Dr Messina is a Team Leader in the MCRI Infectious Diseases research group where she currently leads the immunology research program with a focus on the clinical and immunological off-target effects of vaccines. Dr Messina completed her PhD at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre investigating crosstalk in cytokine signalling pathways and the role of interferon signalling pathways in tumour immunosurveillance. Her previous research has also included investigating the role of cytokine response pathways in regulatory T cell development and function. Dr Messina co-supervises four PhD students, holds an Honorary Research Fellow appointment with the University of Melbourne and is a member of the Melbourne Children's Graduate Research Committee and MCRI animal ethics committee.
Dr Messina is a Team Leader in the MCRI Infectious Diseases research group where she currently leads the immunology research program with a focus on the clinical and immunological off-target effects of vaccines. Dr Messina completed her PhD at the...
Dr Messina is a Team Leader in the MCRI Infectious Diseases research group where she currently leads the immunology research program with a focus on the clinical and immunological off-target effects of vaccines. Dr Messina completed her PhD at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre investigating crosstalk in cytokine signalling pathways and the role of interferon signalling pathways in tumour immunosurveillance. Her previous research has also included investigating the role of cytokine response pathways in regulatory T cell development and function. Dr Messina co-supervises four PhD students, holds an Honorary Research Fellow appointment with the University of Melbourne and is a member of the Melbourne Children's Graduate Research Committee and MCRI animal ethics committee.
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Villanueva, P, Crawford, NW, Croda, MG, Collopy, S, Jardim, BA, de Almeida Pinto Jardim, T, Marshall, H, Prat-Aymerich, C, Sawka, A, Sharma, K, et al.
Safety of BCG vaccination and revaccination in healthcare workers.
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
19(2)
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2239088
2023
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Pittet, LF, Messina, NL, Orsini, F, Moore, CL, Abruzzo, V, Barry, S, Bonnici, R, Bonten, M, Campbell, J, Croda, J, et al.
Randomized Trial of BCG Vaccine to Protect against Covid-19 in Health Care Workers.
New England Journal of Medicine
388(17)
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1582 -1596
2023
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Ryan, FJ, Norton, TS, McCafferty, C, Blake, SJ, Stevens, NE, James, J, Eden, GL, Tee, YC, Benson, SC, Masavuli, MG, et al.
A systems immunology study comparing innate and adaptive immune responses in adults to COVID-19 mRNA and adenovirus vectored vaccines.
Cell Reports Medicine
4(3)
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100971
2023
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Bannister, S, Kim, B, Domínguez-Andrés, J, Kilic, G, Ansell, BRE, Neeland, MR, Moorlag, SJCFM, Matzaraki, V, Vlahos, A, Shepherd, R, et al.
Neonatal BCG vaccination is associated with a long-term DNA methylation signature in circulating monocytes.
Science Advances
8(31)
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eabn4002
2022
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