Erica Bremner Kneipp
Research Director for the Human Health program, CSIRO
Erica Bremner Kneipp’s experience spans several decades of work at all levels of government, and in the private and not-for-profit sectors supporting healthcare delivery and life sciences in Australia.
Erica leads the Human Health research portfolio for CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, with a focus on dangerous zoonotic pathogens, vector borne diseases, disease modelling and health prevention and threat preparedness.
Erica has decades of experience in government health portfolios both at the state and Commonwealth level. As a senior executive in Commonwealth Health, Erica was responsible for establishing the $500m+ Biomedical Translation Fund and the $20b Medical Research Future Fund, which more than doubled Australia’s investment in health and medical research. She led earlier clinical trial reform efforts in collaboration with industry which has evolved into Australia’s National One Stop Shop for research and clinical trials.
She is on the Board of Brandon BioCatalyst and BioPlatforms Australia and a graduate and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.