COVID-19 research and expertise
Helping governments shape the recovery
Sydney experts are at the forefront of COVID-19 research, from understanding its genetic origins to developing variant-proof vaccines.
More recent COVID-19 research
- The impact on business
Experts discuss how COVID-19 might impact the economy, businesses, governments and society. - New WFH and transport-related patterns emerge
After two years working from home due to the pandemic, many Australians have established a new working pattern. - Sydney road networks could influence COVID spread
All roads lead to COVID, but some are more susceptible than others, a world-first study by Australian researchers has revealed. - COVID-19 and schools: teacher shortage crisis
Associate Professor Rachel Wilson in Education and Dr Giuseppe Carabetta in Business argue for a long-term plan for recruiting and retaining teachers. - Pandemic leaves permanent scar on retail workers
More than half of Australian retail workers experienced customer abuse during the pandemic, while nearly half felt their job became more insecure.
- Prepare for the next pandemic
What should an Australian Centre for Disease Control look like? And how can it improve our response to future infectious disease outbreaks? - How COVID created dramatic changes in a 'winter virus'
A University of Sydney-led study reveals how the pandemic has changed the normal patterns of winter viruses in Australia, with new strains emerging and leaving most others 'extinct'. Researchers are warning of unexpected rebounds in the future. - Partnership to develop 'variant-proof' vaccine
The University of Sydney is a lead partner in an international consortium awarded up to US$19.3 million by The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to support the development of a 'variant-proof' SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate. - Pandemic response led to drop in deaths in 2020
The public health measures taken in response to the pandemic resulted in fewer-than-expected Australian deaths overall in 2020, including death from COVID-19, but more deaths from diabetes. - Sotrovimab causes treatment-resistant mutations
Australian researchers have uncovered resistance mutations to Sotrovimab - a monoclonal antibody treatment developed to minimise the risk of severe COVID-19 in patients who have underlying health conditions. - Are medicines affecting our response to infections?
A wide-reaching global review has found that some of the most common pain and fever medicines might increase vulnerability to infections like COVID-19, while others may hold hope for improving our immune response.
- Dementia and loneliness during COVID
An international multi-centre study has found worsened neuropsychiatric symptoms in people living with dementia, and a decline in carer mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. - Student pioneers COVID communication tool
PhD candidate recognised for developing COVID-19 dashboard.
Our COVID-19 experts
Triage and smart diagnosis
Diagnosis, prognosis, treatment
- Professor Tom Snelling
- Professor Tania Sorrell
- Professor Ben Marais
- Professor Jonathan Iredell
- Professor Robert Booy
- A/Professor Gregory Fox
- Dr Matthew O’sullivan
- Professor David Isaacs
- Professor Jennifer Alison
- Dr Bernard Hudson
- Associate Professor Katy Bell
- A/Professor Simon Poon
Drug development
- Professor Hak-Kim Chan
- A/Professor Wojciech Chrzanwoski
- Professor James Triccas
- Professor Andrew MacLachlan
- Associate Professor Nial Wheate
Sequencing & genomics of coronavirus
- Professor Eddie Holmes
- Professor Dominic Dwyer
- Professor Greg Neely
- Dr John-Sebastian Eden
- Dr Jen Kok
Virology & vaccine development
- A/Professor Veysel Kayser
- Professor Tony Cunningham AO
- Professor Sarah Palmer
- Professor Jamie Triccas
- Dr Mainthan Palendira
- Dr Megan Steain
- A/Professor Timothy Newsome
- Dr Hannah Sassi
Veterinary science & emerging diseases
Public health
- Professor Mu Li
- A/Professor Ying Zhang
- Dr Kerrie Wiley
- Professor Joel Negin
- Dr Seye Abimbola
- Dr Fiona Stanaway
- Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis
- Professor Allison Jaure
- Professor Karen Canfell
- Professor Julie Redfern
- Dr Aaron Jenkins
- Professor Kristen Mccaffery
Infection control and prevention
Serology surveys, epidemiology
Epidemics & Pandemics Modelling
Bioinformatics
Ventilators, personal protection, biomedical engineering
Mental health & wellbeing
- Professor Ian Hickie
- Professor Mark Dadds
- Professor Caroline Hunt
- Professor Louise Sharpe
- Professor Sharon Naismith
- Professor Maree Teesson
- A/Professor Sabina Kleitman
Dentistry and oral health
Health security, policy, ethics
- Professor Gwynnyth Llewellyn
- Professor Marc Stears
- Dr Diego Silva
- Professor James Der Derian
- A/Professor Gaby Ramia
- Professor James Curran
- A/Professor Anna Boucher
Health communication
Economy and business impacts
- Professor John Nelson
- Professor Matthew Beck
- A/Professor Stephen Clibborn
- A/Professor Chris F Wright
- A/Professor Eliza Wu
- A/Professor Salvatore Babones
- Dr Yale Wong
- Dr Christopher Gibbs
- Dr Russell Toth
- A/Professor Shyamal Chowdhury
- Professor Andreas Rauch
- Professor Susan Throp
- Professor Leanne Cutcher
- Associate Professor Stefan Meisiek
Environment, sustainability, housing planning and disaster response
- Dr Arunima Malik
- A/Professor Dallas Rogers
- Professor Nicole Gurran
- Dr Sophia Maalsen
- Dr Catherine Gilbert
- Professor Donald Mcneill
- Professor Dale Dominey-Howes
- Professor Mark Colyvan
Education
History
Law
More than 20 Sydney researchers contributed to the ‘Roadmap to Recovery’ report, a report provided to the Federal Government by the Group of Eight (Go8) to help Australia move through its exit and recovery phase of COVID-19.
A taskforce of more than 100 researchers from across the Go8 collaborated to produce a report with two options for Australia’s pandemic response.
The Elimination strategy would see a continuation of the lock-down further than mid-May in certain jurisdictions, likely by another 30 days while waiting for cases from local sources to fall to zero and remain at that level for a few weeks, while the Controlled Adaption (Suppression) strategy would see a gradual relaxation of resections and adaptative relaxation of social distancing as early as Mid-May.
The Report explicitly acknowledged the participation and contribution of the following University of Sydney staff
- Dr Andrew Black, Westmead Living Lab
- Professor Alex Broom, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Professor Deborah Bunker, Sydney Business School
- Professor Rae Cooper, Sydney Business School
- Professor Mark Dadds, Faculty of Science
- Dr Christian Ehnis, Sydney Business School
- Professor Ian Hickie, Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Professor Eddie Holmes, Faculty of Science
- Associate Professor Adam Kamradt-Scott, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Associate Professor Sabina Kleitman, Faculty of Science
- Professor David Le Couteur, Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Professor Julie Leask, Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Professor Kirsten McCaffery, Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Professor Alistair McEwan, Faculty of Engineering
- Associate Professor Lucy Morgan, Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Professor James Morley, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Professor Mikhail Prokopenko, Faculty of Engineering
- Associate Professor Gaby Ramia, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
- Professor Louise Sharpe, Faculty of Science
- Professor Tania Sorrell, Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Professor Marc Stears, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Professor Tim Usherwood, Faculty of Medicine and Health
You can read ‘COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery – A Report for the Nation’ on the Go8 website.
