Translational and clinical research at the Doherty Institute ranges from interventional and observational studies, to laboratory studies. There are a number of current studies taking place, some of which are now recruiting volunteers.
Now recruiting volunteers
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COVID-19
AIRBORNE: Aerosol infection research
We are seeking voluntary participants for a simple study that samples the air around you when you have COVID-19.
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Viral Infectious Diseases
Are you interested in being part of an RSV vaccine study?
Your participation in the study will help to determine whether an investigational vaccine helps to provide protection against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in different populations.
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Viral Infectious Diseases
NIVO-LD: Safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of low dose Nivolumab in adults living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART)
Finding a cure for HIV will provide a way for individuals with HIV to stop HIV medication and keep the virus under control safely.
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HIV
Would you like to help researchers eradicate HIV?
Large volume peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and other biosample collections to define HIV persistence in people living with HIV (REVEAL)
Current projects
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Hepatitis HIV
A surveillance program for the detection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) resistance to tenofovir (TDF) in HIV-HBV co-infected patient
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COVID-19Viral Infectious DiseasesPublic Health
Australasian COVID-19 Trial (ASCOT)
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Staphylococcus aureus
CAMERA2 - combination antibiotic therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
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Hepatitis
Characterising Hepatitis B in northern Australia through Molecular epidemiology - longitudinal cohort study
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Enteric infections
Elucidating metagenomic markers of prolonged diarrhoea in returned travellers
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COVID-19
Get prepared for winter: volunteer to receive a new type of covid vaccine
Healthy adult volunteers needed to participate in a study using Australia’s first self-amplifying mRNA covid vaccinations.
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Influenza
How do cross-reactive memory B cells affect influenza vaccine titers?
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HIV
Investigating the effects of interferon on HIV persistence in HIV infected patients on ART
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Influenza
LIFT: Investigating T cell immunity to influenza in Indigenous populations
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Hepatitis
Liver Cancer Prevention: linking viral hepatitis diagnosis, treatment and outcomes
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Hepatitis HIV
Long-term persistence of HIV in the liver and the clinical impact on HIV-HBV co-infection (CHHANEL)
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Viral Infectious Diseases
NIVO-LD: Safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of low dose Nivolumab in adults living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART)
Finding a cure for HIV will provide a way for individuals with HIV to stop HIV medication and keep the virus under control safely.
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Tuberculosis
The interaction between the host and pathogen genetics in susceptibility to tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis
The role of unconventional T cells in cancer immunity
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COVID-19ImmunologyViral Infectious DiseasesPublic Health
The Sentinel Travellers and Research Preparedness Platform for Emerging Infection Disease (SETREP-ID)
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Hepatitis HIV
Towards a Functional cure for HBV: exploiting lessons from HBV-HIV co-infection
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Enteric infections
Understanding enteric fever through studies of the human genome
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Influenza
Understanding immunity to influenza viruses in patients hospitalised with severe and fatal disease
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HIV
Would you like to help researchers eradicate HIV?
Large volume peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and other biosample collections to define HIV persistence in people living with HIV (REVEAL)
Complete projects
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HIV
Circadian HIV RNA Oscillations and Outcomes of Stress (CHRONOS)
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HIV
Do you have HIV and about to undergo immunotherapy for cancer?
Volunteers needed for a study where extra blood tests will be taken during immunotherapy treatment for cancer.
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HIV
Dolutegravir intensification study (DIORR)
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HIV
Would you like to take part in a study to see where HIV hides in the body?
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HIV
Imaging the reservoir (iPHOTO3)
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HIV
The START HIV-1 Reservoir Sub-study
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HIV
Interested in HIV cure research? (Vitamin D study)
Volunteers needed for a clinical trial to test whether high dose vitamin D can reduce HIV that persists despite antiretroviral therapy.