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Professor Kristine Macartney appointed NCIRS Director

Congratulations to Professor Kristine Macartney on her appointment as Director of the National Centre for Research and Surveillance (NCIRS). In addition to this appointment, Kristine is also Senior Staff Specialist at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Sydney and Senior Editor of The Australian Immunisation Handbook.

Kristine has held the key leadership position of Deputy Director, NCIRS since 2010 and has been instrumental in the growth and success of numerous program areas within NCIRS that are of state, national and international importance, including two national surveillance networks: Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) and Active Vaccine Safety Surveillance (AusVaxSafety).

Kristine’s research at NCIRS has focussed on all aspects of vaccinology and vaccine-preventable disease control, especially viral diseases, vaccine policy-making and vaccine safety. She has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed publications.

Kristine has held roles on numerous key peak advisory committees, including the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) and the Advisory Committee on Vaccines (ACV) of the TGA. In the last 5 years, Kristine has been an investigator on NHMRC grants on vaccines and infectious diseases, totalling $9.8 million in funding.