Lisa Maher is Professor and head of Viral Hepatitis Epidemiology, at the Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity, at the University of New South Wales and was made Member of the Order of Australia in 2015.
[3] Maher's career involves the viral epidemiology of people who inject drugs, those living with HIV, sex workers as well as marginalised youth.
[9] Maher's work on drug use has been reported by the ABC and SBS noting that heroin use caused young daughters to turn away from their families.
[10] In the 1990s she filmed and interviewed people using heroin in Cabramatta to report on the epidemic 'and the deeply flawed response by authorities'.
[13] The Prime Minister Julia Gillard noted her involvement in the "prevention of infectious disease in vulnerable populations" and "community services such as vaccination, counselling and education.