My research is helping farmers and rural families who rely on their animals for food and income; ultimately protecting our health, food quality and supply.
Associate Professor Jenny-Ann Toribio
Antimicrobial honey
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I'm identifying key components behind honey's antimicrobial effects, and exploring how this natural resource can be harnessed to develop new treatments.
Dr Kenya Fernandes
Infectious diseases across species
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Together, we can improve animal welfare, food safety, human nutrition, and people's livelihoods in developed and developing countries in our region and around the globe.
Professor Ruth Zadoks
Vaccine development
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Our work at Sydney ID provides foundational research to develop more powerful vaccines specifically designed to protect our vulnerable loved ones.
Dr Kerrie Sandgren
Aquaculture
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Fish farming - or aquaculture - is one of the fastest growing food production sectors on the planet and plays a pivotal role in global food security.
Dr Francisca Samsing
Understanding health information
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Our research helps to contain disease outbreaks quickly and effectively by communicating the best possible information to populations at risk.
Professor Kirsten McCaffery
Community engagement
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Our research focuses on supporting affected communities to have a powerful voice.
Associate Professor Sarah Bernays
Virus evolution
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Viruses are among the most diverse organisms on the planet, and they may have been around since the beginning of life itself.
Dr Mary Petrone
Viruses
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Viruses have learned to become masters at manipulating our cells during an infection. By studying viruses, we can learn their tricks and harness them for our own benefit.
Dr Megan Steain
Novel vaccine technologies
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My work focuses on innovative methods, strategies and new technologies to prevent infectious diseases.
Dr Cristyn Davies
Phage therapy
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Without novel solutions, antimicrobial resistant infections will be the leading cause of death globally by 2050.
Dr Ameneh Khatami
Saliva testing for safer antibiotics
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We have developed pain free tests to measure the concentration of antibiotics in saliva.
Professor Jan-Willem Alffenaar
Lung infection and inflammation
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The work I do finds new ways to train or teach our immune system how best to respond to respiratory infections.
Dr Anneliese Ashhurst
Disease outbreaks
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Using epidemiology and population health tools, my research group studies how infectious diseases spread from person to person, how to monitor patterns of spread, how we can prevent transmission and control outbreaks.
Associate Professor Meru Sheel
Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases affecting humankind. We need to harness all the modern advances in science and medicine to make it something of the past.
Professor Ben Marais
Inventing better antibiotics
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My lab aims to better understand the bacterial cell surface; discover new antibiotics; and train Australia's next generation of bacteriology researchers.
Dr Matthew Doyle
Health literacy
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I'm working on tools and strategies to support communities to have access to better health information.
Dr Carissa Bonner
Vaccine uptake
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Assuming why people don't vaccinate can lead to the wrong solutions or the wrong messages.
Professor Julie Leask
Landscape epidemiology
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We endeavour to protect the health of humans, animals, plants and their broader ecosystems.
Dr Michael Walsh
Neonatal sepsis
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I work with clinicians and researchers to try and help infants survive overwhelming multidrug resistant infections.
Dr Phoebe Williams
Emerging infectious diseases
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I work on integrating animal, human and ecosystem health to prevent disease spread between animals and humans.
Dr Victoria Brookes
Vaccinating people and animals
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How people feel, think and act has a huge impact on how well we can control some diseases.
Dr Kerrie Wiley
Brain infections
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The work I do helps watch out for acute respiratory and brain infections in children in Australia.
Associate Professor Phil Britton
Multipathogen genomics
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In my research group, we develop modern genomics and computational tools to keep tabs on hundreds of pathogen species all at the same time.
Dr Tanya Golubchik
Making new vaccines
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Our overall mission is to advance the field of vaccine science, strengthen protection against emerging and re-emerging diseases, and ultimately save lives.
Professor Jamie Triccas
Fungi
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Fungi cause more deaths each year than malaria, and almost as many as tuberculosis.
Associate Professor Justin Beardsley
Virus hunters
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My team and I are virus hunters: using genetic sequencing to find and track the viruses that live across the boundaries of human and animal health.
Dr John-Sebastian Eden
Genomes
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The genetic code of a pathogen allows us to understand a lot about the bug, its ancestry, and how it's infecting people.
Dr Rebecca Rockett
Planetary health
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Planetary health is about how the health of our planet affects our own health.
Dr Aaron Jenkins
Health service innovations
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My research designs and tests feasible health service innovations to improve access to care and health outcomes in Australia and overseas.
Dr Manisha Yapa
Preventing Q fever
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As a veterinarian and researcher, I'm interested in infectious diseases that are shared between animals and humans.
Associate Professor Kate Bosward
Childhood Pneumonia
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By working with clinicians, scientists, policymakers and communities, we aim for a future where every child can grow up healthy, free from the threat of pneumonia.
