Michael Richards
Microbiology and Immunology
Doherty Institute
Australia
Biography
Professor Michael Richards is an Infectious Diseases Physician with particular interest in clinical infectious diseases, healthcare-associated infections, and antimicrobial stewardship. He has been the Director of the Victorian Infectious Diseases Service (VIDS) since 2006. Since 2002, he has also been the inaugural Director of the VICNISS Coordinating Centre. The centre has established a statewide surveillance program for healthcare infections in all 120 Victorian public hospitals, and in several large private hospitals, monitoring and reporting on healthcare infection rates, and prevention processes
Research Interest
Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections
