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Dr Norelle Sherry

Dr Norelle Sherry

(03) 8344 5701 | norelle.sherry@unimelb.edu.au

Position:: Clinical Microbiologist & Infectious Diseases Physician
Theme(s):: Antimicrobial Resistance
Discipline(s):: Computational Science and Genomics, Public Health, Clinical and health systems research
Unit(s):: Department of Microbiology and Immunology (DMI) , Microbiological Diagnostic Unit (MDU) Public Health Laboratory
Lab Group(s):: Howden Group

Norelle is an Infectious Diseases Physician & Clinical Microbiologist, co-appointed at MDU-PHL and Austin Health, with a special interest in antimicrobial resistance (AMR). She is. lead for the Antimicrobal Resistance theme at the Doherty Institute. She is also a clinician-researcher, investigating the use of genomics for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in multiple different settings, and translation of genomics from the research lab into clinical use.

Key Achievements
Publications
Research Groups

Key Achievements
- Norelle is the clinical lead of the Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance ‘Controlling Superbugs’ project, applying genomics to hospital infection control for detecting and preventing transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms amongst hospital patients. Awards include NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship (2015), Austin Medical Research Foundation Research Higher Degree Award (2018), and ASM Microbe Travel Award (2017).
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Research Groups
- Howden Group
  
  Research from Professor Ben Howden’s group research uses genomics, molecular biology, epidemiology and clinical studies to address a broad range of issues related to invasive bacterial diseases in humans, especially those caused by staphylococci, enterococci and other antimicrobial-resistant species. Additionally, working closely with scientists in the MDU PHL, they investigate the epidemiology, evolution, and spread of bacterial pathogens of public health significance such as Neisseria gonorrhoea, Listeria monocytogenes, Shigella and Salmonella spp., Legionella spp., and carbapenemase-producing gram-negative bacteria.
  
  Lab Team
  - Professor Benjamin Howden
    
    Director Of Microbiological Diagnostic Unit (MDU) Public Health Laboratory
  - Dr Norelle Sherry
    
    Clinical Microbiologist & Infectious Diseases Physician
  - Dr Abdou Hachani
    
    Senior Researcher
  - Dr Jake Lacey
    
    Computational Microbiologist, Bioinformatician
  - Dr Romain Guerillot
  - Dr Natasha Holmes
  - Dr Anders Gonçalves da Silva
  - Dr Kyra Chua
  - Wei Gao
  - Dr Jason Kwong
  - Sarah Baines
  - Dr Jean Lee
  - Dr Stefano Giulieri
  - Eloise Alison
  - Dr Andre Mu
    
    Research Officer
  - Robyn Lee
    
    Research Fellow