Katie Walker
(03) 9342 9365 | katherine.walker@mh.org.au
- Position:
- Epidemiologist
- Unit(s):
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital, VICNISS
- Lab Group(s):
- VICNISS
Katie joined VICNISS in September 2019 as an Epidemiologist. Hailing from North Carolina, she has training in biology, infectious disease research, education, and has completed a MSc of Epidemiology in 2018 at the University of Melbourne. Before starting her career at VICNISS, Katherine worked at the University of North Carolina as a researcher studying Dengue virus, and spent 2 years as a biomedical science teacher, teaching science to secondary students. She enjoys traveling, and has worked as an educator or researcher overseas in 3 countries.
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Key Achievements
Research Groups
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Katie is currently researching rates of influenza vaccines among Health Care Workers in the state of Victoria to understand how 100 per cent uptake can be achieved among those working in healthcare.
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VICNISS
The VICNISS Coordinating Centre provides a state-wide, standardised surveillance service for healthcare associated infections (HAIs) and related events. The goal of VICNISS is to monitor and reduce the incidence of HAIs, providing support for health services in Victoria. VICNISS aims to support Victorian health services to carry out international best practice surveillance and analysis, and to lead interventions for quality improvement to improve the health of all Victorians.
VICNISS provides a source of high quality data for regular performance monitoring, and for a valuable resource for the research community. Over the time of VICNISS surveillance, infection rates in key areas of focus have fallen markedly, reducing the significant financial and personal cost of these infections on both individual patients and the health system.
VICNISS collaborates with the National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship (NCAS), with a major involvement in aged care NAPS (ac-NAPS). VICNISS is also engaged by DHHS Residential Aged Care Services to carry out monitoring of infection control indicators in Victoria’s public residential aged care services, including participation in ac-NAPS.
Lab Team
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Director VICNISS
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Operations Director (VICNISS)
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Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician
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Infectious Disease Physician
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Aged Care NAPS Project Officer | Senior Infection Control Consultant VICNISS
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Mrs Kylie SnookSenior Infection Control Consultant
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Ms Sam DicksonSenior Infection Control Consultant
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Ms Khosi DubeSenior Infection Control Consultant
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CNC Infection Control
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Database Manager
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Net SQL Programmer
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Business Intelligence Reporting Developer
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Mr Rashedul HasanDatabase Administrator/Developer
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Mr Atal MalavdeNet SQL Programmer (NISPAC project)
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Biostatistician
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Dr Stephanie TanamasEpidemiologist
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Ms Andrea BrebnerProject Officer/Office Manager
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