The Infectious Diseases Systems Epidemiology Working Group is headed by Professor Alyssa Barry, who also has a laboratory at Deakin University’s Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT) in Geelong.
Research in the lab focuses predominantly on malaria, and we also have projects focusing on COVID-19 and Buruli ulcer.
We conduct genomic and immunological analyses of samples from large, well-designed epidemiological studies to understand pathogen transmission dynamics, virulence, drug resistance, antigenic diversity and the development of immunity in the human host. Techniques used include molecular biology, genomics, serology, bioinformatics, population genetics, biostatistics and machine learning.
A number of exciting student projects are available including:
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