Aron Chakera
Associate Professor
Immunology
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
Australia
Biography
Dr Aron Chakera is a renal physician at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, with an interest in immune function as it relates to transplantation, autoimmune diseases, and peritoneal mesothelial cells. Prior to returning to Western Australia in 2012, he was the Clinical Lecturer in Renal Medicine at the University of Oxford, where he worked with Professor Richard Cornall studying lymphocyte subsets and responses to recall antigens in patients receiving immunosuppression.
Research Interest
The main areas of interest for the group are: 1. Host responses to common viruses causing disease after renal transplantation 2. Quantification of immune function through the assessment of recall antigen responses 3. Interactions between bacteria and peritoneal mesothelial cells and the development of peritoneal-dialysis related peritonitis
