BAppSc Curtin, MAppEpid ANU, PhD UWA
FASM, FRCPath, FAAM, FSHEA, FFSc(RCPA), FISAC
Tom divides his time in Perth, Western Australia, between PathWest Laboratory Medicine, WA’s public sector pathology service provider where he is a Senior Clinical Scientist, and The University of Western Australia where he is a Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences. He has had a long-standing interest in diagnostic microbiology and healthcare-related infections, particularly the diagnosis, pathogenesis and epidemiology of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI). This had led to a One Health approach to CDI. He is a Fellow of many professional societies and has published >450 book chapters and refereed journal articles, including >250 on C. difficile.