Immunity to intracellular infections [ 2019 - ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof William Heath (Principal investigator)

Brief description Malaria is a devastating disease that kills one person (mainly children) every minute. My goal is to understand how the immune system fights malaria and to use this knowledge to develop novel vaccination approaches. This strategy recently led to our discovery of a specialised cell type that fights liver-stage malaria. My research will utilize this knowledge together with collaborative interests from industry and translational scientists to develop novel efficacious vaccination strategies.

Funding Amount $888,270.00

Funding Scheme Research Fellowships

Notes Research Fellowship