Governance
Steering Group
The consortium will engage at least annually (and more frequently where relevant to specific
projects) with a cross-sectoral Steering committee comprised of key opinion leaders in:
Policy
Dr Jenny Firman, Principal Medical Adviser, Office of Health Protection; Australian Government Department of Health
Ms Rhonda Owen, Assistant Secretary, Health Emergency Management Branch, Australian Government Department of Health
Modelling
Prof Raina MacIntyre, Head, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW
Prof Niels Becker, Emeritus Professor, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University
Vaccines
Prof Terry Nolan, Head, Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, and Member WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE)
Prof Peter McIntyre, Director, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Infectious Diseases
Prof Sharon Lewin, Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne and Lead, NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Emergency Infectious Disease Response (APPRISE)
Global health
Prof Margaret Hellard, Head, Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute
A/Prof Steve Graham, Centre for International Child Health, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
Industry
Ms Jenny Herz, Director, Biointelect Pty Ltd
Regulatory
Ms Rebecca Newton, Australian Government Therapeutic Goods Administration
Scientific Advisory Committee
A separate Scientific Advisory Committee has been convened to provide guidance on technical aspects of the work, and presentation of high impact policy-relevant translational outputs. This group comprises leading modelers and epidemiologists from the region and internationally, with specific expertise in provision of modelling- informed advice for policy.
| Name | Location | Expertise |
| Dr Ben Cowling | School of Public Health, the University of Hong Kong | Influenza epidemiology, biostatistical modelling |
| Dr Niel Hens | University of Hasselt Centre for Statistics | Social contact patterns, estimation from serosurveys |
| Dr Eddie Holmes
|
Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases & Biosecurity, and Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney | Molecular epidemiology and viral evolutionary genetics
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| Prof Matt Keeling
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Mathematics Institute & School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick | Spatial and stochastic effects on disease dynamics & control |
| A/Prof Vernon Lee
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Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
Concurrently: Head, Biodefence Centre, Singapore Armed Forces, Advisor to the Public Health Group, Ministry of Health, Singapore |
Infectious disease epidemiology, policy
|
| Prof Mick Roberts
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Royal Society Fellow and Chair of Mathematics, Massey University, NZ | Epidemiologic modelling, including vaccine effects |
| Dr Steven Riley
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Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics, Imperial College London | Epidemiologic modelling, incorporating heterogeneity |
| Dr Jacco Wallinga
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Head, Unit Modelling Infectious Disease Epidemiology, RIVM, Netherlands | Impact of targeted control measures on dynamics |