Dr Sharon Salmon

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Honorary Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney

Dr Sharon Salmon is Technical Officer, Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), WHO Regional Office of the Western Pacific. Prior to re-joining WHO, Sharon was the Assistant Director of Nursing, Infection Prevention at the National University Hospital, Singapore and Associate Consultant, Ministry of Health Singapore. She has 20 years of IPC experience including extensive international consultative experience, providing technical advice for IPC national programmes, hospital assessments and development of national guidelines across several countries in Asia. Sharon holds a Bachelor of Nursing and Master of Public Health from the University of Sydney and a PhD from the University of NSW, Australia.

‘Stay safe’ – Vale Mary-Louise McLaws, a champion for the power of clear science communication

Professor Emeritus Mary-Louise McLaws AO became the go-to expert for many journalists across the media spectrum.

‘Stay safe’ – Vale Mary-Louise McLaws, a champion for the power of clear science communication

Professor Emeritus Mary-Louise McLaws AO became the go-to expert for many journalists across the media spectrum.

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