Advocacy and Policy Committee

The ASID Advocacy and Policy Committee helps coordinate consistent and effective advocacy and policy positions on behalf of ASID.

ASID’s immediate Past President Prof Katie Flanagan is a member of the Advocacy and Policy Committee.

 

The role of the Committee is to:

  • Identify and recommend advocacy and policy positions and strategy on behalf of ASID

  • Develop an effective strategy to communicate ASID’s perspective on advocacy and policy matters

  • Inform discussion on policy and advocacy priorities in an open and transparent way

  • Focus on furthering ASID’s strategic goals of increasing visibility and influence such as advocating for sound and evidence-based policy directly to governments and in public in identified areas of concern including emerging infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, immunisation and infections at the animal/human interface; and the protection of populations with a disproportionate burden of infectious diseases including First Nations peoples and refugees.

Committee
Co-Chairs: Prof Katie Flanagan and Dr Candice Holland
Members: Prof Margie Danchin, Prof Lindsay Grayson, Dr Nigel Raymond, Prof Fiona Russell, Dr Phoebe Williams, Dr Trent Yarwood.