Professor Sharon Lewin AO

Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

How your blood can help understand COVID-19 vaccine responses

A new biobank will collect, process and store samples from people having their COVID-19 vaccine in order to help researchers better understand immunity to the virus

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Health & Medicine

Watch Episode 1: Conversations on COVID-19: A Global View

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on ‘scientific experts’ - perhaps none more so than US advisor Dr Anthony Fauci - but will there be a greater role for scientists in public life?

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Health & Medicine

Bonus Episode: Life Beyond Coronavirus: The Expert View

Why is Melbourne back in lockdown when it looked like Australia had succeeded in reducing the spread of COVID-19? And what's the way out?

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Health & Medicine

Testing wildlife could stop pandemics in their tracks

The key to reducing disease in humans is proactive disease surveillance in animals, and we already have the technology to do it

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Health & Medicine

Watch Episode 6: Life Beyond Coronavirus: The Expert View

This COVID-19 crisis is unlikely to be an isolated event, that’s why it’s important to start planning for the next pandemic

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Health & Medicine

Watch Episode 1: Life Beyond Coronavirus: The Expert View

Flattening the Curve is a term that’s trending right now but there’s a lot of confusion about what it means

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Health & Medicine

HIV: Probing for a pathway to a cure

Clinical trial suggests HIV can’t replicate in people on antiretrovirals in what is a key finding for efforts to develop a cure

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Arts & Culture

Confronting the feel, smell and taste of blood

Would you drink from a cup made from blood once infected with HIV? The inaugural exhibition from Science Gallery Melbourne challenges our deeply held beliefs about blood

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Health & Medicine

Fighting against the tide

Chronic illnesses now outrank infectious diseases in the developing world. University of Melbourne researchers are working in India to fight them.

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Sciences & Technology

Why science matters: Five of the best stories

A potential Ebola vaccine, water on Mars, record warming, 3D body parts and the cancer risks of processed meats all made headlines during the past 12 months