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Phage therapy 101
SAVE THE DATE - Friday 6th November 2026- we are currently working on an exciting new program for the 2nd PT101 course!
This practical one-day course is designed for those prescribing bacteriophage therapy or considering doing so. Sessions will cover diagnostics, quality assurance and batch production assessments and dispensing, clinical trial and regulatory aspects, current experience in regard to pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, clinical experience with phage therapy in humans and the co-adaptation of phages and bacteria in vivo.
The course is designed to support doctors, nurses and pharmacists by providing the necessary knowledge base for safe delivery of therapeutic phages. The faculty includes clinicians with extensive hands-on experience in adult and paediatric medicine and will be delivered on line and in person at Westmead.
SESSIONS - Biology & Biotech | Delivering phage therapy | Clinical experience | Next steps | Review & Quiz
REGISTRATION - Coming soon discounted rates for LMIC, Face to Face and Online sessions will be offered
DRAFT PROGRAM - Coming soon
Phage therapy 101
FINAL PROGRAMplease note theprogram can change at anytime without notice
PROGRAM BOOKLET with speakers in order of appearance
This course is organised by Phage Australia with the support of The University of Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute (Sydney ID) and The Westmead Institute for Medical Research.
Program committee
Prof Jon Iredell - Senior Staff Specialist Westmead Hospital, Director Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Sydney
A/Prof Ameneh Khatami - Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, Westmead Children’s Hospital, Associate Professor, Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School
Dr Holly Sinclair - Advanced Therapeutics Fellow, Westmead Hospital
Dr Indy Sandaradura - Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Westmead Hospital, Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
Confirmed Speakers include;
Prof Robert Edwards - Matthew Flinders Fellow in Bioinformatics at Flinders University, Adelaide SA
Prof Morgyn Warner - Clinical Director of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at SA Pathology
Dr Kerry Watts - Senior Project and Policy Officer, Advanced Therapeutics, Office for Health and Medical Research (MoH)
Please check out the program above for a comprehensive list of esteemed speakers presenting at the course
Sessions will include;
Biology & Biotech
Basic PK/PD, receptors, defences and adaptations / From diagnostics to production QC / High-throughput genomics for advanced therapeutics / Practical bioinformatics for phage therapy
Delivering phage therapy
Health Economics / SROI / Biobanking and GMP / NSW pharmacy and TGA guidelines / Handling GMO phages: a Pharmacy perspective / Phage delivery at home and in hospital / Inflammatory responses
Clinical experience
Current experience, including QAMH, STAMP / staph aureus: ABSA01, diSArm / pseudomonal infection, incl. CF and non-CF / STAMP 2.0, SABRE Phi and future trials