Professor Janet Davies

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Professor Janet Davies, BSc PhD GAICD, is head of the Allergy Research Group and Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of Health at QUT.  She was also appointed Director of the QoVAX SET Program in Metro North Health (2021-2023). As Assistant Director of Research (2016-2021), she contributed to research strategy, policy, knowledge transfer and implementation at Metro North Health.  

With over 25 years research experience within the hospital and health sector, the scope of her multidisciplinary research encompasses molecular allergen characterisation, immunity to allergens and viruses, and environmental health. She has authored over 100 research papers, 15 government reports, patents granted in Australia and USA and three patent applications.  

Janet assembled pollen allergy researchers nationally to lead the Australian Aerobiology Working Group (2013) through to the NHMRC AusPollen Partnership (2016-2020 ), to establish Australia’s national standardized pollen monitoring and forecast network, including design and implementation of quality control and audit system. Her research is supported by National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Research Council Discovery grants, an ARC Linkage, well as government and industry collaboration agreements.

Prof Davies engages in collaborative research with the global leaders in allergy diagnosis (ThermoFisher Scientific, Sweden), Abionic Switzerland and treatment (Stallergenes Greer, France), the national pathology service provider Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology and Abacus dx. She is now the Discovery and Biorepository Pillar Lead  and co-chair of the Respiratory Research Stream for the National Allergy Centre of Excellence.