Professor Philip Russo

AMR IMPACT THEME

• Transmission & Control of AMR in Healthcare

EXPERTISE

• Infection prevention and control
• Healthcare-associated infection

Philip is Director of Research, Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia and Director of Nursing Research, Cabrini Health.

Professor Russo is an internationally regarded expert in healthcare-associated infection prevention, and led the recently completed the Australian National Healthcare Associated Infection Point Prevalence Survey, the first in Australia for 34 years. He is also the Immediate Past President of the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC), the peak body for Infection Prevention and Control professionals in the Australasian region.

Aside from his role at ACIPC, other leadership and engagement activities include; former Deputy Chair of the Infection Control Expert Group (COVID-19), a member of the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce Steering Committee, the National Health and Medical Research Council Infection Control Guidelines Advisory Committee, and the Healthcare Associated Infection Advisory Committee for the Australian Safety and Quality in Health Care Commission.

Professor Russo is the recipient of a National Health and Medical Research Early Career Fellowship and has attracted over $1 million in research funding from government, industry and academic sources. He has presented at both national and international conferences, authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles and several book chapters.

AMR FOCUS

• Nontherapeutic infection prevention interventions (acute and aged care)
• Environmental cleaning
• Surveillance of healthcare-associated infections