Adrienne Torda is the Interim Dean of UNSW Faculty of Medicine & Health. She is an academic leader, medical educator and scholar, as well as a medical clinician with specialist qualifications in Infectious Diseases. Over the past decade, Adrienne has held various senior academic and leadership roles, including Associate Dean Education and Innovation, Vice Dean and Head of School of Clinical Medicine. She is passionate about innovation in education, partnering and co-design with students, role modelling senior leadership for women in STEMM, and mentoring. Her educational focus is on the development of a forward looking curriculum which integrates teaching students problem solving, analytical thinking, reflective practice, communication skills and teamwork along with more traditional medical content and competencies.

Adrienne champions equity and inclusive leadership, and was the Gender Champion at UNSW between 2018-2020 working with the Division of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

Research Interests:
There are two main areas of interest. One is in clinical infectious diseases and the other is medical education research with a focus on clinical assessment, simulation-based learning and professional development of clinical educators.

Broad Research Areas:
Clinical Research, Medical Education, Education Innovation, Infectious Diseases

Qualifications:
MBBS (Hons), PhD, FRACP. SFHEA, FANZAPHE, FHERDSA, GradDip Bioethics, GradCert University Learning & Teaching,

Society Memberships & Professional Activities:
FRACP, Australian Society of Infectious Diseases; Infectious diseases society of America; ANZAPHE, HERDSA, ASM

Specific Research Keywords:
Medical education; Educational innovation, Infectious Diseases; Immunology and Infectious Disease; Immunisation