Advisory Board

Funding and governance

The Advisory Board monitors the governance, growth and financial sustainability of NCIRS and provides advice on strategic direction and organisational development.

Chair

Adjunct Associate Professor Cathryn Cox PSM, Chief Executive, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (SCHN)

Deputy chair

Adjunct Associate Professor Dr Paula Bray, Director of Research, Kids Research, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (SCHN)

Members

Professor Ben Marais, Paediatrics & Child Health, The University of Sydney Children’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School; Co-Director, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity; Westmead Institute for Medical Research
Professor James Ward, Director, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
Professor Martyn Kirk, NHMRC Career Development Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University
Professor Allen Cheng, Director, Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Unit, The Alfred, Melbourne
Professor Noni MacDonald, Professor of Paediatrics (Infectious Diseases), Dalhousie University Department of Paediatrics, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Professor Christopher Blyth, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Perth Children’s Hospital; Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia; Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Kids Research Institute Australia; NCIRS Scientific Advisory Committee (Chair)
Professor Helen Marshall, Consultant in Vaccinology and Medical Director, Vaccinology and Immunology Research Trials Unit, Women's and Children's Hospital; NHMRC Practitioner Fellow and Professor in Vaccinology, School of Medicine/Deputy Director and Research Leader, Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide; Honorary Principal Research Fellow, The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)
Professor Brett Sutton AO, Director, Health & Biosecurity Research Unit, CSIRO; Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health; Fellow of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine; Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM)
Professor Nikki Turner, Principal Medical Advisor, Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC); Professor, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Auckland, Aoteoroa New Zealand
Dr Chris Morgan, Senior Technical Advisor (Immunization), Jhpiego Corporation

Government Representatives

Dr Anna Peat, First Assistant Secretary, National Immunisation Division, Interim Australian Centre for Disease Control, Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Ms Carita Davis, Acting-First Assistant Secretary, Health Security and Emergency Management Division, Interim Australian Centre for Disease Control, Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Dr Stephanie Williams Assistant Secretary, Disease Control Strategy Branch, Interim Australian Centre for Disease Control, Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Mr Dave McNally, Assistant Secretary, Planning and Assessment Support Branch, National Immunisation Division, Interim Australian Centre for Disease Control, Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Ms Vivien Bevan, Director, Immunisation Policy and Advisory Section, Health Security and Emergency Management Division, Interim Australian Centre for Disease Control, Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Mr Shaun Coutts, Senior Health Program Advisor, Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, Global Health Division, Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Dr Jeremy McAnulty, Executive Director, Health Protection NSW

NCIRS Executive Management

Professor Kristine Macartney, Director, NCIRS; Professor, The University of Sydney Children’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School; Staff Specialist, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
Professor Nicholas Wood, Associate Director – Clinical Research and Services, NCIRS; Senior Staff Specialist, Department of General Paediatrics, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead; Associate Professor, Academic Leader (Postgraduate studies), The University of Sydney Children’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School
Professor Bette Liu, Associate Director, Population Health, NCIRS; Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Associate Professor Frank Beard, Associate Director, Coverage, Evaluation Surveillance and Social Science NCIRS; Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney
Dr Clayton Chiu, Associate Director – Immunisation Policy Support and Guideline Development, NCIRS; Lecturer, The University of Sydney Children’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School
Dr Helen Quinn, Manager – Associate Director Policy Support & Guideline Development, NCIRS; Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney Children’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School
Professor Gulam Khandaker – Associate Director, Global Health, NCIRS
Associate Professor Aditi Dey, Senior Research Fellow, NCIRS; Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, The University of Sydney
Dr Sarah Sheridan, Technical Lead, Global Health, NCIRS, Adjunct Senior Fellow/Senior Lecturer, Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland
Dr Kirsten Williamson Senior Medical Officer, Immunisation, NCIRS
Ms Sophie Chadwick, Senior Manager, Global Health, NCIRS
Ms Emma Carey, Coordinating Nurse Manager, PAEDS
Ms Karyn Phillips, Manager, Head Business and Research Operations, NCIRS
Ms Stoy Drinic, Manager, Research Grants and Contracts, NCIRS
Ms Salema Barrett, Senior Marketing and Communications Manager