Dr Michelle Giles is an Infectious Diseases Physician who combines her private practice with public hospital appointments at the Alfred Hospital, Monash Health, and the Royal Women’s Hospital. Dr Giles specialises in infections and pregnancy and maternal immunisation.Dr Giles graduated from Monash University with Honours and then proceeded to complete her physician training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. In her final year of specialist training in infectious diseases Dr Giles was appointed the inaugural fellow in infectious diseases at the Royal Women’s Hospital which facilitated research and clinical experience in managing infections in pregnancy and gynaecology. After completing her specialist training Dr Giles was awarded an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship and completed her PhD through Monash University.Following this, Dr Giles was awarded an NHMRC Australian Based Clinical Research Fellowship and completed her post doctoral research in hepatitis B and pregnancy. She now holds academic appointments as Professor with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University and the Department of Infectious Diseases at the University of Melbourne.She has held several advisory roles on vaccines including as a member of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation and as an advisor to the World Health Organisation on GBS vaccines, combination vaccines and Pertussis vaccines.