Professor Jon IredellDirector, Centre for Infectious Disease and Microbiology; Professor of Medicine and Microbiology (conj.), Sydney Medical School; Senior Staff Specialist, Infectious Diseases & Microbiology; Westmead Hospital/ ICPMR; Senior Practitioner Fellow, NHMRC - Critical Infection / BARRD Group

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 Emailjon.iredell(at)sydney.edu.au

Professor Jon Iredell is Perth-born Infectious Disease Physician and Microbiologist who spends half his time at Westmead hospital in a combined Infectious Diseases/Microbiology Department and half his time in research supported by NHMRC at the University of Sydney. 

Professor Iredell's major projects are in critical infection, including the study of bacterial septic shock, and in bacterial genetics and ecology.

• Centre Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Critical Infection and conjoint Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School/ Westmead Institute and the Marie Bashir Institute
• Director of Infectious Diseases, Western Sydney and Westmead Hospital and Deputy Director Microbiology, Pathology West (NSW Pathology) and Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research and
• President, Australian Society of Microbiology