Board Members
The experienced leaders of our Board of Directors oversee the governance, risk management and strategic direction of the Institute.
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Mary Padbury
Chair, Burnet InstituteBA, LLB(Hons). Chair since 2019. Director since 2011.
Professor Brendan Crabb AC
Director and CEO; Co-Head, Malaria Virulence and Drug Discovery Group; Chair Australian Global Health Alliance and Chair Pacific Friends of Global HealthProfessor Brendan Crabb AC PhD FAA FAHMS FASM is an infectious disease researcher...
Alison Larsson
Director, Burnet InstituteBEc, CPA, GAICD. Director since 2017.
Benjamin Foskett
Director, Burnet InstituteBBus(Acc), FAICD. Director since 2013.
Professor Helen Evans AO
Director, Burnet InstituteBA, BSocAdmin. Director since 2015.
Michael Ziegelaar
Director, Burnet InstituteLLB(Hons), BEc, LLM. Director since 2015.
Robin Bishop
Director, Burnet InstituteLLB(Hon), BCom, BA. Director 2012-2021, 2022-present.
Professor Sandra Eades AO
Director, Burnet InstitutePhD, FASSA, FAHMS. Director since 2020.
Doctor Serge Scrofani
Director, Burnet InstituteBSc(Hons), PhD, MBA, GAICD. Director since 2019.
Leadership
Burnet’s leadership team is comprised of highly qualified individuals who have rich and diverse skillsets spanning medical research, public health, medicine, business development, advocacy, finance, marketing and communications, quality management and innovation.
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Professor Brendan Crabb AC
Director and CEO; Co-Head, Malaria Virulence and Drug Discovery Group; Chair Australian Global Health Alliance and Chair Pacific Friends of Global HealthProfessor Brendan Crabb AC PhD FAA FAHMS FASM is an infectious disease researcher...
Professor Margaret Hellard AM
Deputy Director, Programs; Adjunct Professor, Monash University, DEPM.For almost two decades Margaret's work has centred around infectious diseases, preventing...
Professor James Beeson
Deputy Director (People); Head of Malaria Immunity and Vaccines Laboratory; Adjunct Professor Monash UniversityJames is a medical researcher and Public Health Physician (registered in Australia). He...
Doctor Alisa Pedrana
Senior Research Fellow; Deputy Discipline Head, Public Health; Eliminate Hepatitis C Australia CoordinatorDr Pedrana BBmedSc (hons), PhD (Public Health) is a senior research fellow and public...
Brendan Allen
Executive General Manager, Business Development and Funding PartnershipsBrendan Allen is an experienced executive and clinical and public health professional with...
Associate Professor Bruce Loveland
Head, Infrastructure and Property ManagementBruce Loveland is a cellular immunologist interested in the immune repertoire and...
Doctor Anna Hearps
Deputy Program Director, Disease EliminationDr Anna Hearps works at Burnet as the Deputy Program Director for the Disease...
Professor Caroline Homer AO
Burnet Executive Team; Co-Program Director, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health; Working Group HeadProfessor Caroline Homer AO is the leading midwifery researcher in Australia and...
Chad Hughes
Head, International Development; Regional Director, Mekong RegionA public health practitioner, Chad has specific expertise in strategic planning for...
Christine Elmer
Executive General Manager, Communication and MarketingChristine Elmer is an award winning corporate affairs leader and an accredited Strategic...
Doctor David Harrison
Head of Laboratories and FacilitiesDavid heads the Support Services group: Laboratory Operations and Facilities Support...
Doctor Elissa Kennedy
Co-Program Director, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health; Co-Head Global Adolescent HealthElissa is a medical doctor with a Master of Public Health specialising in international health...
Professor Freya J.I. Fowkes
Deputy Program Director, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health; Head, Malaria and Infectious Disease EpidemiologyAn NHMRC Fellow, Professor Freya Fowkes is Deputy Program Director, Maternal and...
Geoff Drenkhahn
Director, Strategic Funding & PartnershipsGeoff Drenkhahn is an executive with 20+ years of experience in the R+D sector with...
Professor Gilda Tachedjian
Head, Life Sciences Discipline; Head, Retroviral Biology and Antivirals LaboratoryAwarded her PhD at Monash University, Professor Tachedjian received an NHMRC...
Professor Heidi Drummer
Co-Program Director, Disease Elimination; Scientific Director, Burnet Diagnostics Initiative; Principal Investigator, Burnet Vaccine Initiative; Co-Head, Viral Entry and Vaccines GroupProfessor Heidi Drummer is Program Director for Disease Elimination and co-Head of...
Ian Briggs
Chief Technology Officer, Information Technology
Jennifer Barnes
Director, Burnet Diagnostics InitiativeJen joined Burnet to lead the Burnet Diagnostics Initiative (BDI), an ambitious initiative...
Associate Professor Joseph (Joe) Doyle
Deputy Program Director, Disease Elimination; Co-Head, Viral Hepatitis Elimination; NHMRC Clinical Research FellowA/Prof Doyle is a clinician-researcher and dual-trained infectious diseases and public health physician. He is...
Professor Joshua Vogel
Principal Research Fellow; Deputy Discipline Head, International Development; Co-Head, Global Women's and Newborn's Health GroupJoshua is a perinatal epidemiologist and public health researcher. He is a Principal Research...
Doctor Kudakwashe Chani
Country Director, Papua New GuineaDr Kudakwashe Chani is the Country Director for Burnet Institute in Papua New Guinea. He has extensive experience in managing large and complex public health programs in Southern Africa, Australia, and the Pacific.
Professor Leanne Robinson
Program Director, Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness; Senior Principal Research Fellow, Group Leader, Vector-Borne Diseases and Tropical Public HealthProfessor Leanne Robinson BSc Adv (Hons) PhD MPHTM is a leading vector-borne diseases...
Louise McLaren
Head, Program & Discipline SupportLouise has a diverse background in healthcare, as a midwife and a sales and marketing director in pharmaceuticals...
Doctor Margarete White
Manager, Occupational Health & SafetyMargarete’s background is in organisational psychology, specialising in occupational, health and...
Professor Mark A Stoové
Head of Public HealthProfessor Stoové is Head of Public Health at Burnet Institute where he also and heads...
Mark Tennent
Chief Operating Officer; Director, Papua New GuineaMark joined Burnet’s Centre for International Health (CIH) in July 2007, bringing with him...
Mary-Ann Nicholas
Co-Head, Strategy Insights and Impact; Head, Development EffectivenessMary-Ann joined Burnet in 2009 with a proven track record in international program...
Associate Professor Megan SC Lim
Deputy Program Director, Disease Elimination; Head, Young People’s HealthMegan is Deputy Program Director (Behaviours and Health Risks) at Burnet Institute...
Professor Paul Dietze
Co-Program Director, Disease EliminationProfessor Paul Dietze is one of Australia's leading alcohol and other drug epidemiologists...
Associate Professor Paul Gilson
Deputy Discipline Head, Life Sciences; Co-Head, Malaria Virulence and Drug Discovery Group; Head of Burnet Cell Imaging FacilityPaul Gilson is a molecular biologist primarily interested in how malaria parasites invade...
Paul Rathbone
Chief of StaffPaul is responsible for the initiation, general management and the implementation of key...
Peter Spiller
Chief Financial Officer and Company SecretaryPeter Spiller works at Burnet as the Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary...
Doctor Phone Myint Win
Country Representative, MyanmarDr. Phone has been Burnet Institute's Myanmar Country Representative since 2013...
Rob Daly
Executive General Manager, Philanthropy and Supporter EngagementRob is a senior leader with experience in philanthropy, marketing, community relations...
Serina Cucuzza
Executive General Manager, Commercial Innovation and Industry PartnershipsSerina has a background in both business and science and has...
Associate Professor Suman Majumdar
Deputy Program Director, Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness; Co-head, Tuberculosis Elimination & Implementation Science; Principal Research FellowAssociate Professor Suman Majumdar is a Deputy Program Director (Health Security and Know-C19)...
Our People
Meet staff and students working across Life Sciences, Public Health and International Development disciplines.
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Abdul Haseeb Memon
Project AccountantHaseeb has more than 10 years of experience in financial and project accounting...
Doctor Adam Thomas
Postdoctoral Research Officer - Malaria VaccinesAfter completing his Bachelor of Science majoring in microbiology and molecular biology...
Doctor Adebola Wasiu
Senior TB Medical OfficerAdebola has over 12 years progressive experience in program and clinical management...
Aimée Altermatt
Research AssistantAimée is a research assistant working on the Modelling and Biostatistics team and...
Alessia Hysa
PhD StudentAlessia is a PhD student at the Burnet Institute and the University of Melbourne working...
Alexa Murray
Field Team Lead - Operations and M&EAlexa is a passionate and experienced international development and global health professional...
Alexander Harris
Honours StudentAlex completed his Bachelor of Science at Monash University, majoring in Immunology and Physiology...
Alexander Thomas
Health Economic ModellerAlex is currently working with the Modelling and Biostatistics group to build a health...
Alexandra (Ali) Head
Research AssistantAlexandra is currently leading and supporting several studies that focus on menstrual health...
Alicia Hansen
Compliance & Occupational Health & Safety Advisor
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