Marina Bishop
Senior Project Officer
Working groups
Background
Marina is a passionate international development and humanitarian professional, with a background in program development and project coordination across gender equality, inclusion, systems strengthening, and health initiatives. Marina is currently a Senior Project Officer supporting international Vector Borne Disease and Tropical Public Health projects.
Her previous experiences include supporting the development of international projects and proposals at CARE Australia, and working as an Inclusion and Diversity practitioner in the Australian Public Service, with a focus on creating accessible and culturally safe workforce policies and practices.
Marina has an academic background in Anthropology and Gender Studies, and holds a personal and professional interest in human rights, health equity, and inclusive and sustainable international development and humanitarian response.
Qualifications
- Essentials of Humanitarian Practice, REDR
- Graduate Development Program, Australian Public Service
- Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology and Gender Studies), University of Melbourne
Positions
- 2024: Senior Project Officer, Vector Borne Disease and Tropical Public Health, Burnet Institute
- Senior Project Officer, Pacific Partnerships for Gender Equality (ANCP), CARE Australia
- Project Officer, CARE Australia
- Policy and Projects Officer, Australian Public Service Commission
Burnet publications
Challenges and opportunities for conducting a vaccine trial during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
Clinical Trials
Marina Bishop
COVID-19: Rapid antigen detection for SARS-CoV-2 by lateral flow assay: A national systematic evaluation of sensitivity and specificity for mass-testing
EClinicalMedicine
Marina Bishop
Current projects
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STRIVE: stronger surveillance for vector-borne pathogens
Infectious diseases are an increasing global health threat, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
ADVANCE: improving access to malaria diagnosis tools in the Indo-Pacific
We work to increase access to new diagnostic tools for malaria, reduce health inequities and accelerate malaria elimination.
PAVE PNG: partnership for vivax elimination
Despite reducing the overall burden of malaria in Papua New Guinea, the prevalence of P. vivax remains unacceptably high and is a key barrier in elimination. We’re conducting work to develop a new strategy to treat and cure vivax malaria in Papua New Guinea.