Dr Rae-Anne Hardie is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at University of Sydney Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, and a Senior Research Officer at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance. She has a background in medical microbiology, genomics and health systems research. Her main interest is in translating evidence-based practice into policy. Rae-Anne started her career in vaccine and public health research at the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Lab, where she studied the immunogenetics of HIV resistance.