John Mcbride
Professor in Medicine
Centre for Biosecurity in Tropical Infectious Diseases
James Cook University
Australia
Biography
Professor John McBride is an Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist. He is a Professor of Medicine at the Cairns Base Hospital clinical school. He is currently the President of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine. Originally from Adelaide, he has been in north Queensland for the last 19 years.Professor John McBride is an Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist. He is a Professor of Medicine at the Cairns Base Hospital clinical school. He is currently the President of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine. Originally from Adelaide, he has been in north Queensland for the last 19 years.
Research Interest
John has major interests in the Tropical Infectious Diseases of north Queensland and the Western Pacific. After training in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology in Adelaide he completed a PhD on dengue fever in Townsville before moving to Cairns.
