====== Ian Barr ======

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Professor **Ian Barr** is an Australian biological researcher and [[public health]] specialist.((//Professor Ian Barr.// Doherty Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2022, from https://archive.ph/Ah6qG))

===== Affiliations =====

==== World Health Organization ====

Deputy Director of the [[WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza]] at the [[Doherty Institute]], where he has had over 35 years' experience in biological research and development in academic institutions and at [[pharmaceutical_companies:CSL]] on various topics such as vaccine development.((//Professor Ian Barr.// Doherty Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2022, from https://archive.ph/Ah6qG))

In 2007, and then from 2015-2016, Barr was on the [[Advisory Group of Experts for WHO Consultations on the Composition of Influenza Virus Vaccines]].((World Health Organization. (2020, August 25). //WHO Consultations on the Composition of Influenza Virus Vaccines.// Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://proxy-redirect.netlify.app/influenza/vaccines/virus/temporary_advisors_home/en/))

==== Immunisation Coalition ====

Barr is a member of the [[Immunisation Coalition]], which is funded by vaccine/pharmaceutical manufacturers [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Apotex]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Roche]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:CSL/Seqirus]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:GlaxoSmithKline]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Sanofi]] and [[pharmaceutical_companies:Merck]], as well as [[Google]].((Immunisation Coalition. (2020, December 14). //About Us.// Retrieved December 5, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210303185121/https://www.immunisationcoalition.org.au/about-us/))