Online Meeting with SAHMRI’s Professor Steve Wesselingh – COVID19 Testing et al!

Online Meeting with SAHMRI’s Professor Steve Wesselingh – COVID19 Testing et al!

Steve Wesselingh is no stranger to Rotary Adelaide. He and some of his colleagues have spoken at our meetings on a number of occasions on a variety of fascinating subjects.

There is nothing more fascinating, nor vital, that the current Coronavirus Pandemic. And who better to discuss COVID19, testing for and exploring possible treatments and vaccines, than Professor Wesselingh!

Professor Wesselingh is an Infectious Diseases Physician and researcher in HIV, vaccine development and the impact of the microbiome on human health.

In October 2011 Professor Wesselingh BMBS, FRACP, PhD, FAHMS took up the position as the inaugural Executive Director of the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI). He is Chair of the NHMRC Research Committee and sits on the NHMRC Council.

Professor Wesselingh was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University, from 2007-2011.  Prior to taking up the Deanship, he was Director of the Burnet Institute an independent medical research institute specialising in infectious diseases, immunology and public health.

Professor Wesselingh undertook his undergraduate and doctoral training at Flinders University/Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia and his post-doctoral training at Johns Hopkins in the United States.

Professor Wesselingh has consistently worked towards the integration of high quality medical research with health-care delivery, leading to improved health outcomes for Australia and the poorly resourced countries of the region.

Join us at 1pm by going to the following link…

https://zoom.us/j/603172155?pwd=MHVvZWtFM1UwT3dyUWZwUUtiZmtpdz09

Meeting ID: 603 172 155 Password: 033653

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See you online at 1pm.

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