Dr Thomas Rasmussen
(03) 8344 3501 | rasmussent@unimelb.edu.au
- Position:
- Associate Clinical Director of HIV Cure Studies
- Theme(s):
- HIV
- Unit(s):
- The University of Melbourne
- Lab Group(s):
- Lewin Group
Dr Thomas Rasmussen is a Clinical Research Fellow in Professor Sharon Lewin’s laboratory. Thomas has a Doctor of Medicine degree from Aarhus University, Denmark in 2006 and has since been involved in clinical infectious disease medicine and HIV-related science with research activities primarily including clinical, translational and epidemiological studies. He completed his PhD in HIV in 2014, which was focused on the clinical use of histone deacetylase inhibitors to reverse HIV-1 latency. Thomas’ ongoing research is focused at understanding the barriers to curing HIV-1 infection and testing new strategies aimed at eliminating latent HIV-1 infection.
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Key Achievements
Publications
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Based at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, Thomas has led a pre-clinical study of histone deacetylase inhibitors and their potential use in HIV-1 infection. Subsequently, he was the principal investigator on a phase I/IIa clinical trial investigating the effect of the histone deacetylase inhibitor, panobinostat, on HIV-1 latency in patients with chronic HIV-1 infection. The primary results of this study, which was funded by a grant from The Danish Research Council, were published in The Lancet HIV in October, 2014. He is also an investigator on several on-going clinical studies investigating interventions aimed at the development of a cure for HIV.
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Lewin Group
The focus of the Lewin group is to understand why HIV infection persists on antiretroviral therapy and to develop new strategies to eliminate latency. The lab also researches factors that drive liver disease in HIV-hepatitis B virus co-infection. The lab is also actively involved in COVID in relation to pathogenesis, the use of primary tissue models, and developing therapeutics using gene editing strategies.
Lab Team
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Senior Research Fellow
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Senior Research Fellow
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Dr Wei ZhaoResearch Fellow
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Dr Chris ChiuResearch Fellow
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Dr Youry KimResearch Fellow
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Dr Stan KanResearch Fellow
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Dr Jill LauClinical Research Fellow
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Clinical Research Liason Officer
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Dr Judy ChangResearch Systems Administrator
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Dr Catherine KennedyResearch Coordinator
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Research Coordinator
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Ajantha RhodesLab Manager
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Carolin TumpachResearch Support Officer
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Rosalyn CaoResearch Support Officer
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Danielle FongResearch Support Officer
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Abigail TanResearch Support Officer
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Dr Kasha SinghPhD student/Clinician
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Jared SternPhD Candidate
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Rachel PascoePhD Candidate
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Paula CevaalPhD Candidate
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Haoming LiuPhD Candidate
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Kiho TanakaPhD Candidate
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Rory ShepherdPhD Candidate
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Lauren WallaceHonours Student
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Bridget FisherHonours Student
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Associate Professor Edwina WrightClinical Affiliate
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Dr James McMahonClinical Affiliate
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Head, Clinical Virology and HIV Services, Austin Health
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Associate Professor Thomas RasmussenClinical Affiliate
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