Prof Katherine Kedzierska

Professor Katherine Kedzierska is the Head of the Human T cell Laboratory in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow Level B. Her principal area of expertise is viral immunology.

She received her PhD from Monash University in 2002. Her PhD, performed at the Burnet Institute with Professor Suzanne Crowe, studied immunity to HIV infection and the mechanisms of disease pathogenicity. As an NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology with Laureate Professor Peter Doherty, Katherine undertook research into the key mechanisms underlying immunological T cell memory formation and persistence. Subsequently, as an NHMRC RD Wright Fellow, then an NHMRC CDF2 Fellow, Katherine has established her independent research on universal immunity to human influenza viruses.

Katherine’s PhD work was recognised by the 2001 Premier’s Commendation for Medical Research, 2002 Monash University Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal and an NHMRC Peter Doherty Postdoctoral Fellowship to pursue her postdoctoral research with Laureate Professor Peter Doherty. In 2007, she was awarded an NHMRC RD Wright Fellowship and grant funding to establish her own research team. She is currently an NHMRC CDF2 Research Fellow and a group leader of the Human T cell Laboratory. Katherine was the recipient of the 2011 NHMRC Excellence Award and the Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Award and the 2016 Australian Academy of Science Jacques Miller Medal for Experimental Medicine. She is an Adjunct Professor at Fudan University in Shanghai, China and a Co-Director of the Sino-Australia Joint Research Laboratory for the Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease Research, Fudan-Melbourne University, located at the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre.

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Katherine Kedzierska's highlights

FEATURED Journal article

Influenza A Virus-Infected Lung Epithelial Cell Co-Culture with Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells.

Katherine Kedzierska's selected work

Harnessing Universal Immunity To Influenza

Research Grant

You can't get influenza from a flu shot – here's how it works

NEWS ARTICLE

Study of MAIT Cell Activation in Viral Infections In Vivo.

Journal article

Divinci: Dissection Of Influenza Vaccination And Infection For Childhood Immunity

Research Grant

Our ‘killer’ cells’ role in life-long flu vaccine

NEWS ARTICLE

Vaccine-specific immune responses against Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in a low-dose m..

Journal article

Projects

Displaying the 32 most recent projects by Katherine Kedzierska.

Harnessing Universal Immunity To Influenza

2020 - 2024

Active

Divinci: Dissection Of Influenza Vaccination And Infection For Childhood Immunity

2019 - 2026

Active

Investigating The Evolution Of Innate And Adaptive Cellular Immunity

This proposal aims to assess the impact of geographical and genetic isolation of the Australian Indigenous population on adaptive and innate..

2019 - 2022

Active

Lifespan-Dependent Molecular Shaping Of The T Cell Receptor Repertoire

Mammals have an intricate and highly complex immune system, whose function alters throughout life. Why and how this occurs is very unclear h..

2019 - 2022

Active

Understanding Heterogeneity In Influenza Vaccine Responses And The Effects Of Prior Exposures Through Infection And Vaccination

2019 - 2021

Active

Generation Of Protective Immunity Against Severe Influenza Disease In Indigenous Australians

Hospitalisation and death rates from influenza are high in the Indigenous population, especially when a new virus emerges. There is an urgen..

2017 - 2020

Active

Use Of Nitazoxanide As An Anti-Viral In The Mouse Model Of Influenza Infection

2016 - 2017

Completed

Uomc 2016 276 Investigation Of Compounds With Antiviral Activities Against Influenza A Infection.

2016 - 2020

Active

Understanding Universal Immunity To Influenza Viruses

A/Prof Kedzierska’s work combines cutting-edge basic research with unique clinical studies to define how to generate protective immunity aga..

2016 - 2020

Active