Our vision
To improve health globally through discovery research and the prevention, treatment and cure of infectious diseases.
Latest News
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15 Oct 2024
‘Awful reality’: Albanese government injects $95 million to fight the latest deadly bird flu
This article, first published in The Conversation, was written by University of Melbourne, Dr Michelle Wille, Senior Research F… -
10 Oct 2024
Doherty Institute researcher awarded the University of Melbourne’s 2025 McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowship
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09 Oct 2024
Spotlight on Therapeutics: How can we harness early immunity for rapid therapeutic development?
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08 Oct 2024
Harnessing genomics for public health: the AusPathoGen Program
Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics
A mission-driven, global research centre to enable rapid design and development of therapeutics for future pandemics
Impact Report 2023
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Doherty Institute Strategic Plan
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Meet our people
Our people are at the forefront of research, teaching, public health and reference laboratory services, diagnostic services and clinical care in infectious diseases and immunity.
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Kerrie Stevens Section Leader Reference, Unusual Pathogens and Resistance
Kerrie Stevens is the Reference, Unusual Pathogens and Resistance (RUPR) Section Leader at the Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Public Health Laboratory…
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Dr Isobel Walker Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Isobel obtained her PhD in 2023 at the University of Melbourne, where she researched antibody mediated immunity to parasites that cause severe malaria…
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Associate Professor Patrick Charles Acting Director of Infectious Disease Unit, Austin Health
Patrick is currently Acting Director of Infectious Disease Unit at Austin Health, as well as Deputy Director of General Medicine. He completed…
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Dr Siddhartha Mahanty Honorary Associate Professor; Department of Infectious Diseases
Dr Mahanty is an infectious diseases specialist and physician-scientist whose research focuses on host-parasite interactions in the pathogenesis of…