Julian Elliott

Julian Elliott has a diverse work experience in various organizations. Julian was the CEO of Covidence.org, a global social enterprise based in Melbourne, Australia, where they played a key role in accelerating evidence synthesis. Julian also served as an Affiliate Fellow in Evidence-Based Policy at the Federation of American Scientists.

Julian was a Board Member and the Chair of the Australian Living Evidence Consortium, a coalition of national health organizations. In this role, they contributed to the advancement of the Living Evidence model and living guidelines in Australia, including the development of the world's first living guidelines and the establishment of the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce.

Julian is currently a Professor at Monash University and previously held the position of Senior Research Fellow at Cochrane Australia. Julian was the Executive Director of the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce, where they led the creation and implementation of high quality clinical guidelines in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Julian also had roles at Cochrane, where they served as the Lead of Evidence Systems and advised on the use of new technologies for evidence synthesis, and at Alfred Hospital and Monash University, where they held leadership positions in infectious diseases clinical research.

Furthermore, they served as an HIV Clinical Advisor at the Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health. Throughout their career, Julian has been actively involved in research and clinical trials related to HIV and infectious diseases.

Julian Elliott has an extensive education history in the field of medicine. Julian first pursued their undergraduate studies at the University of Melbourne from 1986 to 1992, earning a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree. Following their undergraduate studies, they then went on to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in HIV Clinical Research at the University of New South Wales, completing this degree from 2006 to 2009. Finally, Julian Elliott also obtained a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in Infectious Diseases, which they achieved from 1994 to 2001.