Advisory Board

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 

Secretariat

• Ms Karyn Phillips, Manager - Research Operations, NCIRS
• Ms Bronwyn Ward, Senior Administrative Officer – Contract Management and Policy Support