is a physician and clinical researcher with a particular interest in the epidemiology, management and prevention of bloodborne viruses (HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B).Joseph specialised in infectious diseases at the Alfred and Royal Melbourne Hospitals where he still works as a consultant physician. He completed his MPH at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and his public health fellowship was undertaken at the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory and Burnet Institute. His PhD at the Burnet and Monash School of Population Health was focused on the effectiveness of early hepatitis C treatment.Joseph is currently undertaking his NHMRC Postdoctoral Fellowship aiming to improve population health and treatment for hepatitis C infection. He is an adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Monash University, Co-Head of Hepatitis Research at the Burnet Institute and the clinical director of the Hepatitis C Treatment and Prevention Study.