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30 Mar 2020
The pandemic we had to have
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27 Mar 2020
Supplies needed for coronavirus healthcare workers: 89 million masks, 30 million gowns, 2.9 million litres of hand sanitiser. A month.
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26 Mar 2020
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty on the coronavirus crisis and the timeline for a vaccine
Latest Work
Emerging Infections
Environmental surveillance for poliovirus
The lab tests sewage collected at sentinel sites in Australia - even negative results for poliovirus are of international significance in the fight to eradicate polio.
HIV
Examining HIV incidence in Victoria
The Nicholson group are involved in a collaborative project which aims to assess whether the introduction of PrepX in 2016 has reduced HIV incidence in Victoria.
Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections
Investigating hospital superbugs
The Stinear group is investigating the molecular basis for the increasing resistance of Staphylococcus aureaus and Enterococcus to antibiotics, and also their resistance to the cleaning agents commonly used to disinfect health care facilities.
Education
Doherty Institute Student Research Opportunities. Click here to learn more.
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The Doherty Institute has a range of spaces available for hire that can cater for meetings, seminars and other larger events.
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Breakthroughs happen when research leaders work with philanthropists to solve difficult and pressing global health problems.
Meet Dr Elizabeth Aitken. A Research Officer in the Rogerson group, Elizabeth works on malaria, and has been doing so since 2006. She is currently investigating whether the innate immune response to the malaria parasite can explain why some individuals get sick while others do not.
Meet Dr David Price. David is a Biostatistics Research Fellow whose role it is to provide statistical support, covering all stages of a study from design and planning to analysis.
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