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Translational and clinical research at the Doherty Institute ranges from interventional and observational studies, to laboratory studies.  There are a number of current studies taking place, some of which are now recruiting volunteers.

Now recruiting volunteers

  • HIV

    Do you have HIV and about to undergo immunotherapy for cancer?

    Volunteers needed for a study where extra blood tests will be taken during immunotherapy treatment for cancer.

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  • COVID-19

    Get prepared for winter: volunteer to receive a new type of covid vaccine

    Healthy adult volunteers needed to participate in a study using Australia’s first self-amplifying mRNA covid vaccinations.

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Current projects

  • Hepatitis HIV

    A surveillance program for the detection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) resistance to tenofovir (TDF) in HIV-HBV co-infected patient

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  • COVID-19Viral Infectious DiseasesPublic Health

    Australasian COVID-19 Trial (ASCOT)

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  • Staphylococcus aureus

    CAMERA2 - combination antibiotic therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection

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  • Hepatitis

    Characterising Hepatitis B in northern Australia through Molecular epidemiology - longitudinal cohort study

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  • HIV

    Circadian HIV RNA Oscillations and Outcomes of Stress (CHRONOS)

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  • HIV

    Dolutegravir intensification study (DIORR)

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  • Enteric infections

    Elucidating metagenomic markers of prolonged diarrhoea in returned travellers

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  • HIV

    Would you like to take part in a study to see where HIV hides in the body?

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  • Influenza

    How do cross-reactive memory B cells affect influenza vaccine titers?

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  • HIV

    Imaging the reservoir (iPHOTO3)

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  • HIV

    Investigating the effects of interferon on HIV persistence in HIV infected patients on ART

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  • Influenza

    LIFT: Investigating T cell immunity to influenza in Indigenous populations

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  • Hepatitis

    Liver Cancer Prevention: linking viral hepatitis diagnosis, treatment and outcomes

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  • Hepatitis HIV

    Long-term persistence of HIV in the liver and the clinical impact on HIV-HBV co-infection (CHHANEL)

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  • Tuberculosis

    The interaction between the host and pathogen genetics in susceptibility to tuberculosis

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  • Tuberculosis

    The role of unconventional T cells in cancer immunity

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  • COVID-19ImmunologyViral Infectious DiseasesPublic Health

    The Sentinel Travellers and Research Preparedness Platform for Emerging Infection Disease (SETREP-ID)

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  • HIV

    The START HIV-1 Reservoir Sub-study

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  • Hepatitis HIV

    Towards a Functional cure for HBV: exploiting lessons from HBV-HIV co-infection

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  • Enteric infections

    Understanding enteric fever through studies of the human genome

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  • Influenza

    Understanding immunity to influenza viruses in patients hospitalised with severe and fatal disease

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  • HIV

    Interested in HIV cure research? (Vitamin D study)

    Volunteers needed for a clinical trial to test whether high dose vitamin D can reduce HIV that persists despite antiretroviral therapy.

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  • HIV

    Would you like to help researchers eradicate HIV?

    Volunteers needed for a study where large volume of white blood cells are collected to understand where HIV hides on treatment and how to get rid of HIV from its hiding place.

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Complete projects

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