Our vision
To improve health globally through discovery research and the prevention, treatment and cure of infectious diseases.
Latest News
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03 Dec 2024Art and science converge in Lionel Gell Foundation residency program
The University of Melbourne’s Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) have l… -
02 Dec 2024Researchers discover “kill switch” controlling rapid-response immune cells
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20 Nov 2024Doherty Institute Director Professor Sharon Lewin AO reappointed for another term
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19 Nov 2024Doherty Institute researchers named as Highly Cited Researchers for 2024
Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics
A mission-driven, global research centre to enable rapid design and development of therapeutics for future pandemics
Impact Report 2023
Discover how our work continues to drive excellence in research, education and public health.
Doherty Institute Strategic Plan
Learn more about our roadmap for the development of the Doherty Institute over the next five years.
Meet our people
Our people are at the forefront of research, teaching, public health and reference laboratory services, diagnostic services and clinical care in infectious diseases and immunity.
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Read more › about Associate Professor Sophie Valkenburg
Associate Professor Sophie Valkenburg Laboratory Head
Associate Professor Sophie Valkenburg is a laboratory head of viral vaccine immunology based at the Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne since…
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Read more › about Amelia Savage
Amelia Savage Program Manager, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis
Amelia is based at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis within VIDRL, where she manages the Victorian Cancer Agency-funded study Hepatitis…
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Read more › about Dr Romain Guerillot
Dr Romain Guerillot Research Fellow
Romain Guerillot is a molecular microbiologist and data scientist specialised in bacterial functional genomics. Following his PhD graduation in 2014…
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Read more › about Dr Anne Maria Hahn
Dr Anne Maria Hahn Research Officer
Dr Hahn is an immunobiologist with additional training in public health and epidemiology working on pathogen evolution and antigenic variation…