We identify risk factors, sources, and the burden of disease due to foodborne pathogens to safeguard our food supply and improve disease surveillance.

• Burden and costs of gastroenteritis
• Clinical outcomes of Campylobacter in Australia
• Gastroenteritis and foodborne disease in older adults
• Tracking outbreaks of foodborne disease internationally through Whole Genome Sequencing
• Understanding the sources of Campylobacter in Australia
• Whole genome sequencing in Salmonella surveillance and control

Partnerships

Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, University of Melbourne

• Professor Ben Howden
• Dr Deborah Williamson
• Dr Mary Valcanis
• Dr Dieter Bulach

Westmead Institute for Medical Research

• Associate Professor Vitali Sintchenko

Queensland Scientific Services

• Mr John Bates
• Dr Amy Jennison

Massey University

• Professor Nigel French
• COMPARE—tracking foodborne and zoonotic disease through Europe using next generation sequencing
• FERG—Foodborne Disease Epidemiology Reference Group an advisory body of the World Health Organization
• OzFoodNet—Australian network for enhanced surveillance of foodborne diseases