HBV ERC

Membership of Hepatitis B Testing Policy Expert Reference Committee (ERC) 2020

The Expert Reference Committee (ERC) meets from time to time to review the HBV Testing Policy and to consider what action might be necessary to improve quality, uptake and regulation of HBV testing in Australia. The ERC brings together all parties with an interest in HBV testing and provides a forum for discussion of policy matters raised by third parties in relation to HBV testing. It acts as a forum for identification of barriers and impediments to accessing HBV testing and provides a sounding board for the exploration of how these barriers and impediments might be removed. The ERC provides background information to jurisdictions and the Commonwealth, the Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections Standing Committee (BBVSS) of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC), regulatory and other advisory bodies. The ERC provides a voice to raise issues relating to HBV testing with test providers, pathology companies and others. Members are requested to participate in the ERC on a voluntary basis. No sitting fees are provided.

Scott Bowden
Senior Scientist, Molecular Microbiology
VIDRL at The Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Adjunct Professor
Dept of Microbiology Monash University
Chair

Alison Coelho
Senior Project Officer
Multicultural Health & Support Service Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health
Member of Class

Alister Keyser
Senior Acting Medical Officer
Apunipima
Member of Class

Antje Janssen
IVD Reforms
Therapeutic Goods Administration
TGA representative

Aye Aye Khaing
Volunteer
Hepatitis Victoria
Member of class

Ben Cowie
ID physician and epidemiologist
Doherty Institute
Director
WHO collaborating centre for viral hepatitis
Member of Class

Brendan Kennedy
Infectious disease physician
Royal Adelaide Hospital
SA BBVSS representative

Charles Alpren

Elizabeth Birbilis
Senior Policy Officer
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
VIC BBVSS representative

Jack Wallace
Senior Research Officer
Burnet Institute
Adjunct Research Fellow
LaTrobe University
Adjunct Lecturer
Centre for Social Research in Health. Burnet Institute
Member of class

Jacqueline Mein
Director Medical Services, Wuchopperen
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations
Member of class

Jacqui Richmond
MPH, RN, Program Manager, The Burnet Institute,Melbourne Honorary Research Fellow, ARCSHS,
La Trobe University Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society and Melbourne Health
Member of Class

Jane Davies
ID physician, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
Menzies, Royal Darwin Hospital
NT BBVSS representative

Jessica Howell
Gastroenterologist, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
ALA
ALA representative

Jill Benson
Discipline of General Practice
University of Adelaide, Prideaux Centre for
Medical Education, Flinders University
Member of Class

Joe Doyle
MPH PhD FRACP FAFPHM, Deputy Director, Disease Elimination Program, Co-Head, Viral
Hepatitis Elimination, Principal Research Fellow, Infectious Diseases Physician, NHMRC Career Development Fellow
The Alfred & Monash University
ASID representative

John Didlick
Policy Analyst
Hepatitis Australia
Hepatitis Australia representative

Judy Gould
Policy Officer
Australian Government Department of Health
CDNA representative

Julie Wang
General Practitioner & Epidemiologist
Whitehorse Medical Centre
Member of Class

Kate Turner
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Public Health Services, Dept of Health
TAS BBVSS representative

Lloyd Einsiedel
Infectious Diseases Physician
Flinders Medical Centre and University; and Alice Springs Hospital
Member of Class

Michael Lidman
Policy officer, Blood Borne Viruses,
Sexually Transmissible Infections and Torres Strait Health Section
Australian Government Department of Health
CDNA representative

Michael West
Manager, Sexual Health and Viral Hepatitis program
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
VIC BBVSS representative

Miriam Levy
Gastroenterologist
Liverpool Hospital
Member of Class

Nicole Allard
General Practitioner
Joslin Clinic
Member of Class

Peter Kaylock
Devices Conformity Assessment Section Offices Of Devices Authorisation
Therapeutic Goods Administration
TGA representative

Phil Kiely
Blood Safety Analyst
Clinical Services and Research, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
Member of class

Robert Kemp
Principal Public Health Officer, Viral Hepatitis
Queensland Health, BBV/STI Unit
QLD BBVSS representative

Sarah Norris
Acting Assistant Secretary
Australian Government Department of Health
Member of Class

Stephanie Marion
Assistant director
ACT Health
ACT BBVSS representative

ToveLysa Fitzgerald
A/Manager NSW BBVSTI Unit
NSW Health
NSW BBVSS representative

Vicky Shepeard
Director of Communicable Diseases
NSW Health
NSW BBVSS representative

Wayne Dimech
Executive Manager –
Scientific and Business Relations National Serology Reference Laboratory
NRL representative

Wendy Cheng
Head, Liver Service, Dept of Gastro & Hepatology
Royal Perth Bentley Group
BBVSS WA

Emily Vintour-Cesar
Project Officer
Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM)
ASHM secretariat

Zindia Nanver
Senior Project Officer
Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM)
ASHM Secretariat