As an internationally renowned thought leader in pollen allergy research Prof Davies  was appointed to the position of Vice Chair of the WHO IUIS Allergen Nomenclature Committee.  In this role, she provides oversight to the revision of criteria for designation of substances as allergens with a key opinion article now in press.  By invitation to a select expert international Task Force on Component Resolved Diagnosis in 2015, she contributed multiple chapters for the world’s first guidelines on use of allergen components for clinical diagnosis; Molecular Allergology User’s Guide (2016).

In 2013, Prof Davies initiated Australia’s first Australian Aerobiology Working Group with 19 members from 5 countries who were leading experts in multiple fields from clinical, physical, and earth sciences through to the arts.  This now included the NHMRC AusPollen Partnership (2016-2020) and the wider AusPollen Aeroallergen Collaboration Network.

Prof Davies leads inter-sector partnerships with government stakeholders in health sector at national level. She has fostered key national partnerships with industry and government exemplified by the NHMRC AusPollen Partnership and the commissioned report for Victorian Department of Health and Human Services that underpins the $15.6M public health response program including the Victorian Thunderstorm Asthma Pollen Surveillance project managed by the Bureau of Meteorology, for which QUT contributes and she serves on the oversight committee.  These initiatives are achieving breakthroughs with immediate real-world impact upon clinical and public health management of hayfever and asthma for patients in our community.