OAA Sir Macfarlane Burnet Dinner and Address 2026

Organised by the OAA Gippsland Regional Group.
Speaker Dr Joshua Hayward, BSc Adv(Hons) PhD. Research Team Leader – Bat Viruses and Antiviral Factors at Burnet Institute.“BAT VIRUSES. THREATS WAITING IN THE WINGS’’

Cost $85.00 (incl GST) or students $75.00 incl GST) Includes a welcome drink and canapés. Two course dinner, table wine. Further drinks at bar prices.

Speaker Bio
Dr. Hayward is a molecular virologist and computational biologist working within the Retroviral Biology and Antivirals research laboratory. His research involves the identification and characterisation of novel retroviruses in Australian mammals such as bats, and the immunological interface between bats and viruses. He is also involved in research focussed on the microbiome within the female reproductive tract and the metabolites that they produce, with respect to their impact on sexually transmitted infections. Dr. Hayward is a lecturer in molecular virology at Monash University and post‐graduate supervisor of PhD and Honours students within the research lab.