Paul Griffin

Associate Professor Paul Griffin is a leading infectious diseases physician, microbiologist and Director of Infectious Diseases at Mater Health Services. One of the go-to spokespeople during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, Associate Professor Griffin brings more than 18 years’ experience across clinical practice and academia to provide high-level advice on Microba’s diagnostic asset development. He also holds appointments as Associate Professor at The University of Queensland, Principal Investigator and Medical Director at Nucleus Network and a Visiting Scientist with the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. Associate Professor Griffin is currently driving Microba’s development of diagnostic pathogen panel, MetaPanel, forward for translation to clinical practice. His primary research interests include clinical trials in the field of infectious diseases, such as malaria human challenge and transmission blocking studies, and the molecular detection of gametocytes as well as the detection of antibiotic resistance.