Associate Professor Elmer Villanueva

As well as taking on the role of Acting Director, Gippsland Regional Clinical School, Associate Professor Elmer Villanueva has been invited by the Commonwealth Government to become a member of the Advisory Committee on Biologicals (ACB) of the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

The ACB provides advice to the Minister for Health and the Therapeutic Goods Administration on issues relating to cell and tissue therapy products.  This appointment is due to Elmer’s expertise in population health, epidemiology and biostatistics.  His appointment started in September and runs until the end of 2014.

Elmer has also received an invitation to sit as Member on the Inaugural Advisory Committee on the Safety of Medical Devices (ACSMD).

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