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Biography
Sarah is an academic infectious diseases physician. She currently holds dual positions as Consultant Physician in the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Alfred Hospital (Travel Medicine Clinic) and Lecturer in Clinical Epidemiology at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. Her research focuses on improving ways to prevent and treat infectious diseases in mobile populations (travellers, immigrants and refugees) and amongst those living in low-resource settings. She conducts research in Australia and overseas, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region.
Sarah graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 2006 and undertook specialist training in infectious diseases in Melbourne and Darwin. She completed a Diploma in Tropical Medicine in Peru in 2010 and a Master of Public Health at James Cook University in 2015. She was awarded her PhD, "Understanding the health effects of water and hygiene interventions in low- and middle-income countries" in December 2019 from Monash University.
Sarah is a member of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM), the Asia Pacific Travel Health Society and Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases. She is the current Chair of the ISTM’s Digital Communications Committee and sits on the editorial board for the Journal of Travel Medicine.
External positions
Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician, Monash University
1 Feb 2016 → …
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Antiparasitic Agents
Leder, K., McGuinness, S. L. & Weller, P. F., 2019, Manual of Clinical Microbiology. Carroll, K. C., Pfaller, M. A., Landry, M. L., McAdam, A. J., Patel, R., Richter, S. S. & Warnock, D. W. (eds.). 12th ed. Washington DC USA: ASM Press, p. 2645-2668 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
A stepped wedge cluster-randomized trial assessing the impact of a riverbank filtration intervention to improve access to safe water on health in rural India
McGuinness, S. L., O'Toole, J., Forbes, A. B., Boving, T. B., Patil, K., D'Souza, F., Gaonkar, C. A., Giriyan, A., Barker, S. F., Cheng, A. C., Sinclair, M. & Leder, K. S., 1 Jul 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Performance of riverbank filtration under hydrogeologic conditions along the upper Krishna River in southern India
Boving, T. B., Patil, K., D'Souza, F., Barker, S. F., McGuinness, S. L., O'Toole, J., Sinclair, M., Forbes, A. B. & Leder, K., 2019, In : Water. 11, 1, 17 p., 12.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Pre-travel considerations for non-vaccine-preventable travel infections
McGuinness, S. L. & Wu, H. M., 2019, Travel Medicine. Keystone, J. S., Kozarsky, P. E., Connor, B. A., Nothdurft, H. D., Mendelson, M. & Leder, K. (eds.). 4th ed. New York: Elsevier, p. 53-60 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
Sexual safety and HIV prevention in travel medicine:Practical considerations and new approaches
Cornelisse, V. J., Wright, E. J., Fairley, C. K. & McGuinness, S. L., Apr 2019, In : Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 28, p. 68-73 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Other › peer-review
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