Jon Iredell is an infectious diseases physician, clinical microbiologist and professor of medicine and microbiology based at Westmead Hospital and the University of Sydney. He is the director for the Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (CIDM) at the Westmead Institute.

His research group works on infections in the critically ill and in antimicrobial resistance and has been continuously funded by the Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council for more than 15 years. Recent work in the laboratory has focused on new solutions for antimicrobial resistant infections, including plasmid displacement approaches and bacteriophage therapy.

Jon has a strong interest in antimicrobial stewardship and works to inform policy on antibiotic use in the hospital environment.

He developed Australia’s first Short Course in Critical Infection, for clinicians who manage infection in critically ill patients. He has served on the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) Multi Resistant Gram-negative Taskforce, on the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee of the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator and leads the national Gram-Negative surveillance outcomes program of the Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR). He has full professional membership of the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society and is a Foundation Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Faculty of Science.
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