Dr Jennifer Audsley completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours), Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research Methods and PhD, and is a Clinical Research Fellow based at the Doherty Institute and the Alfred Hospital. She has specific research interests in HIV-hepatitis co-infection and PrEP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis) for HIV prevention.  Jennifer has worked in clinical research for over seven years, and is involved in all levels of clinical project management. Her projects include interstate and international collaborations. Jennifer works with Professor Sharon Lewin’s Hepatitis B Virus Research Group and the Clinical Research Group.
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												Jennifer was the recipient of a National Health and Medical Research Council Australian-based Clinical Research Fellowship, and has published peer-reviewed journal articles and presented findings at local and international conferences, as well as scientific and clinical meetings. 
 
 
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		Lewin GroupThe focus of the Lewin group is to understand why HIV infection persists on antiretroviral therapy and to develop new strategies to eliminate latency. The lab also researches factors that drive liver disease in HIV-hepatitis B virus co-infection. The lab is also actively involved in COVID in relation to pathogenesis, the use of primary tissue models, and developing therapeutics using gene editing strategies. 
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								Director - The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity 
 
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								Dr Wei Zhao Research Fellow 
 
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								Dr Chris Chiu Research Fellow 
 
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								Dr Youry Kim Research Fellow 
 
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								Dr Stan Kan  Research Fellow 
 
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								Dr Jill Lau Clinical Research Fellow 
 
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								Dr Judy Chang Research Systems Administrator 
 
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								Dr Catherine Kennedy Research Coordinator 
 
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								Infectious Diseases Physician 
 
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								Carolin Tumpach Research Support Officer 
 
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								Rosalyn Cao Research Support Officer 
 
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								Danielle Fong Research Support Officer 
 
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								Abigail Tan Research Support Officer 
 
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								Jared Stern PhD Candidate 
 
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								Rachel Pascoe PhD Candidate 
 
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								Paula Cevaal PhD Candidate 
 
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								Haoming Liu PhD Candidate 
 
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								Kiho Tanaka PhD Candidate 
 
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								Rory Shepherd PhD Candidate 
 
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								Lauren Wallace Honours Student 
 
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								Bridget Fisher Honours Student 
 
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								Associate Professor Edwina Wright Clinical Affiliate 
 
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								Dr James McMahon Clinical Affiliate 
 
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								Head, Clinical Virology and HIV Services, Deputy Director Department of Infectious Diseases Austin Health 
 
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								Associate Professor Thomas Rasmussen Clinical Affiliate 
 
 
 
 
 
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