Dr Kathy Jackson is the Principal Scientist at VIDRL, where she has worked for a collective 30 years. She has extensive experience with diagnosis of hepatitis viruses and is Director of a WHO Regional Reference Laboratory for Hepatitis B/D in the Western Pacific Region and member of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis. Kathy has a particular interest in use of point of care tests and simplifying testing for viral hepatitis. Kathy has more recently developed an interest in ensuring diagnosis of all existing and emerging viral infectious diseases including MonkeyPox virus and Japanese Encephalitis virus.
