher

Microbiome

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Dr Kristy Horan

Bioinformatician, AusTrakka

Public Health Bioinformatics

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Dr Jake Lacey

Bioinformatics Section Head, MDU PHL

Public Health Bioinformatics

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Dr Mun Hua Tan

Research Fellow

Malaria genomics

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Dr Gerry Tonkin-Hill

Post Doctoral Researcher

Co-Lead, Evolutionary Genomics