Dr Anna Sheppard is a Lecturer in Bioinformatics at the University of Adelaide. Her research uses bacterial whole-genome sequencing to investigate the molecular epidemiology and transmission of bacterial pathogens both within outbreaks, as well as across geographic and ecological barriers within a One Health framework. She has a particular focus on antimicrobial resistance dissemination driven by mobile genetic elements, and she has developed novel bioinformatic methods for resistance gene tracking. Her research has been published in leading journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Microbiology, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Anna completed her PhD at the University of Adelaide in 29, before undertaking postdoctoral training at Kiel University, Germany, and the University of Oxford, UK. She returned to the University of Adelaide as a Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences in December 2021.