Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine

Discovering novel drug lead molecules for inflammatory bowel disease from Australian Aboriginal tropical medicinal plants (Old ID 26510)
Roland Ruscher
01 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2024
Inflammatory Bowel Disease is a debilitating disease, which has no cure. It costs the Australian Hea...
Tropical partnerships to strengthen health systems responses to infectious diseases threats (Old ID 23015)
Tom Burkot
01 Feb 2017 - 30 Apr 2019
The Asia Pacific Region is facing frequent threats from emerging and existing infectious diseases. T...
Beyond Thursday Island: Expanding the current Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) control program across the Torres Strait (Old ID 26327)
Tom Burkot
10 Mar 2019 - 31 Dec 2020
Mosquitoes are uncontestably one of the deadliest animals in the world. Our project will investigate...
Protecting north Queensland from Aedes albopictus, an exotic dengue vector, with Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits (ATSB) (Old ID 26789)
Tom Burkot
13 Mar 2020 - 12 Mar 2022
Aedes albopictus, a documented vector of dengue, Zika and chikungunya, is one of the fastest spreadi...
Preclinical evaluation of phytocompounds as novel antimicrobial agents. (Old ID 27042)
Andreas Kupz
01 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
Through previous work funded by a FNQ Hospital Foundation Grant (JCU-QLD-838341), we have discovered...
Reshaping microbiota extracellular vesicles to combat inflammatory disease. (Old ID 27567)
Roland Ruscher
01 Feb 2024 - 01 Feb 2025
Non-communicable inflammatory diseases such as type 2 diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease are ra...
Advancing the pre-clinical evaluation of a novel modular self-assembling and self-adjuvantin g multiepitope peptide-based nanoparticle tuberculosis vaccine candidate
Andreas Kupz
09 Dec 2024 - 09 Dec 2026
Tuberculosis is a leading infectious cause of death globally and is over-represented in indigenous ...
Unravelling immune heterogeneity in mycobacteria-exposed children from north Queensland
Andreas Kupz
29 Apr 2025 - 28 Apr 2026
This project aims to understand immune responses to tuberculosis (TB) in Indigenous children from Fa...
Unravelling immune heterogeneity in mycobacteria-exposed children from north Queensland
Harindra Sathkumara Mudiyanselage
29 Apr 2025 - 28 Apr 2026
This project aims to understand immune responses to tuberculosis (TB) in Indigenous children from Fa...
Discovery of Novel Biomarkers for Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) Infection Related Cancers - HL Study (Old ID 23629)
Denise Doolan
26 Jul 2017 - 25 Jul 2018
There is a large body of evidence indicating that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) actively contributes to t...

Using stool antigen to screen for Helicobacter pylori in immigrants and refugees from high prevalence countries is relatively cost effective in reducing the burden of gastric cancer and peptic ulceration

Construction of a mathematical model for tuberculosis transmission in highly endemic regions of the Asia-Pacific

TB incidence and characteristics in the remote gulf province of Papua New Guinea: a prospective study

Can Australia eliminate TB? Modelling immigration strategies for reaching MDG targets in a low-transmission setting

Adverse effects of isoniazid preventative therapy for latent tuberculosis infection: a prospective cohort study

Optimizing hospital infection control: the role of mathematical modeling

Effects of HIV antiretroviral therapy on sexual and injecting risk-taking behavior: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Do active surveillance and contact precautions reduce MRSA acquisition? A prospective interrupted time series

Hepatitis C transmission and treatment in contact networks of people who inject drugs

Low-dose aspirin and ibuprofen's sterilizing effects on mycobacterium tuberculosis suggest safe new adjuvant therapies for tuberculosis

Title: Small fish, small pond: The reality of biomedical early career research in regional Australia
Reseracher: Harindra Sathkumara Mudiyanselage (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Title: Newman College tours of AITHM labs, the Herbarium
Reseracher: Harindra Sathkumara Mudiyanselage (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Title: Diplom Biologe (equivalent to MSc), Humboldt University
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2001
End Date: 01 Jan 2006
Title: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2008
End Date: 01 Jan 2011
Title: Graduate Certificate in Advanced Learning and Leadership (GCALL), University of Melbourne
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2010
End Date: 01 Jan 2011
Title: Graduate Certificate in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2015
End Date: 01 Jan 2016
Title: The Bridge Program, Queensland University of Technology
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
End Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: 13x radio interviews , 13x radio interviews across various outlets
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Title: 15x TV interviews, 15x TV interviews across various aoutlets
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Title: Roll Back Malaria Partnership Vector Control Working Group
Reseracher: Tessa Knox (Principal Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024