Bacterial Infections

BIOGRAPHY

Bart Currie

Academic positions:
- Infectious Diseases Physician, Royal Darwin Hospital
- Professor in Medicine, Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University.
- Head of the Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Currie's areas of interest include clinical and epidemiological aspects of tropical and emerging infections, development of treatment guidelines and clinical toxinology.

Any other information:
Awards
- Australian of the Year Northern Territory finalist
- Northern Territory Research & Innovation Awards, 2005 - "NT Research Award"
- Northern Territory Research & Innovation Awards, 2005 - "Chief Minister’s Research and Innovation Award"
- Ashdown Oration and Medal, Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians Eric Susman Prize and Medal for the best contribution to the knowledge of any branch of internal medicine in Australia for 2001
- Wellcome Travelling Fellowship, Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, UK

Professional Societies:
- Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- Fellow, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Fellow, Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
- Member, International Society on Toxinology
- Member, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Member, Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases
- Member, Medical Association for Prevention of War

Dr Currie is a peer reviewer for numerous scientific publications