Benjamin Howden, MD

Expertise Public health microbiology, infectious diseases and pathogen genomics Laboratory-informed infectious diseases surveillance (emerging, bacterial, zoonotic, AMR) Global health and public health leadership Academic Qualifications 2009 PhD; Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology, Monash University 2004 FRCPA, Microbiology; Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia 2001 FRACP, Infectious Diseases; Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1993 MBBS; Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Monash University Selected Current Appointments: 2014 - Director, MDU Public Health Laboratory, The University of Melbourne at the Doherty Institute (ISO/NATA accreditation for human, veterinary, biological, forensic testing) 2021-2025 NHMRC Investigator (Leadership Level 2): Genomics for infectious diseases surveillance 2021- Co-Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance, Doherty Institute 2022- Co-Director, Centre for Pathogen Genomics, University of Melbourne Selected Awards and Honours: 2014 Frank Fenner Award, Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2020 Presidents Award, Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), for outstanding contribution to public health in Australia (during the COVID-19 pandemic) 2021 University of Melbourne Excellence Award for Genomic Responses to COVID-19 Selected Leadership Roles and Professional Activities: 2015 – 2017 Member, Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) 2016 - 2020 President, Australian Society for Antimicrobials 2017 - 2022 Chair, Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN), Australia 2017 - Member, Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) 2019 - Steering Committee, Victorian Govt One Health AMR Strategic Committee 2020 - Member, Standing Committee on Animal Health Laboratories (SCAHLS) 2019 – 2022 Co-lead, COMBAT-AMR. OneHealth program for AMR in the Pacific (supported

by IndoPacific Centre for Health Security, DFAT)

2021- Executive Committee, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. 2021- Core working group member, Surveillance and Epidemiology of Drug Resistant Infections Consortium (SEDRIC) Genomic Surveillance WG, Wellcome Trust 2020 - Chair, Joint PHLN and CDNA Expert Advisory Group on COVID-19 Testing 2021-2023 Invited Member, Australian Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (ASTAG), Australia Government Department of Health 2020 – 2027 Program Director, AusTrakka. Platform for national pathogen genomics implementation in Australia. Commonwealth Govt Office of Health Protection