Associate Professor Catherine (Kate) Cherry
Burnet Staff Physician and Clinical Epidemiologist

Background
Kate is an infectious diseases physician who has been part of the Burnet since she undertook her PhD studies here in 2000-2004. Following that, Kate remained a clinician-researcher for several years, heading a small Burnet group investigating the neurological complications of HIV infection and the toxicity of HIV treatments.
Today Kate leaves the main work of research to others, but remains a proud Burnet supporter, and maintains a part-time appointment here as Staff Physician. She also works as a clinician (ID physician at Alfred Health) and in hospital governance (board director at Peter Mac).
Qualifications
- 2005 Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology, Monash University
- 2004 PhD, Monash University "Sensory neuropathy in HIV/AIDS”
- 1999 Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) (Infectious Diseases)
- 1992 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), University of Melbourne
Appointments
- 2012 Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- 2011 Principal Burnet Fellow, Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute
- 2011 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
- 2007 Staff Physician, Burnet Institute
- 2000 Consultant Physician, Infectious Diseases Unit, The Alfred Hospital
Awards
Selected awards
- 2016: Honorable mention in the 2016 Intima Journal Essay Contest
- 2010: “Best explainer" Alfred Health Ethics Committee annual awards
- 2009 – 2012: NHMRC Career Development Award
- 2006: Australasian Society for HIV Medicine: Best Epidemiology Poster Prize
- 2005: Viertel Clinical Investigatorship, Charles and Sylvia Viertel foundation
- 2004 2004: President’s Award, Victorian AIDS Council Gay Men’s Health Centre
- 2002: Research Progress Award, People Living with HIV/AIDS Victoria
- 2001: Australasian Society for HIV Medicine: Best Scientific Paper Prize
- 2000 - 2003: NHMRC Post Graduate Research Scholarship
- 1999: The Alfred Hospital Whole Time Medical Specialists Private Practice Scheme Prize for Research Posters
- 1998: Australian Home and Outpatient Intravenous Therapy Association: Best Scientific Paper Prize
- 1998: Australasian Society for HIV Medicine: Best Clinical Paper Prize
- 1992: Austin Hospital Senior Medical Staff Prize (First placed final year student)
- 1992: Alfred Edward Rowden White Prize in Clinical Obstetrics (University of Melbourne)
- 1992: Hillier Prize in Medicine (Janet Clarke Hall)
- 1988: Sunderland Prize in Neuroscience (University of Melbourne)
Positions
- 2014 – present Staff Elected Member, Burnet Institute
- 2012 – 2015 Member, MS Research Australia Social and Applied Research Reference Group
- 2011 Microbiology and Virology Grant Review Panel Member, NHMRC
- 2010 – present Member, Alfred Health Ethics Committee
- 2010 – 2016 Member, MS Advisory Council, Victoria (Chair 2014 – 2016)
- 2008 – present Member, Alfred Health Research Review Committee
- 2007 – present Victorian HIV Blood and Tissue Storage Bank Steering Committee
- 2002 – present Australian National NeuroAIDS Brain & Tissue Bank Steering Committee
- 2001 – 2005 Treasurer, Australian Doctors Orchestra
Reports and other work
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Physical Activity Participation and Cardiovascular Fitness in People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A One- Year Longitudinal Study.
Abstract<br/>Background: Physical activity and cardiovascular fitness are beneficial for HIV-infected individuals; however<br/>effects over a one year period are unknown. This study aimed to document habitual physical activity and<br/>cardiovascular fitness over a 12 month period in stable, HAART-treated individuals with HIV, explore relationships tobody composition, body image and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and evaluate physical activity determinants.
Physical Activity Participation and Cardiovascular Fitness in People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A One- Year Longitudinal Study.
Burnet publications
View 60 moreThe Global Task Force for Chronic Pain in People with HIV (PWH): Developing a research agenda in an emerging field
AIDS Care
Jessica S. Merlin et al
Brief Report: Demographic and Genetic Associations With Markers of Small and Large Fiber Sensory Neuropathy in HIV Patients Treated Without Stavudine
JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Ahmad Yanuar Safri et al
The role of CAMKK2 polymorphisms in HIV-associated sensory neuropathy in South Africans
Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Jessica Gaff et al