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Prof

Graham Brown

Honorary
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
humans
female
plasmodium falciparum
infectious diseases
male
adult
animals
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Prof

Graham Brown

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Global health
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Graham Brown.

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Immunity to malaria in pregnancy

Increasing malaria control efforts may lead to lack of exposure needed to develop immunity. We will use plasma samples from Africa, PNG and ..

2012 - 2015
Completed
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Are alternative histones important regulators of transcription in Plasmodium falciparum?

Malaria parasites depend on tightly controlled expression of their genes for maintaining infection and causing disease. The project will ide..

2011 - 2014
Completed
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Appropriate Health Diagnostic Tools for Developing Countries using Mobile Phones and Inexpensive Sensors

2011 - 2014
Completed
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APPROPRIATE HEALTH DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES USING MOBILE PHONES AND INEXPENSIVE SENSORS (TR 1F)

2011 - 2013
Completed
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Correlates of corticosteroids in dengue

Dengue is a globally important infectious disease. This study will seek to understand how corticosteroids, an immune modulating class of dru..

2011 - 2014
Completed
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Correlates of corticosteroids in dengue

Dengue is a globally important infectious disease. This study will seek to understand how corticosteroids, an immune modulating class of dru..

2011 - 2014
Completed
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Which malaria proteins are targets of protective immunity?

The malaria parasite changes molecules it uses to cause disease, this alters its appearance so it can escape people's immune response. Howev..

2011 - 2014
Completed
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CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT: MATHEMATICAL MODELLING FOR IMPROVED PLANNING OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONTROL POLICY

We will develop high-level technical capacity in mathematical modeling of infectious disease transmission and control in Australia, with a f..

2009 - 2011
Completed
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CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT: MATHEMATICAL MODELLING FOR IMPROVED PLANNING OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONTROL POLICY

We will develop high-level technical capacity in mathematical modeling of infectious disease transmission and control in Australia, with a f..

2009 - 2010
Completed
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Transcriptional control of antigenic variation in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Malaria is a major health concern for the Australian Defence Personnel recently deployed in East Timor, Afghanistan and the Solomon Islands ..

2008 - 2011
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Projects

Project Types

15

Research Grant

6

Research Contracts

1

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Graham Brown.

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The significance and expectations of HIV cure research among people living with HIV in Australia

Jennifer Power, Gary W Dowsett, Andrew Westle, Joseph D Tucker, Sophie Hill, Jeremy Sugarman, Sharon R Lewin, Graham Brown, Jayne Lucke

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS ONE

Most people living with HIV (PLHIV) with reliable access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) have a life expectancy similar to uninf..

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The &ITPlasmodium falciparum &ITtranscriptome in severe malaria reveals altered expression of genes involved in important processes including surface antigen-encoding &ITvar &ITgenes

Gerry Q Tonkin-Hill, Leily Trianty, Rintis Noviyanti, Hanh HT Nguyen, Boni F Sebayang, Daniel A Lampah, Jutta Marfurt, Simon A Cobbold, Janavi S Rambhatla, Malcolm J McConville, Stephen J Rogerson, Graham Brown, Karen P Day, Ric N Price, Nicholas M Anstey, Anthony T Papenfuss, Michael F Duffy

Journal article  |  2018  |  PLOS BIOLOGY

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Sources of information-seeking on sexually transmitted infections and safer sex by older heterosexual Australian men and women

Anthony Lyons, Gosia Mikolajczak, Wendy Heywood, B Fileborn, Victor Minichiello, Sharon Hinchliff, Sue Malta, Briony Dow, Catherine Barrett, Graham Brown

Journal article  |  2018  |  Educational Gerontology

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Safer Sex in Later Life: Qualitative Interviews With Older Australians on Their Understandings and Practices of Safer Sex

Bianca Fileborn, Graham Brown, Anthony Lyons, Sharron Hinchliff, Wendy Heywood, Victor Minichiello, Sue Malta, Catherine Barrett, Pauline Crameri

Journal article  |  2018  |  The Journal of Sex Research

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Activation and clustering of a Plasmodium falciparum var gene are affected by subtelomeric sequences

Michael F Duffy, Jingyi Tang, Fransisca Sumardy, Hanh HT Nguyen, Shamista A Selvarajah, Gabrielle A Josling, Karen P Day, Michaela Petter, Graham V Brown

Journal article  |  2017  |  The FEBS Journal

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Functional Antibodies and Protection against Blood-Stage Malaria

Andrew Teo, Gaoqian Feng, Graham V Brown, James G Beeson, Stephen J Rogerson

Journal article  |  2016  |  TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

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Differences in PfEMP1s recognized by antibodies from patients with uncomplicated or severe malaria

Michael F Duffy, Rintis Noviyanti, Takafumi Tsuboi, Zhi-Ping Feng, Leily Trianty, Boni F Sebayang, Eizo Takashima, Fransisca Sumardy, Daniel A Lampah, Louise Turner, Thomas Lavstsen, Freya JI Fowkes, Peter Siba, Stephen J Rogerson, Thor G Theander, Jutta Marfurt, Ric N Price, Nicholas M Anstey, Graham V Brown, Anthony T Papenfuss

Journal article  |  2016  |  MALARIA JOURNAL

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A Plasmodium Falciparum Bromodomain Protein Regulates Invasion Gene Expression

Gabrielle A Josling, Michaela Petter, Sophie C Oehring, Archna P Gupta, Olivier Dietz, Danny W Wilson, Thomas Schubert, Gernot Laengst, Paul R Gilson, Brendan S Crabb, Suzette Moes, Paul Jenoe, Shu Wei Lim, Graham V Brown, Zbynek Bozdech, Till S Voss, Michael F Duffy

Journal article  |  2015  |  Cell Host & Microbe

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Malaria preventive therapy in pregnancy and its potential impact on immunity to malaria in an area of declining transmission

Andrew Teo, Wina Hasang, Louise M Randall, Holger W Unger, Peter M Siba, Ivo Mueller, Graham V Brown, Stephen J Rogerson

Journal article  |  2015  |  MALARIA JOURNAL

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High numbers of circulating pigmented polymorphonuclear neutrophils as a prognostic marker for decreased birth weight during malaria in pregnancy

Caroline Lin Lin Chua, Leanne J Robinson, Francesca Baiwog, Danielle I Stanisic, John A Hamilton, Graham V Brown, Stephen J Rogerson, Philippe Boeuf

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Journal for Parasitology

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Clinical Sciences
Clinical (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Medical Microbiology
Public Health and Health Services
Public Health
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Other Medical and Health Sciences
Immunology
Expanding Knowledge

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2010

Member of the Order of Australia

2011

Health Lifetime Achievement Award

Minister of Health (Victoria)
2008

Fellowship

Queensland Institute of Medical Research
2008

Ashdown Oration

Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
2007

Chairmans Award of Melbourne Health Outstanding leadership and excellence in their chosen field

Melbourne Health
2006

Innovation in Information Technology, Victorian Public Healthcare Award

Department of Human Services
2005

Presidential Oration

Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases
2001

Inaugural Royce Abbey Oration

Rotary Club of Melbourne-Latrobe Inc
1992

The Eric Susman Prize

Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1990

Australian Academy of Science/Australian Academy of Technological Sciences/Royal Society Exchange Programme

Australian Academy of Science/Australian Academy of Technological Sciences/Royal Society
1971

Wall Award for Junior RMO

Royal Melbourne Hospital
1970

Stirling Prize for Surgery

University of Melbourne
1983

FAFPHM - Fellow of the Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine

1983

FACTM - Fellow of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine

1970

FRACP - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Honorary

Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Casual

Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Education

Bachelor of Medicine

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Surgery

University of Melbourne

Master of Public Health

Harvard University

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

International Linkages

Papua New Guinea's Institute of Medical Research

Papua New Guinea

The Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology

Indonesia