Professor Michelle Giles
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- Position:
- Head of Vaccine Research Group | Infectious Diseases Physician
- Theme(s):
- Immunology, Viral Infectious Diseases
- Discipline(s):
- Public Health, Clinical and health systems research
- Unit(s):
- Department of Infectious Diseases
- Lab Group(s):
- Vaccine Research Group
Professor Michelle Giles is a lead of the Clinical and Health Systems Research cross-cutting discipline and the Vaccine Research Group at the Doherty Institute. She is an infectious diseases physician and clinician scientist, with clinical appointments at Alfred Health, The Royal Women’s Hospital and Monash Health. She also has academic appointments at the Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University. Michelle specialises in infections in pregnancy and maternal immunisation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Michelle has supported the Government’s responses with a focus on control of community transmission of infection, and in leading policy advice for the COVID-19 vaccination program.