Professor Katherine Kedzierska is Head of the Human T cell Laboratory in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Doherty Institute. Katherine also holds the positions of Deputy Head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chair of the Departmental Graduate Research Committee and Visiting Professor at Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan). Katherine is a NHMRC Investigator Fellow, Dame Kate Campbell Fellow and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Katherine received her PhD from Monash University in 2002, studying immunity to HIV infection with Professor Suzanne Crowe at the Burnet Institute. Katherine undertook her postdoctoral training as a NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellow at The University of Melbourne with Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty before establishing her independent research group in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in 2012.
