The Univeristy of Melbourne The Royal Melbourne Hopspital

A joint venture between The University of Melbourne and The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Our vision

To improve health globally through discovery research and the prevention, treatment and cure of infectious diseases.


Meet our people

Our people are at the forefront of research, teaching, public health and reference laboratory services, diagnostic services and clinical care in infectious diseases and immunity.

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  • Dr Ricardo Ataide Senior Research Fellow in Global Health Trials

    Dr Ricardo Ataide has a PhD in Applied Biology. Ricardo conducted his PhD with Prof Stephen Rogerson at the University of Melbourne in 2011 and has…

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  • Lien Tran PhD Scholar

    Lien is a PhD student in the Cowie group, conducting research related to the project Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Outcomes in Public Health: an Intervention…

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  • Dr Renate Schwab Research Fellow

    Dr Renate Schwab is a junior post-doc in the Molecular Oncology research group headed by Professor Elizabeth Vincan. Renate has extensive research expertise…

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  • Dr Miranda Smith Project Officer - Australian Partnership (for) Preparedness Research on Infectious (disease) Emergencies (APPRISE)

    Dr Miranda Smith is passionate about scientific communication and evidence-based public health interventions. She is the Project Officer for the

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