Amanda Rojek

I am a physician and clinical researcher specialising in health emergencies, particularly outbreaks of emerging and high-consequence pathogens. My work focuses on improving clinical care during crises and strengthening evidence-informed preparedness, response, and recovery for governments, international agencies, and frontline health systems.

I undertook my medical training in Australia before being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. My DPhil, supervised by Professor Sir Peter Horby, coincided with the West Africa Ebola epidemic, during which I contributed to some of the first clinical trials of investigational treatments for Ebola. Alongside this, my work focused on accelerating patient-centred research in other outbreaks and humanitarian settings (e.g. refugee camps).

Over the last decade my work has broadened to international clinical trials and cohorts for an array of emerging infections, and I contribute to large-scale collaborations such ISARIC. I have advised WHO and governments on outbreak preparedness and response, and have deployed  internationally as a WHO GOARN expert. Alongside this work, I remain clinically active in emergency medicine.

I supervise doctoral students and Academic Clinical Fellows. We welcome enquiries from collaborators, potential students, seconding physicians, and organisations interested in outbreak research, preparedness, humanitarian health, and biosecurity.