Rate My Professor Ramon Shaban

Professor Ramon Shaban is the Clinical Chair and Professor of Infection Prevention and Disease Control, jointly appointed with the Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney and the Western Sydney Local Health District. He earned a Bachelor of Science (Medical Science) and a Postgraduate Diploma of Public Health and Tropical Medicine from James Cook University in 1994 and 1996, respectively, and a PhD from Griffith University in 2011. A registered nurse, credentialed infection control practitioner (CICP-E), Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing (FACN), and Fellow of the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (FCENA), he was appointed full professor in 2013 at the age of 38. Previously, Shaban established and held the Inaugural Clinical Chair of Infection Prevention and Control at Griffith University and Gold Coast Health, and directed the Griffith Graduate Infection Prevention and Control Programs from 2005 to 2017.

Shaban's research focuses on infection prevention and control, communicable disease control, high-consequence infectious diseases, emergency care, and health protection. Appointed to his current role in 2017, he led the management of New South Wales' first COVID-19 cases at Westmead Hospital, co-authoring publications on early COVID-19 responses across Australian states and the lived experiences of initial patients (2020). As Associate Director of the New South Wales Biocontainment Centre, he contributes to pandemic and biothreat responses, including an Mpox outbreak. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Australia's first infection control textbook, Healthcare-Associated Infections in Australia (2023), Editor-in-Chief of the Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, and Senior Editor of Infection, Disease and Health. Leadership roles include President of the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (2016-2017), statutory member of the Australian Government Antimicrobial Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, and Technical Advisor to the World Health Organization on antimicrobial resistance (2016). In 2023, he received the Julie Finucane OAM Medal for Leadership in Emergency Nursing. His contributions have shaped national standards and bolstered healthcare resilience.