Julie Louise Mcauley
Infectious Diseases
Doherty Institute
Australia
Biography
Dr Julie McAuley completed her PhD at the Mater Medical Research Institute in Brisbane in the field of mucosal immunology. Julie then conducted her postdoctoral research at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the USA. There, she studied the impact of novel influenza virus proteins on pathogenicity and predisposition to secondary infections, using both mouse and ferret models, enabling translation into the virulence potential in humans. In 2009, Julie relocated to the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Her work has uncovered mechanisms of inflammation contributing to influenza-induced disease and she is currently exploring novel host strategies to combat infection
Research Interest
Immunology, Influenza
