Our Team
The Australian Pathogen Genomics Program (AusPathoGen) is led by a multidisciplinary research team of leading academics and public health laboratory experts from 12 academic institutions across Australia, withexpertise in antimicrobial resistance, bioinformatics, epidemiology, evaluation and implementation science, health economics, infectious diseases, genomic modelling, medical microbiology and phylodynamics.
Our Team
About AusTrakka National Analysis Team
The AusTrakka National Analysis Team is comprised of bioinformaticians and genomic epidemiologists responsible for supporting the operation of AusTrakka.
The team undertakes national surveillance reporting to the Australian Government Department of Health and is activated in the event of an inter-jurisdictional, multi-jurisdictional or national outbreak to facilitate the coordination of data sharing, analysis and collaboration between public health laboratories to ensure consistent and standardised reporting across states and territories.
The AusTrakka National Analysis Team comprises four key areas:
- Analysis and reporting
- Development and sustainability
- Training and engagement
- Implementation evaluation
Membership of this team is currently comprised of representatives from New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland as the jurisdictions with established and dedicated SARS-CoV-2 genomics capability and capacity. The team aims to expand to include representation from other jurisdictions, as genomics capacity is more broadly established.
Program Lead | Executive Group | VIC CDGN Laboratory Lead | Director, Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory (MDU PHL), VIC
Executive Group | Evaluation Aim Lead | Professor of Applied Epidemiology, Australian National University, ACT
Executive Group | NSW CDGN Laboratory Lead | Director, Institute for Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), NSW
Executive Group | CDGN Chair | QLD CDGN Laboratory Lead | Chief Scientist, Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, QLD
Executive Group | Evaluation Aim Lead | Head, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Modelling Group, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, ACT
Executive Group | One Health Co-Lead | Professor of Infectious Disease, University of Technology Sydney, NSW
Bioinformatics Lead | Executive Group | Lead Bioinformatician, Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory (MDU PHL), VIC
Executive Group | Acting Director, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL), VIC
Executive Group | Senior Research Fellow, Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory (MDU PHL), VIC
Executive Group | PHLN Chair | Medical Virologist, Institute for Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), NSW
Executive Group | Clinical Laboratory Scientist, SA Pathology, SA
Executive Group | Program Manager | Pathogen Genomics Portfolio Manager, Doherty Institute, VIC
Secretariat | Project Officer, Doherty Institute, VIC
Evaluation Aim Lead | Associate Dean (Policy and Practice), College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, ACT
NSW CDGN Laboratory Lead | Senior Medical Virologist, Director of Serology, Virology and OTDS Laboratories (SAViD), NSW Health Pathology, NSW
NT CDGN Laboratory Lead | Director of Microbiology, Royal Darwin Hospital, NT
VIC CDGN Laboratory Lead | Deputy Director, Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory (MDU PHL), VIC
NZ CDGN Laboratory Lead | Science Leader, Genomics & Bioinformatics Group, Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR), NZ
ACT CDGN Laboratory Lead | Director of Microbiology, ACT Pathology, ACT
Executive Group | WA CDGN Laboratory Lead | Head, Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, WA
Teaching and Training Co-Lead | Principal Scientist, Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory (MDU PHL), VIC
Teaching and Training Co-Lead | Medical Director Microbiology, Virology, and Genomics, Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, QLD
AusTrakka Lead Developer | AusTrakka
Research Fellow | Associate Professor, Australian National University, ACT
Research Fellow, Genomic Epidemiology | Ethics Lead | The University of Melbourne, VIC
Research Fellow, Genomic Epidemiology | The University of Melbourne, VIC
Research Fellow | The University of Melbourne, VIC
Research Fellow | The University of Sydney, NSW
Research Fellow | The University of Sydney, NSW
Research Fellow, Genomic Epidemiology | Forensic and Scientific Services Queensland Health, QLD
Research Fellow, Bioinformatics | The University of Technology Sydney, NSW
Research Fellow | Australian National University, ACT
Research Fellow | Scientist, SA Pathology, SA
Communications Officer | Marketing & Communications Officer, Doherty Institute, VIC
