Our vision
To improve health globally through discovery research and the prevention, treatment and cure of infectious diseases.
Latest News
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09 Dec 2024T cell transformers: How MAIT cells adapt to combat bacterial infections
Researchers at the Doherty Institute have discovered that mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells, a specialised subset of immune cells, are not fixed in… -
04 Dec 2024That’s a wrap on the inaugural Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics Annual Symposium
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03 Dec 2024Art and science converge in Lionel Gell Foundation residency program
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02 Dec 2024Researchers discover “kill switch” controlling rapid-response immune cells
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 Professor Jason Mackenzie
Professor Jason Mackenzie Laboratory Head
Professor Jason Mackenzie is a basic research scientist and an international expert on flavivirus and norovirus replication and pathogenesis. He obtained…
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Read more › about Dr Doris Chibo
Dr Doris Chibo Senior Scientist, State Reference Laboratory for HIV Characterisation
Dr Doris Chibo is the Senior Medical Scientist in the State Reference Laboratory for HIV Characterisation of the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference…
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Read more › about Professor Scott Mueller
Professor Scott Mueller Laboratory Head
Scott is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow and a Dame Kate Campbell Fellow, in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, at the Peter Doherty Institute…
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Read more › about Dr Karen McCulloch
Dr Karen McCulloch Research Fellow
Dr Karen McCulloch is a mathematical modeller with current research aimed at reducing the burden of chronic hepatitis B infection in Australia. Part…