About Us

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Pictured L-R are David Ellis (WCH Mycology), Ian Roberts (Adelaide Science Online) Senator Natasha Stott Despoja and Connor Thomas (Department of Microbiology & Immunology).

Mycology Online was officially launched in 1998 by Senator Natasha Stott Despoja.

Mycology Online is an educational resource with the aim of promoting Medical Mycology by providing information on the identification and management of human and animal fungal infections. It also includes a mould identification training module to allow individuals to practice their identification skills. 

Authors

David Ellis

David Ellis

David Ellis is an Affiliate Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, and Emeritus Mycologist at SA Pathology in Adelaide, Australia. He graduated from La Trobe University Botany Department with BSc Hons, MSc and PhD in mycology, and served as head of the Medical Mycology Unit at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, for 33 years. David is a Fellow and Past President of the Australian Society for Microbiology and a recipient of the David White Teaching Award and the Lyn Gilbert Award that recognises major contributions in diagnostic laboratory microbiology in Australia. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and a recipient of the RCPA Outstanding Teaching Award. David is an Honorary Member and Past General Secretary and President of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology and a recipient of the ISHAM Lucille K Georg medal for distinguished contributions to medical mycology. He is also an Honorary Life Member of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases. David is a recipient of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine Ashdown Medal and an Associate Member of the Australasian College of Dermatologists.  He has been an author of 134 peer reviewed scientific papers and of 14 books and/or book chapters.

Sarah Kidd

Sarah Kidd

Sarah Kidd is Head of the National Mycology Reference Centre at SA Pathology, as well as Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide. She completed a Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours (1999) and a PhD in Medicine (2003), both at the University of Sydney. She has undertaken postdoctoral training and research in medical mycology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and at Monash University at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. She is a Fellow of the Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM), Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM), an active member of the Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases (ASID) and the International Society for Human and Animal Mycoses (ISHAM). Sarah served as Secretary of the Australia and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group (ANZMIG) from 2011 to 2023, and is a recipient of The Howard Morris Quality Use of Pathology Award (SA Pathology). She is an author of around 100 peer reviewed journal articles, books and chapters in the field of medical mycology. Sarah is active in mycology education in Australasia, has convened the biennial Mycology Masterclass since 2011, Co-Chaired the ISHAM 2015 Congress, and provides mycology expertise to the RCPA QAP Microbiology Advisory Committee and Mycology program.