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.
Top Publications
Messina, NL, Williamson, DA, Robins-Browne, R, Bryant, PA, Curtis, N.
Risk Factors for Carriage of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria in Healthy Children in the Community: A Systematic Review..
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
39(5)
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397 -405
2020
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Zimmermann, P, Perrett, KP, Ritz, N, Flanagan, KL, Robins‐Browne, R, van der Klis, FRM, Curtis, N, group, TMB.
Biological sex influences antibody responses to routine vaccinations in the first year of life.
Acta Paediatrica
109(1)
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147 -157
2020
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Messina, NL, Gardiner, K, Donath, S, Flanagan, K, Ponsonby, A-L, Shann, F, Robins-Browne, R, Freyne, B, Abruzzo, V, Morison, C, et al.
Study protocol for the Melbourne Infant Study: BCG for Allergy and Infection Reduction (MIS BAIR), a randomised controlled trial to determine the non-specific effects of neonatal BCG vaccination in a low-mortality setting.
BMJ Open
9(12)
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e032844
2019
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Messina, NL, Zimmermann, P, Curtis, N.
The impact of vaccines on heterologous adaptive immunity.
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
25(12)
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1484 -1493
2019
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Netea, SA, Messina, NL, Curtis, N.
Early-life antibiotic exposure and childhood food allergy: A systematic review.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
144(5)
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1445 -1448
2019
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