Current FTSF Members
Professor Peter Curson
Professor Peter Curson is Emeritus Professor of Medical Geography at Macquarie University and Adjunct Professor in the Centre for International Security Studies at The University of Sydney.
A former Dean of the Division of Environmental & Life Sciences at Macquarie University, he has a special interest in population-health-environment interactions and the geography of public health. As well as having written seven books and more than 150 papers, he writes regularly for the national media in Australia and New Zealand on health issues.
Dr Patricia Desmarchelier
Dr Patricia Desmarchelier is a consultant in food safety and an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland.
Dr Desmarchelier has worked extensively in research, teaching and consultation in food safety and the management of food safety risks. She has published extensively in scientific journals and book chapters and presented at numerous national and international science conferences on the ecology and control of food borne pathogens.
Dr Dominic Dwyer
Dr Dominic Dwyer is a medical virologist and infectious diseases physician at the ICPMR, Westmead Hospital, Sydney.
Dr Dwyer trained at St Vincents and Westmead Hospitals in Sydney, and undertook postgraduate research at the Institute Pasteur in Paris, France. He has a clinical and research interest in viral diseases of public health importance eg HIV, influenza and arboviruses, antiviral drugs and drug resistance. Dr Dwyer is a member of various Commonwealth and State committees related to communicable diseases. He assisted WHO in Beijing during the SARS outbreak in 2003.
Dr Peter Scott
Dr Peter Scott is a Veterinarian and has spent 25 years working in the poultry industry. He is currently Managing Director of Scolexia Pty Ltd an animal and avian health consultancy.
Dr Scott is a Senior Research fellow at the University of Melbourne, Asia Pacific Centre for Animal Health, as the coordinator of applied research. Dr Scott holds various industry positions and has published numerous papers dealing with avian medicine.
