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Who we are

We are a network of scientists and clinicians providing phage therapy

Phage Australia Executive

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    Jon Iredell

    Professor of Medicine and Microbiology at University of Sydney

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    Ruby CY Lin

    Adjunct Prof | Deputy Director of Phage Australia

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    Trevor Lithgow

    Research Fellow at Monash University, Director of the Centre to Impact AMR

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    Morgyn Warner

    Clinical microbiologist & ID Physician, SA Pathology & CALHN; Clinical Associate Professor University of Adelaide

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    Rob Edwards

    Matthew Flinders Fellow in Bioinformatics at Flinders University

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Phage Australia Westmead Team

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    Kiran Bosco

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    Laila Bouaou

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    Jackie Chan

    Genomics Coordinator, Westmead Institute for Medical Research


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    Jenny Draper

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    Clare Fisher

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    Ameneh Khatami

    Senior lecturer in child and adolescent health, and paediatric infectious diseases specialist

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    Carina Lauter

    Biobank Coordinator, Advanced Therapeutics Biobank, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research

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    Alicia Fajardo Lubian

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    Stephanie Lynch

    Postdoctoral Researcher at Westmead Institute for Medical Research

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    Emily Mascord

    Executive Assistant to Professor Jon Iredell, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research

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    Aleksandra Petrovic Fabijan

    OHMR Postdoctoral Fellow in Phage Therapy | Lead Scientist in Mycobacterium Phage Therapy at Westmead

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    Rabeya Rahmatullah

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    Fatema Safri

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    Holly Sinclair

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    Karen Swensen

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    Nouri Ben Zakour

    Principal Research Scientist at the Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research

Phage Australia Network

Phage Australia Affiliates are part of the network that fosters collaboration among members to drive groundbreaking work in phage therapy. By sharing funding and resources, affiliates actively contribute to advancing research and solutions in the field. Together, we're creating a unified front, working together to make a difference in the future of infection treatment across Australia.

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    Saud Ghurmullah B Alzahrani

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    Jeremy Barr

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    Jennifer Byrne

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    Hak-Kim Chan

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    Hien Duong

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    Lucy Furfaro

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    Greg German

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    Graham Hatfull

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    Christopher Heath

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    Muhammad Kamruzzaman (Kamal)

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    Anthony Kicic

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    Helene Lebnar

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    Jian Li

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    Chris Marquis

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    Heejoon Myung

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    David Paterson

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    Ian Paulsen

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    Anton Peleg

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    Belinda Roychoudhry

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    Vitali Sintchenko

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    Jiangning Song

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    Peter Speck

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    Stephen Stick

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    Ben Temperton

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    Lee Thomas

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    Steven Tong

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Join the Phage Australia network

Are you a doctor or hospital network looking to join the Phage Australia network? Or are you a patient advocacy group interested in partnering with us? We’d love to have you on board. Please fill out the Join Phage Australia form and we’ll get back to you shortly.

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