Professor Lyn Gilbert is an infectious diseases physician and clinical microbiologist, who, until recently, was Director of Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology-Laboratory Services at ICPMR Westmead. She is currently: • Clinical Professor in Infectious Diseases at the University of Sydney; • senior researcher at the Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases Biosecurity and at the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine; • and Clinical Lead in Infection Prevention and Control at Westmead Hospital. She was recently appointed by the Chief Medical Officer to chair a committee to provide advice to the Australian Health Protection Primary Committee on infection prevention and control for Ebola virus disease in Australian healthcare settings.