Infectious Diseases & Microbiology
Research overview
Our research focuses on enhancing current strategies to diagnose, treat and prevent infectious diseases in children. It encompasses basic and applied medical microbiology as well as cellular immunology to explore the mechanisms by which pathogens cause disease and their interaction with the host immune response.
We have a particular interest in infections that are important to child health worldwide such as diarrhoeal illnesses, respiratory infections and tuberculosis.
There are opportunities in our group for both clinical and non-clinical undergraduate and postgraduate researchers. Enquiries should be made to the group leaders.
We have a wide range of laboratory, clinical and public health research projects in the following broad areas:
- Diarrhoeal disease caused by Escherichia coli and Yersinia enterocolitica
- Pneumococcal infections
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa and cystic fibrosis
- Helicobacter pylori disease
- Group B streptococcal disease
- Invasive Group A streptococcal disease and acute rheumatic fever
- Superantigens in severe staphylococcal and streptococcal disease
- BCG immunisation and the immune response
- Tuberculosis in children
- Other clinical projects
Please visit The University of Melbourne webpages for more information on Professors Roy Robins-Browne and Nigel Curtis.
 Professor Roy Robins-Browne Infectious Diseases & Microbiology Murdoch Childrens Research Institute 7th Floor Main Building Royal Children's Hospital Flemington Road Parkville Victoria 3052 Australia |
 Professor Nigel Curtis Infectious Diseases & Microbiology Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Department of Paediatrics University of Melbourne 4th Floor Front Building Royal Children's Hospital Flemington Road Parkville Victoria 3052 Australia |
| T +61 3 9345 5730 | T +61 3 9345 4090 |
| F +61 3 9345 5764 | F +61 3 9345 6667 |
| E r.browne@unimelb.edu.au | E nigel.curtis@rch.org.au |