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Doctor Khai Huang

Infectious Diseases Specialist; Acting Co-Head, Tuberculosis Elimination and Implementation Science; Senior Research Fellow
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Background

Dr Khai Lin Huang is Acting Co-Head of the Tuberculosis Elimination and Implementation Science Working Group and a Senior Research Fellow at Burnet Institute. Khai Lin has worked in a number of countries as an infectious diseases physician and public health practitioner, with more than 10 years of clinical experience. He has a public appointment at Northern Health and is a VMO at Epworth Healthcare. Khai Lin aims to contribute to global health equity through the implementation of evidence-based approaches. More recently his work has focused on public health responses to TB and multidrug-resistant TB, antimicrobial resistance and COVID-19 and its impacts, especially in Papua New Guinea.

Qualifications
  • 2017: FRACP, Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Infectious Diseases);
  • 2014: East African Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine;
  • 2008: Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) and Bachelor of Medical Science, The University of Melbourne
Appointments
  • Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians;
  • Member of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease;
  • Member of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases;
  • Member of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases
Positions
  • 2018 to present: Infectious Diseases Specialist; Acting Co-Head, Tuberculosis Elimination and Implementation Science Working Group; Senior Research Fellow, Burnet Institute;
  • 2020 to present: Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, Northern Health, Melbourne;
  • 2017: Advanced Training in Infectious Diseases, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (Doherty Institute) and the Royal Melbourne
Reports + Policy Briefs

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