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National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship

The National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship (NCAS) is a health services research program that aims to improve the use of antimicrobials across animal and human health, to influence national policy, and to generate a research workforce across nurses, pharmacists, doctors and veterinarians. NCAS aims to lead and facilitate the embedding of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) within clinical practice across diverse healthcare settings and among different practitioner groups in Australia. Its research and surveillance programs aim to improve antimicrobial prescribing by understanding prescribing behaviours through qualitative and quantitative methods, monitoring current prescribing patterns across healthcare settings, identifying targets for quality improvement, and developing interventions, new policies and practices.

Lab Team

• Professor Karin Thursky

  Director National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship (NCAS) | Director Guidance Group
• Professor Kirsty Buising

  Deputy Director of NCAS; Director of the Guidance Group; Infectious Diseases Physician
• Dr Rodney James
• Caroline Chen

  Senior Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist and Project Officer
• Dr Noleen Bennett
• Robyn Ingram
• Associate Professor Caroline Marshall

  Head of the Infection Prevention and Surveillance Service (Royal Melbourne Hospital)
• Professor Glenn Browning
• Professor Mike Richards
• Renu Padhmanaban

  Guidance IT Manager
• Associate Professor Rhonda Stuart
• Dr David Kong
• Professor Danielle Mazza
• Dr Trish Peel
• Dr N.Deborah Friedman
• Dr Helen Billman-Jacobe
• Dr Thomas Schulz

  Infectious Diseases and General Physician (Royal Melbourne Hospital)
• Dr Ann Bull

  Operations Director (VICNISS)
• Associate Professor Leon Worth

  Infectious Diseases Physician
• Evette Buono
• Professor Frank Dunshea
• Courtney Ierano
• Jaclyn Bishop
• Karen Urbancic
• Lesley Hawes
• Leslie Dowson
• Dr Laura Hardefeldt

  Post-Doctorate Fellow | Department of Veterinary Biosciences
• Dr Helen Crabb
• Dr Kirsten Bailey

  Research Fellow in Antimicrobial Stewardship | Melbourne Veterinary School
• Dr Arjun Rajkhowa
• Dr Anna Sri

  PhD Candidate | Melbourne Veterinary School
• Dr Amy Hii

  PhD Candidate | Department of Veterinary Biosciences
• Dr Ri Scarborough

  PhD Candidate | Melbourne Veterinary School