Infectious Diseases and Immunity

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
Antibody engineering to study responses mediating protective immunity to malaria and other infectious diseases	Dr Jack Richards Professor James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Bacterial factors for pneumococcal transmission	Dr Catherine Satzke Dr Salvatore Manna	Paediatrics	Honours
Bacterial gene expression in pneumococcal pneumonia	Dr Eileen Dunne Dr Catherine Satzke	Paediatrics	Honours
C-reactiv e protein (CRP) and C rohn’s disease– CRP as a potential phenotypic marker for disease	Finlay Macrae Suresh Sivanesan	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Cell death regulation in B cell immunity and B cell lymphona	A/Prof Jorg Heierhorst	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Developing a new treatment for stomach cancer	A/Professor Philip Sutton Dr Sohinee Sarkar	Paediatrics	Honours
Developing new antimalarial drugs that block protein trafficking and host cell modification in malaria parasites	Dr Ben Dickerman Dr Paul Gilson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Developing new assays to identify mechanisms of human immunity to malaria	Dr Philippe Boeuf Professor James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Development of novel point-of-care diagnostics tests and surveillance tools	Dr Philippe Boeuf Professor James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Discovering new pathways controlling T lymphocyte development and autoimmunity	Dr Mark Chong	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Dissecting genomic and transcriptional complexities underlying immune competence and immune diseases	Dr Mark Chong	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Dissecting the relevance of a novel molecular pathway in stem cells and immunodeficiencies	Dr Mark Chong	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Do targeted newborn screening and early antiviral therapy prevent sensorineural hearing loss due to congenital cytomegalovirus infection (cCMV)?	Cheryl Jones Valerie Sung	Paediatrics	PhD
Epidemiology of malaria transmission in Papua New Guinea	Associate Professor Freya Fowkes Dr Leanne Robinson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Examination of cross-neutralising immunity following HPV vaccination in Fiji	A/Professor Paul Licciardi Mr Zheng Quan Toh	Paediatrics	Honours
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies in Papua New Guinea – The impact of Nutrition, Malaria and STIs on pregnant women and infants	Associate Professor Freya Fowkes Professor James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: Maternal nutrition and inflammation and their impact on pregnancy outcomes	Dr Philippe Boeuf Professor James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
How do long noncoding RNAs (IncRNAs) regulate dendritic cell function and prevent autoimmune disease?	Dr Tom Brodnicki	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
How does amino acid supply immune cell function and the development of autoimmune disease?	Dr Tom Brodnicki	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Identifying targets and mechanisms of the acquired immunity to severe malaria in children	Professor Stephen Rogerson Professor James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Immunity to malaria in children and pregnant women	Associate Professor Freya Fowkes	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Immunomodulatory effects of Vitamin D on the host response to bacterial and viral infections	A/Professor Paul Licciardi Dr Lien Anh Ha Do	Paediatrics	Honours
Inhaled RSV therapeutics: Aerosol delivery of novel therapies to the infant lung	Dr Anushi Rajapaksa A/Professor Paul Licciardi	Paediatrics	Honours
MicroRNA pathway control of T cell activation	Dr Mark Chong	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Molecular Epidemiology of Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Children under 2 years of age	Dr Danielle Wurzel Dr Lien Anh Ha Do	Paediatrics	Honours
Novel serological and molecular tools for malaria surveillance and intervention	Dr Jack Richards Dr Leanne Robinson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Otitis media (ear infection) in Indigenous Australians	Ms Katie Davis Prof Stephen O’Leary	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Regulation of microRNA biogenesis	Dr Mark Chong	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Synergistic interactions between Streptococcus pneumoniae and respiratory viruses on bacterial pathogenesis	Dr Catherine Satzke Dr Salvatore Manna	Paediatrics	Honours
Systematic review of HIV and other STIs among transgendered populations in middle to high-income countries	Assoc Prof Mark Stoove Ms Carol El-Hayek	Medical Education	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The impact of malaria control measures on the acquisition of immunity to malaria	Associate Professor Freya Fowkes Professor James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
To examine genetic variants of Nfkb1 as a biomarker of poor maternal health	Dr Philippe Boeuf Dr Raffi Gugasyan	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Trends in STI testing and positivity in priority populations in Australia	Assoc Prof Mark Stoove Ms Carol El-Hayek	Medical Education	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Understanding malaria transmission and immunity to inform malaria elimination	Prof James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Understanding the acquisition and maintenance of antibodies against malaria	Dr Leanne Robinson Dr Jack Richards	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science