Brett A. Lidbury is an Associate Professor with the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH) at the Australian National University, Canberra. His previous laboratory-focussed investigations were concerned with the pathogenesis of the Australian arbovirus, Ross River (RRV), a virus linked to post-viral fatigue and ME. Brett is a member of the ME/CFS Discovery Research Network (MDRN) and the consortium of Australian and UK scientists responsible for the establishment of Australia's first ME Biobank.