Prof. Dr. Jim Buttery is a paediatric infectious diseases physician and Director of Research at Monash Children’s Hospital, head of Monash Immunisation, Monash Health, and Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology at Monash University.  He heads Epidemiology and Signal Investigation for SAEFVIC, the Victorian immunisation safety service.  Prof. Buttery serves as a member of the Strategic Priority Group of the WHO Global Vaccine Safety Initiative, the Australian Medical Services Advisory Committee, and the Advisory Committee on Vaccines of the Therapeutics Goods Administration. His main research areas are vaccine safety, infectious diseases epidemiology, and clinical child health informatics.