
MBBS MRCP(UK) MD PhD FHEA FRCP
As a Senior Lecturer in Pathology at UNSW, I am an educator and a researcher focussing on neglected tropical diseases and emerging viral infections.
I am the chairperson of Human Research Ethics Committee (C) of UNSW, and a member of the higher degree research review panel at Kirby Institute. I am also the Secretary of the Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology. My other administrative roles include being an editorial board member or an associate editor for BMC Infectious Diseases, Cochrane Clinical Answers, Systematic Reviews, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases and Frontiers in Education, and a Cochrane author affiliated to the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group. I am a clinician trained in Internal Medicine and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom. As an educator, I am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy of United Kingdom and my teaching portfolio can be accessed here.
My research program is affiliated to the Viral Immunology Systems Program of Kirby Institute and supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council. Current projects focus on emerging viral (Dengue, Zika, Hepatitis C, SARS-nCoV-2), and other tropical infections (Q fever and Rickettsial infections, leptospirosis, malaria). Our work extends from basic laboratory research to clinical research and translation, and evidence synthesis to improve the diagnosis and treatment of tropical infections.
Investigator Initiated Research grant, Seqirus Australia (Industry grant), Prevalence of missed Q fever in Australia, 2021-2022
H2Seq: Viral genomics for public health interventions in HIV and HCV - Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), 2021 - 2026
NHMRC Investigator grant (Emerging Leader 1 category), 2020 - 2024
SOMS Early Career Research support grant 2018 -2019
Research Infrastructure Support Scheme (3 grants) , UNSW 2017, 2018
Vulnerability to severe dengue infection, Next generation sequencing, molecular epidemiology and evolutionary analysis of RNA viruses, Host immunity against RNA virus infections
Associate Editor - Systematic Reviews (Journal), Cochrane Clinical Answers, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Editorial Board Member - BMC Infectious Diseases
Review Editor - Frontiers in Education
Secretary - Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology
Fellow - Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom
Fellow - Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom
My Research Supervision
Completed Supervisions - PhD
Current Students - PhD
My Teaching
Please see myEducation portfolio for the full teaching profile
Co-convener
1. PATH3205 - Molecular basis of disease, Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences
2. PATH3206 - Cancer Pathology, Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences
Pathology teaching and assessments
1. MD/MBBS - Phase 1, 2 and 3
2. PATH2201 - Processes of Disease
3. PATH3205 - Molecular Basis of Disease
4. PATH3206 - Cancer Pathology
5. PATH3207 - Musculoskeletal Diseases