Professor Leanne Robinson

Professor Leanne Robinson is an epidemiologist and leading vector-borne diseases researcher with more than 15 years of experience in malaria epidemiology and implementation research for the control and elimination of malaria and neglected tropical diseases. An Australian NHMRC and Senior Principal Research Fellow, she is Co-Program Director of Health Security and Head of the Vector Borne Diseases and Tropical Public Health Group in the Health Security and Disease Elimination Programs at the Burnet Institute in Melbourne. Professor Robinson leads a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research programme, with strong links to endemic country research organizations and disease control programmes. She spent 10 years living and working in Papua New Guinea, leading the implementation of novel cohort studies and intervention trials at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research. She is committed to strengthening the capacity of researchers and health workers in endemic countries and has supervised and mentored numerous scientists from Papua New Guinea and the Asia-Pacific.

Dr Robinson is a member of the Vector Control Advisory Group and one of its two co-chairs.