Professor Kirsty Buising

Position:

Deputy Director of NCAS; Director of the Guidance Group; Infectious Diseases Physician

Theme(s):

Antimicrobial Resistance

Discipline(s):

Public Health

Unit(s):

Victorian Infectious Diseases Service (VIDS)

Lab Group(s):

National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship

Kirsty completed her doctorate of medicine on the use of computerised decision support for antimicrobial stewardship, and a Masters of Public Health. Her team has successfully received NHMRC partnership grants and a Centre for Research Excellence to develop their work in antimicrobial stewardship. She has served as part of the authorship group for Therapeutic Guidelines Antibiotic, working on national prescribing guidelines. As an advisor to the Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Healthcare, she has had a role in influencing policy. The National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship team has conducted national surveys to gather data on antibiotic use in Australia. The Guidance team have developed electronic tools for antimicrobial stewardship that have been implemented in over 60 Australian hospitals and run national workshops to build capacity amongst doctors, nurses and pharmacists to improve the way we use antibiotics to optimise patient outcomes, and help to tackle antibiotic resistance. Kirsty has taught at international workshops and advised on regional initiatives to improve antimicrobial use.

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
  
  Consultant 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

Professor Kirsty Buising

Professor Kirsty Buising

National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship

Lab Team