Our team
The Barwon South West Public Health Unit is a multidisciplinary team of health professionals such as nurses, doctors and allied health professionals and administration support.
Our team is made up of public health doctors, pharmacists, infectious diseases doctors, data analysts, immunisers, nurses, epidemiologists, aged care experts, contact tracers, administration officers and communication advisors including:
Professor Eugene Athan OAM - Director
Associate Professor Daniel O’Brien - Deputy Director
Deb Kay - Co-Director
Holly Wardlaw - Operations Lead – Response Program
Dr Mohammad Akhtar Hussain - Public Health Physician
Rebecca Johnson - Executive Assistant
Sara Bonnici - Communications Advisor
Penelope Radalj - Aged Care Hub Lead
Caroline Poynder - Immunisation Lead
Jane Gray - COVID-19 Testing Lead
Dr Nomvuyo Mothobi - Infectious Diseases Physician & Microbiologist
Dr Caroline Bartolo - Infectious Diseases Physician
Dr Callum Maggs- Infectious Diseases Physician
Laura Brown - Health Data Analyst
Dr Bridgette McNamara - Epidemiologist
Dr. Michael Muleme - Epidemiologist
Last Modified: Tuesday, 05 July 2022