Capacity Building & Training
Mr. Navin Karan. Navin.karan@mh.org.au
Deputy Head, Global Health
Co-leader, Public Health Cross-Cutting Discipline, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Honorary Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne
Navin Karan is a Senior Medical Scientist, and Deputy Head of Global Health for the Victorian Infectious Diseases Laboratory (VIDRL). He is currently a co-lead of the Public Health Cross Cutting Discipline at the Doherty Institute and an Honorary Fellow at the Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne (UoM). He has extensive experience working with developing nations, strengthening laboratory systems to improve diagnostic and public health services through provision of technical training and advise to regional agencies, partner organisations and country Ministries of Health. Navin is an expert advisor on laboratory systems and capacity building for the Asia-Pacific region.