Dr David T. Williams leads the Diagnostics and Mammalian infectious Disease Research group at ACDP in Geelong, which comprises a multidisciplinary capability that contributes to national and regional emergency animal disease diagnostics and surveillance. Dr Williams’ research interests include the detection, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and epidemiology of emerging and exotic viruses that affect animals and humans, including African swine fever virus (ASF) and zoonotic flaviviruses. Dr Williams is the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) expert at the WOAH Reference Laboratory for ASF at ACDP and co-chairs the WOAH ASF Laboratory Network. Dr Williams is also a member of the Australian National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee and is deputy chair of the Public Health Laboratory Network Expert Review Panel for Zoonotic Flavivirus Diagnostics.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Molecular Epidemiology
Pathogenesis
african swine fever
Host response
Viral diagnostics
Short Biography
Dr David T. Williams leads the Diagnostics and Mammalian infectious Disease Research group at ACDP in Geelong, which comprises a multidisciplinary capability that contributes to national and regional emergency animal disease diagnostics and surveillance. Dr Williams’ research interests include the detection, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and epidemiology of emerging and exotic viruses that affect animals and humans, including African swine fever virus (ASF) and zoonotic flaviviruses. Dr Williams is the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) expert at the WOAH Reference Laboratory for ASF at ACDP and co-chairs the WOAH ASF Laboratory Network. Dr Williams is also a member of the Australian National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee and is deputy chair of the Public Health Laboratory Network Expert Review Panel for Zoonotic Flavivirus Diagnostics.
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