Dr Jasminka Sterjovski is Research Manager for the Doherty Directorate. Jasminka completed her undergraduate studies in Biomedical Science at Monash University followed by Honours at the Burnet Institute in 2002 in the area of HIV transcriptional regulation. She continued to work in HIV molecular virology for the following 11 years, completing her PhD thesis on HIV entry in 2008, followed by a successful postdoctoral, during which she established research collaborations that led to a successful National Health and Medical Research Council Development grant and a provisional patent. From 2012, she moved into the field of project management and then research management for the Department of Infectious Diseases. Jasminka has experience in grant applications and administration for local governmental and philanthropic funding bodies, as well as international funding agencies such as National Institutes of Health in the USA, American Foundation for AIDS Research, and the Wellcome Trust.
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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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