Tania Sorrell
AM, FAHMS, Board Member
Professor Tania Sorrell is Professor Emerita and previous Co-Director of the Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney; Honorary Senior Physician in Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Westmead Hospital.
She is known internationally for her work in mycology and infections in the immunocompromised host and, more recently in emerging infectious diseases (both pandemics and antimicrobial resistance). Her research has focused on the pathogenesis of fungal infections, emerging fungal diseases, new antifungal drug development, new diagnostics, clinical trials of antifungal diagnostic and treatment strategies, and COVID-19. She has also served on state, national, and international advisory committees in Infectious Diseases, Clinical Mycology and therapeutics, the Research and Human Ethics Committees of NHMRC, and various committees of WHO.
Professor Sorrell was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2014 for research and services to Infectious Diseases. She joined the Children's Medical Research Institute board in July 2020.