Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs is an infectious disease physician and public health researcher in the Department of Infectious Diseases and the Victorian Infectious Diseases Service (VIDS). She is recognised internationally for her work on maternal and child health, nutrition, and infectious diseases and is conducting important translational research in remote Indigenous communities in Northeast Arnhem Land to assist Yolngu people and community organisations to prevent and manage the rising tide of chronic diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease. With collaborators, her research in Vietnam and Bangladesh is investigating strategies for prevention of anaemia and impaired childhood development. She also leads the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) Refugee Health Program, providing support to general practitioners and other health providers for healthy settlement of refugees and immigrants.
