Dr Patrick Harris

Researcher biography
Assoc. Prof Patrick Harris is an Infectious Disease Physician, Medical Microbiologist and NHMRC Emerging Leader (EL2) Fellow at The Frazer Institute
He obtained a BSc in Psychology and Anthropology from Durham University, prior to acquiring his medical degree from University College London Medical School. Following postgraduate training in the UK, he worked as a clinical lecturer at the College of Medicine in Malawi, before completing specialist training in infectious diseases and microbiology in Australia. For his final year of training he was a Senior Visiting Fellow in Infectious Disease at the National University Hospital in Singapore. He completed his PhD in 2018 under the supervision of Prof. David Paterson, and now is a Group Leader at the Frazer Institute - Herston, with a research focus on the diagnosis and clinical management of infections caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria