Ian barr

Ian Barr, PhD

Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza; Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne; Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Federation University Professor

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BIOGRAPHY

Ian Barr is the Deputy Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, based at the Doherty Institute in Melbourne, Australia. 

The Centre is also a Reference Laboratory for the WHO RSV Surveillance Program. Ian has over 35 years’ experience in Research and Development both with academic and commercial groups and has authored or co-authored over 300 scientific publications including over 250 on various aspects of influenza and RSV.