Frank is a Senior Research Scientist with the CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP), where he serves as the science lead for its International Program which supports regional animal health laboratory capacity building, and Emergency Transboundary Animal Disease (ETAD) preparedness and response in Southeast Asian countries and the Indo-Pacific. Frank also contributes to ACDP's national emergency animal disease response activities that advise state and federal government authorities on animal influenza outbreaks in Australia. Frank has served as a WOAH Reference Laboratory Expert for Avian Influenza since 2013; and has been actively involved with OFFLU at both the technical activity and committee levels since 2010.