Archie Clements was previously Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the University of Queensland, and has worked as Research Fellow at the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI), Imperial College London, UK. He was also a NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and head of the Department of Global Health at ANU-RSPH.  Professor Clements has over 10 years of experience in epidemiological research, with a particular emphasis on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public health interventions for a range of infectious diseases including; parasitic diseases; mosquito-borne diseases; and emerging healthcare-acquired infections. This has included: (i) authoring 132 peer-reviewed papers; (ii) supervising 10 PhD students to completion, with another 10 currently underway, and (iii) winning competitive grant funding worth $8.9M.