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Advisory Board

Chair

  • Ms Elizabeth Koff, CE, The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (Randwick & Westmead)

Committee

  • Ms Sue Campbell-Lloyd, Manager, Immunisation Unit, AIDS/Infectious Diseases Branch, NSW Department of Health, Sydney
  • Ms Jenny Bourne, Assistant Secretary, Targeted Prevention Programs Branch, Population Health Division, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra
  • Associate Professor Chris Cowell, Chair, Division of Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead
  • Professor Lyn Gilbert, Director, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Sydney
  • Professor Vance Gledhill, Business representative
  • Ms Lisa McGlynn Senior Executive Health Group Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra
  • Associate Professor Cheryl Jones, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
  • Professor Sally Redman, Chief Executive Officer, The SAX Institute, Sydney
  • Professor Don Roberton, Pro Vice Chancellor, Division of Health Sciences, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Otago, Division of Health Sciences, Dunedin, New Zealand
  • Professor Peter McIntyre, Director, NCIRS
  • Professor Robert Booy, Head Clinical Research, NCIRS

Secretariat

  • Ms Karyn Phillips, Business Manager, NCIRS

Observers

  • A/Professor Kristine Macartney, Deputy Director, Government Programs, NCIRS
  • Dr Robert Menzies, Deputy Director, Surveillance, NCIRS


Appointment to the Advisory Board is on the recommendation of the Chair of the Advisory Board (the CEO of The Sydney Children’s Hospital Network) on advice from the Director of NCIRS. Nominated members of the Board (or their representative) include the Director, Kids Research Institute, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead; the Assistant Secretary, Immunisation Branch, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing; the Manager, Immunisation Unit, AIDS/Infectious Diseases Branch, NSW Department of Health; a representative from the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney; and the Chairperson of the NCIRS Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC).

The primary purpose of the Advisory Board is to monitor the governance, growth and financial sustainability of NCIRS. The Board provides advice and guidance on the Centre’s strategic direction and organisational development to the CEO of The Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, who is the Board’s ex-officio Chair.

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