Dr Louise Rowntree is a NHMRC EL1 Fellow with extensive expertise in viral immunology in vulnerable populations. Louise completed her PhD at Monash University investigating human cross-reactive CD8+ T cells in viral infections. She then joined Professor Anthony Purcell's Laboratory (Monash) to further explore T cell cross-reactivity between viral and self-antigens and identify allopeptides. Louise has been a key senior member of Professor Katherine Kedzierska’s Laboratory at the Doherty Institute since 2019, where her work focuses on dissecting anti-viral responses in high-risk groups, including First Nations peoples, pregnant women, children and patients with co-morbidities, with an emphasis on T cell epitope identification and T cell responses associated with severe disease.
