Executive & Committees

Executive Board

Prof Richard Franklin

Prof Richard Franklin

President

Prof Julian White AM

President Elect

Dr Sarah McGuinness

Dr Sarah McGuinness

Vice President

Dr Sarah Chu

Dr Sarah Chu

Honorary Treasurer

Dr Luis Furuya Kanamori

Dr Luis Furuya Kanamori

Honorary Secretary

Dr Jennifer Sisson

Dr Jennifer Sisson

Dean of the Faculty of Travel Medicine

Vacant

Dean of the Faculty of Expedition & Wilderness Medicine

Advisory Council

Councillors:
Prof Richard Bradbury (QLD)
Dr Leonard Brennan (ACT)
Ms Kay Knight (QLD)
Dr Stacey Ler (QLD)
Dr Stephen Muhi (VIC)
Mrs Caroline Nash (ACT)

Council Representatives

Faculties
Faculty of Travel Medicine: Dr Deb Mills
Faculty of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine: Vacant

Standing Committee Chairs
Disaster Health: Vacant
One Health: Prof Darren Gray
Publications: Prof John Frean
Travel Health Nurses of Australasia:  Co-Chairs Mrs. Caroline Nash & Ms. Danielle Peel

Standing Committee Chairs and Committees/Boards

  • Chair – Standing Committee on Disaster Health: Vacant
  • Chair – Standing Committee on Publications: Prof John Frean
  • Chair – Standing Committee on One Health: Prof Darren Gray
  • Chair – Standing Committee, Travel Health Nurses of Australia and New Zealand (THNANZ): Co-Chairs, Mrs. Caroline Nash & Ms. Danielle Peel
  • Chair – Honors and Awards Committee: Emeritus Prof John Pearn AO AM
  • Chair – Body of Knowledge / Education Committee: Dr John Heydon
  • Chair – Networking Committee & College Webmaster: Dr Kym Daniell
  • Chair – Membership Committee / Board of Censors and Censor in Chief: Prof Tim Inglis
  • Chair – Membership Committee: Dr Ken Winkel
  • Board of Review: Dr John McBride (Chair), Prof Colleen Lau
  • Honorary College Archivists: Emeritus Prof John Pearn AO AM
  • Editorial Board, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease – Editor-in-Chief: Prof John Frean
  • Chair of Continuing Professional Development Committee (CPD): Prof Marc Shaw
  • Research Committee: A/Prof Luis Furuya Kanamori

2026 Scientific Program Committee

Chair: 

  • Dr Stephen Muhi (VIC)

Members:

  • TBC

2026 Conference Organising Committee

Chair: 

  • Prof Richard Franklin

Members:

  • TBC

ACTM Role of Honour Past Presidents

1991-1996 A/Professor Rick Speare, BVSc (Hons), MBBS (Hons), PhD, FACTM, FAFPHM, MACVS
1996-1998Dr Peter A. Leggat, BMedSc, MBBS, DipClinNutr, DipEd, DTM&H, MMedEd, DIH, GradDip, MPH, FACTM, FAFPHM, FAICD, FSIA, MRACMA, WSO-CSE
1998-2000 Professor John M. Goldsmid, MSc, PhD, FRCPath, FIBiol, FAIBiol, FASM, FACTM
2000-2002Dr John L. Heydon, MBBS, LRCP, MRCS, FAFOM, MRCGP, FRNZCGP, DTM&H, DRCOG, DIH, MPH, FACTM
2002-2004A/Professor Peter A. Leggat, BMedSc, MBBS, MMedEd, MPH, MHSc(AvMed) PhD, MD, FACTM, FFTM ACTM, FAFPHM, FACRRM, FAICD, FSIA, MRACMA, MACE, Hon. MNZSTM
2004-2006 Dr Ken D. Winkel, BMedSc, MBBS, PhD, FACTM
2006-2008 – Professor Peter A. Leggat, BMedSc, MBBS, MMedEd, MPH, MHSc(AvMed), DrPH, PhD, MD, FACTM, FFTM ACTM, FAFPHM, FACRRM, FFTM RCPS (Glasg), FAICD, FSIA, FACE, Hon. MNZSTM
2008-2010 – A/Professor Tim Inglis, BMed, DM, MRCPath, DTM&H, FRCPA, FACTM
2010-2012 – A/Professor David Porter, BSc, MACTM
2012-2014  – Professor John McBride, MBBS, DTM&H, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA, FACTM
2014-2016 – LTCOL Peter Nasveld, BMedSc, MBBS, DPH, MPH, PhD, FACTM, FACRRM
2016-2018 – Professor Peter A. Leggat, AM, BMedSc, MBBS, MMedEd, MPH, MHSc(AvMed), DrPH, PhD, MD, FACTM, FFTM FFEWM ACTM, FAFPHM, FFPH RCP(UK), FACRRM, FFTM RCPS (Glasg), FISTM, FAICD, FSIA, FACE, FRGS, Hon.FFPM RCP(UK), Hon. FACTM, Hon.FFTM ACTM, Hon. MNZSTM
Geoff Quail 2019-2020 – Professor Geoff Quail, OAM, MBBS, PhD, DDS, MMed, MDSc DTM&H, FRACDS, FRACGP, FACTM
2020-2022 – Professor Peter A. Leggat, AM, BMedSc, MBBS, MMedEd, MPH, MHSc(AvMed), DrPH, PhD, MD, FACTM, FFTM FFEWM ACTM, FAFPHM, FFPH RCP(UK), FACRRM, FFTM RCPS (Glasg), FISTM, FAICD, FSIA, FACE, FRGS, Hon.FFPM RCP(UK), Hon. FACTM, Hon.FFTM ACTM, Hon. MNZSTM
2022- 2024 – Professor Colleen Lau, MBBS (UWA), MPHTM (JCU), PhD (UQ), FRACGP, FACTM, FISTM