BIOTERRORISM AGENTS & PREVENTION - EVENT CANCELLED

Event Dates: 27-Mar-2020 to 27-Mar-2020

Commencing at: 0730

Duration: 2.5 Hours

Costs: $55 for members, $75 for non-members

EVENT CANCELLED

ASIS INTERNATIONAL WA CHAPTER PRESENTS

A Morning Breakfast Seminar on

BIOTERRORISM AGENTS & PREVENTION

With Guest Speaker – Professor Raina MacIntyre (MBBS Hons 1, M App Epid, PhD, FRACP, FAFPHM)

Venue: Crown Convention Centre

Date: 27 Mar 2020

Time: 07:30 – 10:00 (hot breakfast included)

Cost: ASIS Members $55; Non-ASIS Members $75

For registration, please click on the following link https://www.stickytickets.com.au/1U0FA

Dr MacIntyre is Professor of Global Biosecurity and National Health and Medical Research Council Principal Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales Kirby Institute, and Adjunct Professor at Arizona State University. She is a specialist physician with a Masters and PhD in Epidemiology. She leads a research program in control and prevention of infectious disease (including MERS and COVID-19 coronavirus), spanning epidemiology, risk analysis, vaccinology, bioterrorism, mathematical modelling, public health and clinical trials.

The Professor has over 350 peer reviewed publications and sits on several expert committees and editorial boards. Her awards including the Sir Henry Wellcome Medal and prize from the Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S. for her work on bioterrorism, the Public Health Association of Australia Immunisation Achievement Award, The Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia Research Award and the Frank Fenner Award.

Raina has pioneered concepts of biological threat detection using cross-disciplinary methods. Her current research focuses on vaccines (including smallpox), emerging infections, personal protective equipment, aerosol dynamics, dispersion of respiratory pathogens, and bioterrorism detection and prevention.

If any company is interested in sponsoring this event then please contact: Dr Kevin Foster, Chairman ASIS Int. WA, ASIS_WA@ASISAustralia.org.au, 0413 716 091

Register here: https://www.stickytickets.com.au/1U0FA