Karin Thursky, MD

Infectious Diseases Physician
National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship
Melbourne, Victoria

Prof. Karin Thursky (MBBS, BSc, MD, FRACP, FAHMS, FAIDH) is an infectious diseases physician and health services researcher who has over 20 years’ experience in the fields of antimicrobial stewardship and infections in the immunocompromised host. She has successfully implemented and scaled programs to improve the quality and safety of healthcare and has a national leadership role in antimicrobial stewardship and sepsis.
Her roles include the Associate Director of Health Services Research and Implementation and the implementation stream for the NHMRC National Centre for Infections in Cancer Sciences at Peter MacCallum Cancer Hospital. In her role at the Doherty Institute, Karin leads the National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship which takes a One Health approach to AMS across all human and animal health sectors, and is the Director of the Guidance Group at the Royal Melbourne Hospital which develops, implements and scales information technology to support the judicious use of antimicrobials.

Presentation(s):

• ITS 15 - Adoption of a Delphi technique to achieve consensus for a national infection surveillance program in Australian long term care facilities

  Wednesday, June 5, 2024
  10:36 AM – 10:55 AM CST

  Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose