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Associate Professor and Chief Health Officer - COVID and Health Emergencies, Burnet Institute

Associate Professor Suman Majumdar is the Chief Health Officer - COVID and Health Emergencies, Deputy Program Director (Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness) and Principal Research Fellow at the Burnet Institute. An infectious diseases physician, public health practitioner and researcher, he has experience in global health and in clinical care and public health in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. He has appointments at the Alfred Hospital, Epworth Health Care and Monash University and worked as a Deputy Chief Health Officer in the Victorian Department of Health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Experience

  • 2013–present
    Infectious Diseases Physician , Alfred Health & Epworth HealthCare
  • 2021–present
    Adjunct Associate Professor , Monash University
  • 2023–present
    Chief Health Officer - COVID and Health Emergencies , Burnet Institute
  • 2021–2023
    Deputy Chief Health Officer, Victorian Department of Health
  • 2013–2023
    Infectious Diseases Specialist, Working Group Head , Burnet Institute

Education

  • 2013 
    Royal Australasian College of Physicians , FRACP (Infectious Diseases)
  • 2010 
    Royal College of Physicians, UK, MRCP(UK)
  • 2008 
    James Cook University, MPH&TM
  • 2004 
    University of Newcastle, B Medicine