Engagement
Representation
MDU PHL are represented on the below national and international committees and organisations, ensuring broad engagement across current discussions relevant to MDU’s core capacities.
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State
- Victorian Government One Health AMR Strategic Committee
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National
- Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Gram negative Sepsis Outcome Programme (GNSOP) Research Committee
- Australian Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (ASTAG)
- Communicable Diseases Genomics Network (CDGN)
- Joint PHLN and Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) Expert Advisory Group on COVID-19 Emerging Testing Technologies
- Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN)
- Public Laboratory Network of Australia Expert Advisory Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
- Standards Australia Food Microbiology Water Microbiology technical committees (including ISO working groups)
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International
- Center for New Antibacterial Strategies, The Arctic University of Norway
- Fleming Fund EQAsia Program
- Member of the Laboratory Response Network (LRN) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA
- PHA4GE Steering Committee
- Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology
- PulseNet International Steering Committee
- WHO informal high-level technical expert group on strengthening regional genome sequencing capacity and strategic use of genomic evidence for public health action in the south-east Asian region (SEAR)
- WHO AMR Surveillance and Quality Assessment Collaborating Centres Network
- WHO Steering Group for the development of a landscape analysis for application of WGS in AMR surveillance
Our collaborators
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State
Victorian Department of Health
Burnet Institute
University of Melbourne Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences
Victorian Health Care Providers
Victorian State Pathology Laboratories
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
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National
Australian Government Department of Health
Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
OzFoodNet
Communicable Diseases Genomics Network (CDGN)
Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN)
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA)
Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC)
- International