Elizabeth Hartland

Biography

Professor Hartland obtained her BSc (Hons) majoring in microbiology and biochemistry and her PhD in microbiology from the University of Melbourne. She has held a Royal Society/NHMRC Howard Florey Fellowship in the Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College London and Lecturer/Senior Lecturer positions at Monash University, Australia. She was an inaugural Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the University of Melbourne and subsequently held the positions of Head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Deputy Director of the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and Acting Pro-Vice Chancellor Research Partnerships and External Relations at the University of Melbourne. She is now the Director and CEO of Hudson Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne and Head of the Department of Molecular and Translational Science at Monash University.

Research Interest

Professor Hartland has a long-standing research interest in the pathogenesis of infections caused by Gram-negative pathogens, with a focus on mechanisms of bacterial colonization and immune evasion. Using respiratory and gastrointestinal pathogens, the overall goal of Professor Hartland’s research is to identify and characterise the function of translocated bacterial effector proteins and the role of their host targets in immunity and disease.