Advocacy and Policy Commitee

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

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, Dr Nila Dharan, Prof Lindsay Grayson, Dr Nigel Raymond, Prof Fiona Russell, Dr Phoebe Williams, Dr Trent Yarwood.