Research in the Barry lab focuses on understanding the diversity of pathogens and their human hosts and developing novel approaches to monitor, control and eliminate malaria.
Current topics of research include disease spread, transmission dynamics and evolution, vaccine development, drug resistance, diagnostics and naturally acquired immunity in the human host.
We are using cutting edge approaches to inform malaria control and elimination. Genome sequencing allows us to track the spread of malaria infections through communities and determine their source. Genomic data also provides an early warning system for drug resistance and determines which strains are circulating, aiding the development of vaccines.
We aim to introduce genomic surveillance into malaria control programs as a way to target control to regions where it can make the greatest impact. The technology we develop for malaria is also being translated for use in other infectious diseases.
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Phylogeography of var gene repertoires reveals fine-scale geospatial clustering of Plasmodium falciparum populations in a highly endemic area
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Credentials
Positions
Honorary
Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Science (Honours)
University of Tasmania