RESEARCH – INNOVATION – EVIDENCE – RESPONSE – RECOVERY

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Burnet has proactively contributed to the national and global response through public health and laboratory-based research, advocacy and the provision of high-level advice to government.

The Institute’s key programs are home to researchers with significant expertise and longstanding collaborations and networks that are critical to the response to COVID-19.

Our expertise in virology, rapid diagnostics, and in assessing and developing antiviral agents is well recognised internationally.

Combined with our public health expertise in epidemiology, modelling, disease elimination and understanding human behaviours, Burnet is well positioned to provide a significant ongoing contribution to the COVID-19 response.

Professor Brendan Crabb AC and other researchers are involved in multiple COVID-19 response committees, such as the National Advisory Committee on COVID-19, and provide strategic advice to Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, state Chief Health Officers and Departments of Health.

The Know-C19 Hub is our gateway to research, policy and technical reports, addressing gaps in knowledge and providing novel information to inform the global response.