Dr. Shivani Pasricha is a laboratory head in the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Doherty Institute, spearheading rapid point-of-care diagnostics for infectious diseases with advanced technologies like CRISPR. She holds honorary positions at Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, and sits on the executive committee for the ARC funded ITRP antimicrobial resistance hub, world-first partnership between industry, researchers and end users to transform AMR and stewardship. Her team utilizes molecular and genomic approaches to enhance detection, prevention, and surveillance of infectious diseases, addressing critical clinical challenges.
