Dr Amelia Vom

Director Stakeholder Engagement Victoria & Health and Biosecurity

Dr Amelia Vom is our Director of Health and Biosecurity Strategy, based in Melbourne. She is leading a new initiative focused on connecting Defence and National Security agencies with researchers, clinicians and industry to enable greater coordination, collaboration, integration and scale of targeted initiatives. Better linking these critical national priorities with industry capabilities has the potential to deliver economic and employment growth opportunities for Australia, underpinned by a networked and highly skilled workforce and its links to international initiatives.

Amelia joined MTPConnect in November 2020 and in her previous role of Senior Program Manager of Biomedical Translation Bridge (BTB) program, she has been instrumental in successfully delivering this $22.3 million MRFF program to conclusion in September 2022. The BTB program was the first of its kind in Australia with industry mentors and commercialisation experts to nurture the next generation of health and medical research innovators – 21 projects delivering 29 new technologies invented or progressed, seven new products launched, and 56 new jobs created. She was responsible for overseeing the program delivery, governance, industry partnerships, risk management, finance and reporting.

Amelia has more than 10 years’ experience in the medical research and biotechnology sector, working previously as a Research Manager for the Cancer Therapeutics CRC, a co-operative cancer research centre at the Parkville precinct in Melbourne, and a Medicinal Chemistry Coordinator at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI). As a medical researcher, she spent three years leading a research project at WEHI for the development of anticancer therapies. Amelia holds a Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences.