Professor Kirsty Buising

Professor Kirsty Buising is an infectious diseases physician, Chair of the Victorian Infectious Diseases Expert Working Group (COVID-19) and Deputy Director of the National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship and chief investigator for the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funded Centre for Research Excellence in Antimicrobial Stewardship. Kirsty also holds an appointment as a clinician at VIDS and co-leads the antimicrobial resistance theme at the Doherty Institute. She serves on advisory groups at state, national and international levels in the areas of antimicrobial stewardship, guideline development and healthcare-associated infection.