Dr Claire Gordon

Dr Claire Gordon an immunology scientist and infectious diseases physician. She is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Infectious Diseases Physician at Austin Health, Clinical Lead at North Eastern Public Health Unit and Director of the Australian Donation and Transplantation Biobank. Claire completed training in infectious diseases in 2011 and then studied T cell memory at Columbia University and the University of Oxford until returning to Melbourne in 2018. Claire is currently working in the Laboratory of Professor Laura Mackay, investigating the identification and function of human tissue-resident memory T cells in infection, cancer and autoimmunity.

Key Achievements
Publications
Research Groups

Key Achievements
- Claire’s research focuses on innovative projects that bridge the gap between basic science research and clinical medicine. Claire has made significant contributions to the understanding of human tissue T cell immunity in health, infection, cancer and autoimmunity, resulting in publications in leading journals such Immunity and Nature Medicine. Claire has been the recipient of numerous competitive fellowships and grants including a NHMRC Early Career Fellowship, NHMRC Ideas grant, Fulbright postgraduate scholarship and Endeavour postgraduate scholarship . Claire established and leads the Australian Donation and Transplantation Biobank which aims to link organ donation with medical research.
Publications

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Research Groups
- Laura Mackay Group
  
  Laura’s group aims to understand how the immune system responds to infection. Research is focused on uncovering the signals that guide lymphocyte development in peripheral tissues, with an aim to discover new therapies to boost protective immunity.
  
  Lab Team
  - Claire Gordon
    
    Research Fellow, Infectious Diseases Physician, Austin Health
  - Thomas Burn
    
    Research Officer
  - Susan Christo
    
    Research Officer
  - Maximilien Evrard
    
    Research Officer, University of Melbourne McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow
  - Raissa Fonseca
    
    Research Officer
  - Luke Gandolfo
    
    Research Officer (Computational Biology)
  - Dr Simone Park
    
    Research Fellow
  - Natasha Zamudio
    
    Research Officer
  - Brooke Davies
    
    Research Assistant
  - Allison Clatch
    
    PhD Student
  - Nagela Ghabdan Zanluqui
    
    PhD Student
  - Andreas Obers
    
    PhD Student
  - Maleika Osman
    
    PhD Student

Dr Claire Gordon

Laura Mackay Group

Lab Team