Raina MacIntyre explained

Raina MacIntyre
Workplaces:University of New South Wales
Birth Place:Colombo, Sri Lanka
Doctoral Advisor:Aileen Plant
Awards:Eureka Prize for Leadership in Innovation and Science, 2022

Raina MacIntyre is an Australian epidemiologist and academic. She is the Professor of Global Biosecurity within the Kirby Institute at University of New South Wales and a National Health and Medical Research Council Principal Research Fellow, who leads a research program on the prevention and control of infectious diseases.[1] [2] She is an expert media advisor and commentator on Australia's response to COVID-19.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Early life and education

Born in Colombo in 1964, MacIntyre moved to Australia in 1973.[7] She was educated at Sydney Girls' High School, before studying medicine at the University of Sydney. She was among the first graduates of the Master of Applied Epidemiology program established at the Australian National University by American epidemiologist Michael Lane, to whom she credits her interest in infectious disease epidemiology.[8]

Career

MacIntyre's work is focused on emerging infections, encompassing vaccines, personal protective equipment, aerosol dynamics, respiratory pathogen transmission, and the detection and prevention of bioterrorism. Other research interests include medical ethics and the prevention of disease in older people. Macintyre has more than 380 peer-reviewed publications, and contributes to expert committees and editorial boards.

After completing her PhD under Aileen Plant, MacIntyre was awarded a Harkness Fellowship to Johns Hopkins University.

In Australia, MacIntyre became "a familiar face on television and radio" during the Covid-19 pandemic, her epidemiological commentary "calmly delivered from her bedroom, where she continues her research almost around the clock".

Media

MacIntyre has been a regular commentator and contributor to Covid epidemiology, in The Guardian,[9] The Sydney Morning Herald,[10] as well as ABC News[11] and Q+A.[12] In a lunch interview with The Sydney Morning Herald she was described as a 'globally renowned" and "the cautious coronavirus communicator".

MacIntyre has been interviewed extensively for her expertise during the pandemic in Australia, including an interview on booster jabs, by Norman Swan from the ABC,[13] and about vaccination roll-outs across different states.[14] She is recognised as one of the "most recognisable faces whom the Australian media has designated an expert during COVID-19".[15] Her modelling, from the Kirby Institute, has been used to determine whether states will re-open or not.[16]

MacIntyre's portrait was painted for the 2021 Archibald Prize by artist Karen Black. Due to the frequent media appearances, she caught Black's fancy and the artist "set her heart on painting the professor for the Archibald Prize".[17] "How she explained the scientific facts around aspects of the virus was easy to comprehend," Karen Black commented.

Books

Prizes and awards

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kirby Institute. 21 December 2020. Kirby Institute.
  2. Web site: Professor Raina MacIntyre. NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Population Health Research.
  3. Web site: MacIntyre . Raina . 2020-12-20 . Why Sydney is facing a super-spreading disaster . 2020-12-23 . The Sydney Morning Herald. en.
  4. Web site: 2020-12-22 . 'Absolutely use the vaccine' in Sydney's northern beaches, medical experts say . 2020-12-23 . www.abc.net.au . en-AU.
  5. Web site: Sakkal . Paul . 2020-12-20 . How do the Victorian and NSW responses stack up? . 2020-12-23 . The Age . en.
  6. Web site: 2021-08-03 . Critical leadership elements in times of crisis . 2021-11-13 . UNSW Newsroom.
  7. Web site: Pitt. Helen. 2020-04-24. Lunch with Raina MacIntyre: cautious coronavirus communicator. 2020-12-23. The Sydney Morning Herald. en.
  8. Web site: 2020-11-02. Remembering Dr Michael Lane. 2021-11-13. Research School of Population Health, Australian National University. en.
  9. News: Boseley. Matilda. McGowan. Michael. 2020-12-21. Hard lockdown needed to prevent Sydney Christmas Covid surge, health experts warn. en-GB. The Guardian. 2020-12-23. 0261-3077.
  10. Web site: Noyes. Tom Rabe, Mary Ward, Jenny. 2020-12-23. 'Appetite for risk': How Christmas 'muddied' the decision to ease restrictions. 2020-12-23. The Sydney Morning Herald. en.
  11. Web site: 2020-12-20. These experts say 'science was silenced' in the US and Europe. But in Australia the 'COVID war' is far from over. 2020-12-23. www.abc.net.au. en-AU.
  12. Web site: 2020-02-20. Raina MacIntyre. 2020-12-23. Q+A. en.
  13. Web site: 2021-10-18. What's to know about booster jabs. 2021-11-13. ABC Radio National. en-AU.
  14. News: 2021-10-20. The vaccines have a 'maximum protection period'. And experts say non-COVID states could be missing it. en-AU. ABC News. 2021-11-13.
  15. Web site: 2021-09-28. Raina MacIntyre takes the high (fee) road. 2021-11-13. Australian Financial Review. en.
  16. Web site: Tasmanian borders to reopen on December 15. 2021-11-13. www.premier.tas.gov.au. en.
  17. Web site: 2021-06-01. Professor Chandini Raina MacIntyre by Karen Black at the Archibald. 2021-11-13. Indian Link. en-AU.
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  19. Web site: AAP . 2022-08-31 . Epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre among brilliant Australian scientists awarded Eureka Prize . 2022-08-31 . The New Daily . en-US.

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