Professor Karin Thursky appointed as Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health

Professor Karin Thursky from the Department of Infectious Diseases has been appointed as a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health. The appointment recognises her research with the National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, National Centre for Infections, and the Royal Melbourne Hospital Guidance Group, which informed both the National Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy and the National Digital Health Strategy.

Professor Karin Thursky, Director of National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Department of Infectious Diseases.

Professor Thursky is the lead chief investigator of a Research Data Infrastructure grant from the Medical Research Future Fund ($2,962,654) to develop and implement digital health solutions to monitor the use of antimicrobial agents in healthcare. She will continue her important work with the University’s Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, and the RMIT School of Computing.