Associate Professor Sophie Valkenburg
03 8344 7465 | sophie.v@unimelb.edu.au
- Position:
- Laboratory Head
- Theme(s):
- COVID-19, Immunology, Viral Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Influenza
- Discipline(s):
- Public Health, Clinical and health systems research
- Unit(s):
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology (DMI)
- Lab Group(s):
- Valkenburg Lab
Associate Professor Sophie Valkenburg is a laboratory head of viral immunology based at the University of Melbourne, at the Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity since 2022. Sophie remains an honorary Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and maintains a joint research program. She is a long-term alumnus of the DMI, completing her PhD with Professor Katherine Kedzierska. She spent 10 years in Hong Kong, and was a post-doctoral fellow with Professor Leo Poon then becoming an independent laboratory head at the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole since 2016.