Welcome to 2022 User Group Meeting

Scott Gilroy

Chief Executive Officer
AusDiagnostics
AU

Mr Gilroy was appointed Chief Executive Officer of AusDiagnostics Pty Ltd in August 2020 and brings more than 16 years of experience across the global biotechnology and medical technology industries.

Mr Gilroy joined AusDiagnostics in August 2019 as the Chief Operating Officer, and was appointed to the AusDiagnostics Board of Directors the same year. Since then, AusDiagnostics has undergone rapid growth, evolving sales and distribution networks to bring critical diagnostic products to hospitals and laboratories in over 30 countries.

Prior to AusDiagnostics, Mr Gilroy spent several years in senior leadership roles at Malvern Panalytical, which is part of Spectris plc. He also currently serves as Vice Chair for Clinical Evidence Enterprises. He holds a Master of Business Management from the University of Newcastle, and a Bachelor in Chemistry and Business Management from Western Sydney University.

Dr Dmitry Kuevda

Director of Product and Business Management
AusDiagnostics
AU

Dr Kuevda brings extensive medical and scientific expertise to AusDiagnostics. Prior to joining the company in September 2015, Dr Kuevda managed scientific and medical research groups at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology in Russia. He later held executive positions as the Business Director and later Marketing Director at InterLabService where he steered substantial commercial growth in global markets.

Currently, Dr Kuevda manages the strategic direction of product management, business development, and marketing from the Mascot headquarters in Australia. He was awarded his MBA from the Higher School of Economics, Russia, and his PhD in the area of clinical laboratory diagnostics from the Central Research Institute for Epidemiology. He also holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Science from The Russian State Medical University.

Adnan Ali

Product Manager – Reagents and Point of Care
AusDiagnostics
AU

Adnan has completed his MBA and Master of Marketing from Melbourne Business School, with experience in the Cancer Research, Biotech and Pharmaceutical industries.

He is passionate about learning, innovation and developing sustainable and equitable communities.

Jenny Grant

Head of Department, Molecular Pathology
Southern Community Laboratories
NZ

Jenny Grant is Head of the Molecular Department at Southern Community Laboratories, Dunedin. Jenny trained as a Medical Laboratory Scientist at the University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ and also completed her PhD on ‘Cohesin-dependent gene regulation’ at the University of Otago.

Dr Darren Jardine

Principal Scientist – Microbiology
St Vincent’s Hospital
VIC

Darren Jardine obtained his PhD from La Trobe university in 1997, after studying the role of topisomeraeses in the replication of HIV-1. After completing his studies he worked in the HIV Characterisation Laboratory at the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, working on the design and implementation of HIV molecular tests. In 2000 he joined the scientific staff of the National Serology Reference Laboratory, where he was the senior scientist. He headed the team providing tertiary reference testing for blood borne infections to Australia, South-east Asian and Western Pacific Regions. In 2007 he joined St Vincent’s Hospital Pathology, where he became the Principal Scientist of the Microbiology department in 2015. His interests are in the development and implementation of molecular diagnostic tests for the detection of human pathogens.

Farshid Dakh

Chief Scientist
Dorevitch Pathology
NT

Dr Sarah Kidd

Head, National Mycology Reference Centre
SA Pathology
SA

Sarah Kidd is the Head of the National Mycology Reference Centre at SA Pathology, Adelaide, and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide. She completed her PhD on the molecular epidemiology of cryptococcal infections at the University of Sydney and was admitted as a Fellow of the Australian Society for Microbiology in 2018. She has published around 90 research articles and book chapters in the field of medical mycology.

Danièle Meunier

Research Scientist
Health Protection Agency
UK

Jansi John

Senior Lab Manager
Austech Medical Laboratories
NSW

Jansi John is the head of the Microbiology and Molecular Department at Austech Medical Laboratories, Sydney. She completed her bachelor degree in Biology and Honours degree in Medical Microbiology in CMC Hospital, Vellore, India. After moved to Australia, she studied Medical Laboratory Science in Charles Sturt University, Riverina. Jansi has 28 years of experience working in Microbiology in Australia, mostly in private pathologies. She used to work in the HIV and Hepatitis Serology Section at the Westmead Hospital and in the Serology Department at the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute.