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