Paul Kelly: pandemic policy advisor making a difference

By The Mandarin

May 25, 2020

Paul Kelly
CHO Paul Kelly. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

TEAM COVID-19 — PANDEMIC POLICY ADVISORS MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Name:   Professor Paul Kelly

Title:  Deputy chief medical officer, Australian government department of health

Role in responding to COVID-19

  • Supporting the chief medical officer in providing advice on COVID-19 issues
  • Briefing the minister for health, the prime minister, cabinet, the national security committee and other government bodies
  • Sitting on the Australian health protection principal committee
  • Providing advice to Australia’s national incident room and input into the Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan
  • Liaising with state/territory deputy medical officers, other Commonwealth departments, and international organisations
  • Communicating with the Australian public via mainstream and social media as one of the government’s key spokespeople on COVID-19

Previous roles

Professor Kelly has extensive experience as a public health physician, epidemiologist and health service executive.

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This article is supported by the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas.

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