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Speakers and Panel:
Professor Allen Cheng
Prof Allen Cheng is an infectious diseases physician. He is Professor/Director of Monash Infectious Diseases at Monash Health. He has a PhD (Flinders University), a Master of Public Health (Monash University) and a Master of Biostatistics (University of Queensland). He has previously worked as an infectious diseases and general physician in Darwin and Geelong, and has worked in remote communities in the Top End of Australia, and in Papua New Guinea, Thailand, the United States and Finland.
Dr Nusrat Homaira
Dr Nusrat Homaira is a medically trained respiratory epidemiologist currently working as a Senior Lecturer with the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine at UNSW Australia and a Respiratory Scientist within the respiratory department of Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. She has over 15 years working experience in child health research in both low- and high-income countries. She is also an adjunct faculty and course co-ordinator (Epidemiology course) for the Master of Public Health at James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University Bangladesh.
Professor Christine Jenkins
Christine Jenkins is Head of the Respiratory Group at The George Institute for Global Health; Professor of Respiratory Medicine at UNSW Sydney and Clinical Professor in the Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney. Christine’s area of research interest is the clinical management of airways disease and patient-reported outcomes in response to therapeutic interventions, and she is currently implementing trials in asthma and COPD management and pulmonary rehabilitation in Australia and Asia.
Dr Adam Bartlett
Adam is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist at Sydney Children's Hospital and a Research Fellow in the Neglected Tropical Diseases Research Group of the Global Health Program at the Kirby Institute. His PhD focused on the management and outcomes for adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV infection in Asia. He is a member of the ASHM HIV National Advisory Group, ASHM HIV Guidelines Committee, and the United States Department of Health and Human Services Paediatric HIV Guidelines Committee.
Dr Archana Koirala
Dr Archana Koirala is a paediatrician and infectious diseases specialist. She works as an infectious diseases clinician and is part of the NSW Immunisation Specialist Service team and reviews children who have experienced adverse events following immunisation. Dr Koirala is involved in research in COVID-19 in children and vaccine preventable diseases prevention and management.
Professor Kristine Macartney
Professor Kristine Macartney is a paediatrician specialising in infectious diseases and vaccinology. She is a medical graduate of the University of New South Wales and undertook her specialty training in Sydney and in the United States at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her Doctorate of Medicine was on rotavirus infection, in particular the mucosal immune response to novel vaccine candidates. Kristine is currently the Director of the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS), a paediatric infectious disease consultant at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and a Professor in the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney.
Deborah Macfie
Deborah is a Respiratory Clinical Nurse Consultant working in private practice in Sydney and works with the Rural Fire Service as a Senior Clinical Advisor. She is currently undertaking a PhD in severe asthma. Deborah has more than 20 years nursing experience in cardiology, respiratory, cardiothoracic, and emergency medicine. Deborah has worked extensively in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the Middle East. She holds a Bachelor of Nursing, Master of Nursing, Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Redesign and Post Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education. She is part of the TSANZ CCRS, is an education officer the Respiratory Nurses Network NSW, is Clinical Advisor to Alpha 1 Australia. Deborah was lea author in a recent publication for multidisciplinary care in private practice and is presenting and Abstract the Safety and Efficacy of Benralizumab in Renal Dialysis patients at the upcoming American Thoracic Society.
