Bart Currie, FRACP

Professor, Menzies School of Health Research and Head of the Royal Darwin Hospital Infectious Diseases Department Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Dr. Currie currently serves as Professor, Menzies School of Health Research and Head of the Royal Darwin Hospital Infectious Diseases Department, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Dr. Currie runs the Darwin Prospective Melioidosis Study, now in its 25th year. Since 2000 he has been Professor in Medicine at the Northern Territory Medical Program, Flinders University and he is Adjunct Professorial Fellow, Charles Darwin University. Dr. Currie’s passion is in coordinating links between clinicians, public health colleagues and other service providers, laboratory scientists and community. The research Dr. Currie has been involved in has targeted improving prevention and treatment of specific illnesses usually through a better understanding of the underlying disease processes, including an emphasis on melioidosis. Dr. Currie received his Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene