Lyn Gilbert

Gwendolyn Lesley Gilbert AO FAHMS (born 1942), better known as Lyn Gilbert, is an Australian microbiologist who specialises in the control and prevention of infectious diseases, including COVID-19.

Not to be confused with Lynn Gilbert.

Lyn Gilbert

AO FAHMS
Born
Gwendolyn Lesley Stewart-Murray

1942 (age 80–81)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Other namesGwendolyn Lesley Gilbert
EducationCamberwell High School
University of Melbourne
Alma materMonash University

Early life and education

Gwendolyn Lesley Stewart-Murray was born in Melbourne in 1942. She was educated at Camberwell High School from 1954 to 1959 and was awarded dux of the school and won three scholarships for university.[1] She graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1965 with an MBBS[2] and returned to that university to complete her MD in 1991 with her thesis, "Infectious diseases in pregnancy and the newborn infant".[3] In 2003 she graduated from Monash University with a master's degree in bioethics.[2]

Career

Gilbert lectured in microbiology at the University of Melbourne (1976–1978), before moving first to the Royal Women's Hospital (1979–1984) and then the Royal Children's Hospital (1984–1990), both in Melbourne. In 1991 she moved to Sydney to take up the position of Director of the Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at Westmead Hospital and clinical professor at the University of Sydney.[4]

She served as chair of the Infection Control Expert Group, a national group convened to advise on COVID-19, from February 2020 to March 2021. She has also led reviews of COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care facilities[5][6] and contributed to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.[7]

Honours and recognition

The Australian Society for Microbiology inaugurated the annual Lyn Gilbert Award in her honour. The first winner was David Ellis.[8]

In the 2017 Australia Day Honours she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in recognition of her "distinguished service to medical research, particularly the study of infectious disease prevention and control, to tertiary education as an academic, and to public health policy".[9] She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in 2023.[10]

References
  1. "Professor Lyn Gilbert AO (nee Stewart-Murray)". Camberwell High School Ex Students Society. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. "Lyn Gilbert". The Conversation. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  3. Gilbert, Gwendolyn L (1990), Infectious diseases in pregnancy and the newborn infant, retrieved 3 October 2022
  4. "Gilbert, Gwendolyn Lesley (Lyn)". Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  5. Gilbert, Lyn; Lilly, Alan (2021). Independent Review: COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities: no time for complacency. Department of Health.
  6. Gilbert, Lyn; Lilly, Alan (2021). Independent Review of COVID-19 outbreaks at St Basil's Home for the aged in Fawkner, Victoria and Heritage Care Epping Gardens in Epping, Victoria. Department of Health.
  7. Gilbert, Lyn; Lilly, Alan (2020). Newmarch House: COVID-19 Outbreak (April–June 2020): Independent Review: Final Report. Department of Health.
  8. "ASM Lyn Gilbert Award". Australian Society for Microbiology. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  9. "Professor Gwendolyn Lesley Gilbert". It's an Honour. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  10. Rowney, Katie (12 October 2023). "AAHMS welcomes 27 new Fellows". AAHMS. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  • Curriculum Vitae submitted to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, August 2020
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