Qualifications: B Med (Hons), MPH (Hons), Grad Dip App Epi, FAFPHM, PhD, GAICD. Professor Julia Brotherton is a Professor of Cancer Prevention Policy and Implementation, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne and Professorial Fellow, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance. She is a public health physician with an international reputation in cervical screening and HPV vaccination, as evidenced by her appointment to the WHO Director General’s Expert Advisory Group on Cervical Cancer Elimination and the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s Working Group for Handbook 18 on Cervical Screening. She has significant experience and expertise in operational public health, population-based registries and research. She was an expert advisor/presenter at regional workshops developing the WHO Global Cervical Cancer Elimination Strategy, Vaccine Chair and co-author of Australia’s national cervical cancer elimination strategy and led the development of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region’s strategy. She has over 280 publications and is a Chief Investigator in the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Cervical Cancer Control (C4) and holds an NHMRC Investigator Grant researching single dose HPV vaccination.