Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine

Building a simulation model to improve cardiovascular disease risk prediction and treatment for indigenous Australians (Old ID 22925)
Robyn McDermott
01 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2020
This project will use a large linked cohort of 2800 Indigenous adults from north Queensland remote c...
Protecting north Queensland from Aedes albopictus, an exotic dengue vector, with Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits (ATSB) (Old ID 26789)
Tanya Russell
13 Mar 2020 - 12 Mar 2022
Aedes albopictus, a documented vector of dengue, Zika and chikungunya, is one of the fastest spreadi...
Understanding Babesia Pathogenesis (Old ID 27083)
Brian Cooke
01 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2024
This project aims at gaining a deep understanding of the biology of Babesia parasites and how they c...
Age-associated properties of intraepithelial lymphocytes, and their relation to intestinal diseases (Old ID 27181)
Roland Ruscher
01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2026
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer are a severe burden to those affected. While ...
Unravelling the correlates of protection against tuberculosis (Old ID 25064)
Andreas Kupz
01 Jul 2018 - 31 Dec 2018
Tuberculosis (TB) is a global health problem and causes significant mortality, due to the low effici...
Development of a novel wound healing agent (Old ID 28948)
Norelle Daly
01 Apr 2023 - 30 Mar 2024
Ancient traditional medicines, while often not mechanistically well characterised, can be incredibly...
Novel biologics for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease and necrotising enterocolitis, inspired by host-parasite co-evolution. (Old ID 27128)
Roland Ruscher
01 Feb 2021 - 31 Aug 2022
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) pose a major health burden with severe symptoms, and IBD onset in ...
Development and deployment of a subunit vaccine against bovine babesiosis (Old ID 27171)
Brian Cooke
01 Sep 2020 - 28 Feb 2024
Bovine babesiosis caused by Babesia bovis is a tick‐transmitted disease that causes severe, often fa...
Unravelling novel immune parameters that correlate with BCG vaccination in humans. (Old ID 27409)
Andreas Kupz
02 Nov 2021 - 02 Nov 2022
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading infectious cause of death globally and is over-represented in Indigen...
Immunogenicity of Inovio SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine candidate in Ferrets. (Old ID 27533)
Socorro Miranda-Hernandez
11 Feb 2022 - 30 Jun 2022
This project aims to characterise the immune responses following two doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine can...
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