We’re delighted to have an outstanding selection of invited speakers joining us at ACIPC 2019. More speakers will be announced as planning proceeds!
We’re delighted to have an outstanding selection of invited speakers joining us at ACIPC 2019. More speakers will be announced as planning proceeds!
Professor Jennie Wilson
Richard Wells Research Centre, University of West London
She has published extensively on healthcare associated infections and is an author of the Epic National Evidence-based Guidelines for Preventing HCAI in NHS Hospitals in England and Infection Control in Clinical Practice.
She is currently Professor of Healthcare Epidemiology at the Richard Wells Research Centre, University of West London where her research interests include the use of clinical gloves, surgical site infection and surveillance, urinary catheters and hydration of the frail elderly and she is also Programme Leader of the MSc Infection Prevention & Control.
Jennie has been a member of IPS since becoming an infection prevention & control practitioner, and a board member for the last 10 years both as Editor of the Journal of Infection Prevention and currently as Vice-President.
Dr Ling Moi Lin
Singapore General Hospital
She is currently the Director of Infection Prevention & Epidemiology at the Singapore General Hospital where she plays a key role in the development and running of the program in the hospital.
She is the President of the Infection Control Association (Singapore) and President of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC). Her interests are in infection prevention and control, antimicrobial resistance, molecular epidemiology as well as quality improvement. She is an experienced trainer in infection prevention and control, quality improvement, LEAN and patient safety.
A/Professor Marin Schweizer
University of Iowa
Her research focuses on the prevention of surgical site infections and Staphylococcus aureus infections, and has been published in high impact journals such as JAMA, JAMA Surgery, and Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Since 2012, she has been involved in implementing a surgical site infection bundle among cardiac and orthopedic surgery patients at 33 hospitals across the United States. Her three current research grants focus on antibiotic stewardship among surgical patients, de-implementing unnecessary urine testing, and nasal decolonization of dialysis patients.
She has travelled worldwide to teach infection prevention including courses in Vietnam, Indonesia and the Netherlands. She also oversees a Masters degree program in translational medicine at the University of Iowa Institute for Clinical and Translational Medicine.
Rebecca Adams
Communicable Diseases Branch of Queensland Health
Rebecca’s current position is within the Communicable Diseases Branch of Queensland Health as part of the team that provides strategic interventions to prevent, prepare for, respond to and reduce the impact of healthcare associated infection in Queensland.
Dr Jocelyne Basseal
Australian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine
Wendy Beckingham
Canberra Hospital
Clinical A/Professor Susan Benson
PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA
Lauren Bloomfield
Edith Cowan University
Dr Chris Blyth
The University of Western Australia
Asha Bowen
Perth Children’s Hospital and Telethon Kids Institute
Associate Professor Asha Bowen is a clinician-scientist working at Perth Children’s Hospital (paediatric infectious disease specialist) and Telethon Kids Institute (Head, Skin Health). Her clinical role informs her research as an NHMRC funded Fellow. She was awarded her PhD in 2015 (Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin), a large randomized controlled trial investigating impetigo in remote Indigenous children to find a better treatment. Dr Bowen is the lead investigator for the SToP trial to “see, treat and prevent” skin infections, a large cluster-randomised trial recruiting from 2019 – 2021 in the Kimberley, WA. Community engagement over several formative years has ensured the study is guided by Aboriginal co-investigators and community members. In 2018 Asha launched the inaugural National Healthy Skin Guideline for guiding clinicians’ recognition and evidence-based treatment of skin infections. Asha is the Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Infectious Diseases committee and Deputy Chair of the Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases clinical research network.
Tracy Briggs
St John of God Murdoch Hospital
Samantha Butenko
Department for Health and Wellbeing l Government of South Australia
Sam is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years’ experience, she holds post graduate qualifications in Infection Prevention and Control and has specialised in this area over the last 20 years. Her experience and expertise spans public, private and community practice. Sam has particular interests in partnering with consumers, having recently undertaken research in this area as part of her completion of a Master of Clinical Science.
Sam also has specialist knowledge in the areas of outbreak management, infection prevention methodology and quality improvement, clinical leadership, teaching and strategic planning as well as particular interest in hand hygiene, device safety, blood stream infection prevention and multi resistant organisms.
Sam participates and holds a number of positions on hospital and state working parties/committees, is an expert Credentialled Infection Control Professional and member of the Australian College of Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC).
Donna Cameron
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
During her time with the department, Donna has been involved with the development and implementation of a number of DHHS guidelines including the Infection prevention and control guidelines for hair, beauty, tattooing and skin penetration and the Victorian guideline on Candida auris for health services. Among other responsibilities, her role also includes public health investigations such as blood borne virus transmissions, unregistered premises and infection control breaches in health facilities.
Karen Carey
Former Chair, NHMRC Community and Consumer Advisory Group
Karen’s focus is on building a healthcare system that measures and considers value from a consumer perspective, and in which consumers can meaningfully partner with service providers and researchers to deliver safe, effective and cost-effective care, from individual patient episodes to system-wide strategic planning and design.
Karen has also been the Executive Producer of the evidence-based health program Tonic broadcast on ABC TV and in more than 25 countries internationally. She is also the co-founder of Tonic Health Media, which narrowcasts broadcast quality evidence-based health programs into healthcare environments providing consumers with accurate health information at the time when they are most likely to need and act on the information.
Jonathon Chambers
Fresenius Medical Care
Carolyn Chenoweth
Fresenius Medical Care
Carolyn is passionate about the importance of hand hygiene and last year collaborated with Hand Hygiene Australia to develop the Renal Dialysis hand hygiene online learning module. Carolyn has been involved in establishing and supporting infection prevention and control and hand hygiene programs in dialysis clinics across Australia and Asia Pacific countries.
Peter Collignon
Executive Director of ACT Pathology
Professor Geoffrey Coombs
Murdoch University
He is a member of the Commonwealth’s Australian Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, Secretary General of the International Society for Chemotherapy, and President Elect of the Australian Society for Antimicrobials. Professor Coombs is a long-term member of the AGAR Executive and is the Chair of AGAR.
Evonne Curran
School of Health and Life Sciences Glasgow Caledonian University
Key infection prevention interests include: quality improvement, outbreaks and safe IV therapy. I have over 70 publications and have led 3 multi-centre research projects on reducing phlebitis, identifying norovirus index cases and reducing MRSA using statistical process control charts.
My doctorate focused on the safety issues associated with infusate contamination. I am a past co-ordinator of the RnD group for IPS. And importantly I write the Outbreak Column in the Journal of Infection Prevention.
Emeritus Professor Mike Daube AO
Curtin University
Norman Davies
Juniper
Spent approximately 25 years working in pathology in Africa and Australia.
Worked as a vaccine specialist before moving into program management working in the not for profit health sector. Worked for a community healthcare provider for almost 7 years and I’ve been with Juniper 2 years.
Qualifications; Dip Med Tech, M Med Sc, Cert IV Workplace Assessment and Training, Post Grad Cert, Health Management, Quality and Leadership, PhD candidate examining outbreaks of gastro in aged care facilities
Kathy Dempsey
Juniper
Now leading the Healthcare associated program across NSW as HAI Manager NSW Health Clinical Excellence Commission, Previous manager and consultant at one of the largest tertiary healthcare facilities in NSW managing a dynamic team of ICPs and past ICP lead for NSW Infectious Diseases unit.
Kathy has 21 years’ experience in the profession And is a credentialed expert in Infection Control, Kathy holds a master’s degree in Critical Care/Microbiology/Infection control and hospital epidemiology; post graduate certificate in medical microbiology; certificate in Infection Control and hospital Epidemiology from Centre of disease control and Society hospital epidemiology of America and a diploma in leadership and management
Kathy is the lead Infection Control expert on various state and national Committees. Chair of the NSW HAI Steering committee and expert advisory committee. Lead Infection Control clinician on numerous expert advisory committees and taskforces to NSW Health and the Australian Commission. Conjoint lecturer for University of Sydney and UNSW. Kathy has presented at a number of conferences and forums including international Forum on safety and quality in healthcare in Paris, winner of Quality awards both WSLHD and NSW, and runner up in the national lead clinician’s award. Kathy is a published Infection prevention and control practitioner and reviewer for the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Kathy has held a number of past executive positons on the Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control (formerly AICA and NSW ICA) and is current member on the Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control credentialling and professional standards board.
Roslyn Franklin
Amalgamate Enhancing Dental Practices
Ellie Golling
St John Ambulance WA
She was awarded the first GAMA Healthcare scholarship in Australia and is currently completing her Master of Infection Prevention and Control with Griffith University.
Sally Havers
ACIPC, Hand Hygiene Australia
Dr Rob Herkes
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Meredith Hodge
PathWest
Lucy Hughson
Tasmania Public Health Services
Clare Huppatz
Communicable Disease Control Directorate, WA Health
Cathy Jones
National Manager Quality & Compliance, Healthscope
Catherine Jones
Infection Prevention and Management, Womens and Newborn Health Service
Her current position is at the Women’s and Newborn Health Service which comprises of King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, the State Tertiary referral centre for Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology in Western Australia.
In October 2015, Catherine was seconded to the New Perth Children’s Hospital Project Operational Readiness Team, as the Senior Infection Prevention and Management Project Officer.
During her time on the project, Catherine was responsible for the development and implementation of the Infection and Prevention Commissioning and Transition, of Princess Margaret Hospital to the New Perth Children’s Hospital, which opened on the 10th June 2018.
Martin Kiernan
University of West London
Martin was a member of the Department of Health (England) advisory committee on antimicrobial resistance, prescribing and healthcare-associated infection for ten years, is a past president of the Infection Prevention Society and has led the scientific committee for the Healthcare Infection Society international conferences in 2014, 2016 and 2018.
His research interests centre on environmental hygiene, healthcare-associated pneumonia and urinary catheter-associated infections. He has presented at many international conferences, has published over 50 papers and articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Terry McAuley
Director STEAM Consulting
She has representsed the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control on the Australian Standards Committee responsible for AS/NZS 4187 Reprocessing Reusable Medical Devices in Health Service Organisations and the sister Standard AS/NZS 4815 applicable to office-based practice for over 19 years and has participated in ISO Standards Working Groups during this time. Terry recently joined the Editorial Board of the international journal – Central Sterilization.
Rebecca McCann
Healthcare Associated Infection Unit
Vicki McNeil
Department of Health and Wellbeing, South Australia
Jackie Miley
ACIPC
Professor Brett Mitchell
University of Newcastle
Natasha Nunes
North Metropolitan Health Service, Perth
Libby Oakes
Bethesda Hospital in Perth, Western Australia
Carol O’Sullivan
Country Health Service, Western Australia
Kristie Popkiss
St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals
Kylie Robb
Australian Dental Association NSW
Megan Reilly
Hands-On Infection Control
Megan has presented at state, national and international conferences, published in peer reviewed journals, and currently co-coordinates a Graduate Certificate in Infection Prevention and Control Course. In addition to ACIPC, she is a member of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Inc, Australian College of Operating Room Nurses Ltd and Sterilizing Research and Advisory Council of Australia (WA) Inc. She has held executive positions on both State and National professional associations/colleges.
Professor Tom Riley
University of Western Australia
Luci Rodda
Aegis Aged Care
A/Professor Owen Robinson
Royal Perth Hospital
A/Professor Phil Russo
ACIPC President
Dr Holly Seale
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Dr Norelle Sherry
Austin Health
David Speers
PathWest
Jo Tallon
Northern Sydney Local Health District
Helen Van Gessel
WA Country Health Service Great Southern
Since 2011, Helen has been living and working in Albany in regional WA where she is working as a general physician. She has also recently has taken up a part time leadership role as the Director, General Medicine for WA Country Health Service.
Annie Wells
Nursing, Public Health Services Tasmania
Dr Brendan White
Dental Council, NSW
As an active member of ADA Infection Control Committee since 2015, he is also endorsed as an expert on infection control by the ADA Inc infection control committee. In this role, he has frequently authored or contributed to infection control compliance articles for the ADA News Bulletin and has contributed to the last 2 editions of the ADA Infection Control Guidelines. In June 2019,
Dr White represented ADA for the second time at the international infection control conference (OSAP) in Tucson Arizona.
He has been a private dental practitioner for 22 years in the regional NSW town of Lismore and led a successful 10 year campaign for water fluoridation in his community.
Ann Whitfield
South Metro Health Service
Ann’s research interests include culture, building capacity in small teams, invasive devices and consumer involvement.
Leon Worth
VICNISS Coordinating Centre
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