Susie Collins

Dr Susie Collins is currently an Assistant Secretary in the Plant Protection and Environmental Biosecurity Division in the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. This role supports the national plant biosecurity system and is responsible for activities covering preparedness, surveillance, diagnostics, response and trade. This role sees her bridging the nexus between science and policy.

Susie has scientific qualifications in biological sciences with a PhD in molecular and cellular immunology from ANU where she studied co-evolution of the myxoma virus with the European rabbit. Although starting off in a lab she has been working in government policy areas for over 20 years.