About the CBG
The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (University of Sydney) and University of New South Wales (UNSW), in collaboration with the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (ANU), The National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (UNSW), the School of Population Health (University of Melbourne), The Department of International Health (Curtin University of Technology) and the Victorian Infectious Diseases Service (Royal Melbourne Hospital) has won an NH&MRC grant for capacity building (CBG) in population health for mathematical modelling of infectious diseases.
The major aim of this grant is to establish a comprehensive program of research, based on mathematical modelling, to aid the understanding of and provide policy support for the control of infectious diseases, now and well into the future. It is envisioned that this will involve the integration of mathematical modeling with policy and public health service delivery, the completion of about 20 specific research studies under three major infectious disease control themes of national importance and the establishment of an international reputation for the team.
The three themes under which research will be carried out are Bioterrorism and emerging Infectious Diseases (preparedness and control), Nosocomial infections and Control of drug resistance and New methods to use data to improve transmission models. Details of research projects and funding successes can be found on the research page. CBG publications are here.
The CBG has also established the Network of Infectious Disease Modellers of Australia (NIDMA), with a dedicated email list, to aid communication, collaboration and peer-support. More information about NIDMA is available here.
Several workshops have been organised by the CBG group with a focus ranging from research to training. For more on past CBG events, visit the events page.
CBG members
Lead Applicants
Professor Raina MacIntyre (NCIRS and UNSW)
Professor Niels Becker (NCEPH)
Associate Professor Matthew Law (NCHECR)
Professor Aileen Plant (Curtin)
Professor Terry Nolan (University of Melbourne)
Professor Graham Brown (Royal Melbourne Hospital)
Dr Jim Black (Royal Melbourne Hospital)
Team Investigators
Dr James Wood (NCIRS and UNSW)
Dr Jodie McVernon (University of Melbourne)
Dr James McCaw (University of Melbourne)
Dr Emma McBryde (Royal Melbourne Hospital)
Postgraduate Students
Honglin Jiang (NCIRS)
Tony Newall (NCIRS)
Holly Seale (NCIRS)
Lynne Dailey (Curtin)
Collaborating Researchers
Katie Glass (NCEPH)
David Philp (NCEPH)
Jane Hocking (University of Melbourne)
John Mathews (University of Melbourne)
Chris McCaw (University of Melbourne)
David Wilson (UNSW)
Heather Gidding (CIDM Public Health)
George Milne (UWA)
External Members of the Steering Group
Professor John Horvath, Chief Medical Officer of Australia
Prof. Dr. Klaus Dietz, Director, Department of Medical Biometry, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen