Associate Professor Suman Majumdar
Chief Health Officer, Burnet Institute
Associate Professor Suman Majumdar is chief health officer, a deputy program director (Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness; Know‐C19) and a principal research fellow at Burnet Institute.
An infectious diseases physician, public health practitioner and researcher, Suman has extensive experience in global health and in clinical care and public health in Australia. Suman has appointments at the Alfred Hospital, Epworth HealthCare and Monash University and served in several leadership roles during the COVID‐19 pandemic, including as deputy chief health officer in the Victorian Department of Health.
Suman aims to contribute to health equity by working in partnership with people, communities, organisations and governments, integrating care delivery, public health and research. He has expertise in infectious diseases and global health security and a focus in the technical areas of tuberculosis and drug‐resistance, COVID‐19, antimicrobial resistance, and health systems strengthening. Suman has skills in research (operational and implementation), program design and evaluation, program management and technical direction, training and capacity building and leadership, policy and advocacy.
Suman has experience in in multiple health system contexts, including in Australian urban, rural, tropical medicine and Indigenous health and internationally in Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Central America and Central Asia. Suman co‐leads a multidisciplinary and highly collaborative group that aims to generate knowledge and develop solutions to respond to multidrug‐resistant TB (MDR‐TB) and ultimately, towards ending TB with a focus on the Asia‐Pacific region.
Through strong collaboration with Australian and global partners, in particular in Papua New Guinea, Suman has supported the implementation of effective models of care for TB whilst strengthening health systems and building capacity to conduct operational research.