Month: October 2026

Mr Joshua McRae, Dr Sally Havers Biography: Josh is a Director of Clinical Informatics and Digital Health, clinical informatician and holds a conjoint research position with the University of Queensland and Queensland health. His clinical background is emergency nursing with...

Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz Biography: Dr. Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz, PhD, MPH, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA, FACE, is a Professor at the Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing and Adjunct Faculty at the Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health. She is an...

Mrs Lisa Ryan Biography: Lisa joined the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission in 2022 and is an Assistant Director in the Audit Branch, where she leads and supports audit activities that strengthen the quality and safety of aged care...

Ms Yana Albrey Biography: Yana Albrey has over 13 years of nursing expertise and is a credentialed infection control practitioner.  As the Senior Nurse Advisor Infection Prevention, she provides strategic leadership and guidance in the development, implementation, and evaluation of...

Dr Bhavi Ravindran Biography: Dr Bhavi Ravindran is the Head of Surveillance and Response at the Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control. He is a Public Health Physician and Applied Epidemiologist whose work focuses on communicable disease surveillance, outbreak response,...

Ms Karen McDonald1 1Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, SA Health Biography: Karen McDonald is an Advanced Nurse Consultant in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) with the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network (YNLHN). Since commencing in IPC in 2003,...

Dr Jane Younger1, Dr Augustin Clessin3, Dr Clive McMahon4, Dr Nick Fountain-Jones5, Dr Amandine Gamble2 1Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), UTAS, 2University of Montpellier, 3Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), 4Tasmanian School of Medicine, 5Cornell University Biography: Dr Jane...

Assoc. Prof Suman Majumdar Biography: Associate Professor Suman Majumdar is Chief Health Officer at the Burnet Institute. An infectious diseases physician, public health practitioner and researcher who has led tuberculosis programs in PNG and the Asia-Pacific and served as Victorian...

Mrs Kate Manserra Biography: Kate Manserra is the Nurse Clinical Coordinator for Infection Prevention and Management with NT Health Primary Health Services in the Central Australia Region. As part of the Quality and Safety team she provides IPC and Staff...

Ms Trish Hurst1 1Clinical Nurse Consultant, Queensland Infection Prevention and Control Unit (QIPCU) Biography: Trish has more than 20 years’ experience in infection prevention and control, having led and delivered programmes and initiatives across a broad range of healthcare settings....