Professor Deborah Williamson
(03) 8344 5470 | [email protected]
- Position:
- Deputy Director of the Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory (MDU PHL); Director of Clinical Microbiology
- Theme(s):
- Enteric infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections, Host Pathogens Interactions , Emerging Infections
- Discipline(s):
- Education & Professional Development, Genomics, Epidemiology, Global Health, Public Health, Translational and Clinical Research
- Unit(s):
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology (DMI) , Microbiological Diagnostic Unit (MDU) Public Health Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL)
- Lab Group(s):
- Williamson group
Associate Professor Deborah Williamson is a Clinical Microbiologist and Deputy Director of the Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory (MDU PHL). She is also a Laboratory Head in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Deborah is involved in the delivery of specialist public health laboratory services, and in the diagnosis and surveillance of communicable diseases. Her research interests include the molecular epidemiology and pathogenesis of infections caused by antimicrobial resistant pathogens, and the translation of genomic technologies to questions of public health importance.
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Deborah is a member of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists. She completed her medical microbiology training in New Zealand, and was awarded a PhD from the University of Auckland. In 2015, she was appointed Deputy Director of MDU PHL, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in 2018. Deborah has been the recipient of several research awards, including the University of Auckland Vice Chancellor’s Prize for best Doctoral Thesis (2016), and a L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship (2017). She has served on numerous national advisory groups and committees, and has been an invited speaker at both national and international research symposia and conferences.
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Williamson group
The Williamson group was established within the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne with a focus on the science of applied microbial genomics to public health microbiology. Their research interests include the molecular epidemiology and pathogenesis of infections caused by antimicrobial resistant pathogens, particularly sexually-transmitted infections, and the translation of genomic technologies to questions of public health importance.
Lab Team
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Postdoctoral Fellow and Lab Manager
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Dr Danielle InglePostdoctoral Research Fellow
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Postdoctoral Research Officer (Bioinformatics)
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George TaioraPostdoctoral Research Fellow
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Socheata CheaResearch Support Officer
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Joshua PengTechnical Assistant, MDU
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Cheryll SiaPhD Student
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Emily SotheranPhD Student
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Sigrid LangePhD Student
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Yi NongPhD Student
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Darren Lee Yeu JynHonours Student/Research Assistant
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Mona Lisa TaoukHonours Student
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