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The Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases has appointed two new Co-Directors – Dr Lea-Ann Kirkham and Dr Chris Blyth. Dr Lea-Ann Kirkham is an internationally respected infectious diseases microbiologist and Co-head of the Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group at the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases. Her vision is to develop improved therapies, including vaccines and vaccine schedules, to significantly reduce the global burden of childhood ear and lung diseases.

The Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases has appointed two new Co-Directors – Dr Lea-Ann Kirkham and Dr Chris Blyth. Dr Chris Blyth is Head of Infectious Diseases at Perth Children’s Hospital and Co-head of the Infectious Diseases Epidemiology at the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases. As a paediatrician working with patients in a clinical setting, Dr Blyth has first-hand knowledge of deadly diseases affecting children and is heavily involved in the latest national and global research on influenza, pneumonia and immunisation.