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Dr Ki Wook Kim

Dr Ki Wook Kim

Senior Lecturer
Science
School of Biotech & Biomolecular Science

Dr Ki Wook Kim is a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) International Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Clinical Medicine (Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health) within the Faculty of Medicine and Health, based at the Prince of Wales Hospital. Dr Kim completed his undergraduate degree, Honours and PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Sydney, for which he investigated the roles and interactions of various microRNAs and RNA silencing component proteins in the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana. During his PhD, he accumulated extensive training in molecular research and advanced microscopy at various leading institutions including the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, CSIRO and the John Curtin School of Medical Research at ANU. Since 2015, Dr Kim has transitioned to medical research, focusing on the viral causes of type 1 diabetes and human viromics (characterising all viruses infecting humans). He leads the Viruses and Diabetes and the Human Viromics research groups within the -affiliated Virology Research Laboratory (Prince of Wales Hospital) and co-leads the Virology theme within the Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) Study, following 1,500 mother-infant pairs with a first-degree relative with type 1 diabetes across Australia (https://endia.org.au).

Project

Viral triggers of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes.

Research Interests

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that affects approximately 140 000 children and adults in Australia and over 16 million people worldwide. It is thought to arise from the complex interplay between genetic predisposition and exposure to various environmental agents. For decades, the involvement of Enteroviruses in the pathogenesis of this disease has been strongly debated.

Dr Kim is interested in further elucidating the molecular events initiated by Enteroviruses that might contribute to the onset of type 1 diabetes, especially those involving the dysregulation of microRNAs. He is also interested in the application of Next-Generation Sequencing technologies to investigate changes in the transcriptome and virome of human pancreatic islets prior to or following the development of type 1 diabetes. 

Qualifications

PhD USyd, BSci (Molecular Biology & Genetics)(Hons I) USyd, GradCert (Bioinformatics) HarvardU.
E-mail
k.w.kim@unsw.edu.au
Location
Virology Research Laboratory, Clinical Sciences Building Level 3, Prince of Wales Hospital.
  • Book Chapters | 2011
    Kim KW; Eamens AL; Waterhouse PM, 2011, 'RNA Processing Activities of the Arabidopsis Argonaute Protein Family', in Grabowski P (ed.), RNA Processing, InTech Open,
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Hurley S; Kim KW; Domazetovska A; Yau C; Yeang M; Donovan L; Kok J; Rawlinson W, 2024, 'Mpox detection in clinical specimens by three commercial real-time PCR assays demonstrates comparable results', Pathology, 56, pp. 736 - 740,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Marinelli T; Masters J; Buckland ME; Lee M; Rawlinson W; Kim KW; Urriola N; van Hal S, 2024, 'Chronic and Neurotropic: A Paradigm-Challenging Case of Dengue Virus Encephalitis in a Patient With Advanced HIV Infection', Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 79, pp. 498 - 501,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Thomson RL; Oakey H; Haynes A; Craig ME; Harrison LC; Wentworth JM; Anderson A; Ashwood P; Barry S; Brittain B; Brown JD; Colman PG; Davis EA; Hamilton-Williams E; Huynh D; Huynh T; Kim KW; McGorm KJ; Morahan G; Rawlinson W; Sinnott RO; Soldatos G; Tye-Din JA; Vuillermin PJ; Penno MAS; Couper JJ, 2024, 'Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) longitudinal prospective pregnancy to childhood cohort study of Australian children at risk of type 1 diabetes: parental demographics and birth information', BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, 12,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Umashankar B; Eliasson L; Ooi CY; Kim KW; Shaw JAM; Waters SA, 2024, 'Beyond insulin: Unraveling the complex interplay of ER stress, oxidative damage, and CFTR modulation in CFRD', Journal of Cystic Fibrosis,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Walker GJ; Foster CSP; Sevendal A; Domazetovska A; Kamalakkannan A; Williams PCM; Kim KW; Condylios A; Stelzer-Braid S; Bartlett AW; Rawlinson W, 2024, 'Clinical, Genomic, and Immunological Characterization of RSV Surge in Sydney, Australia, 2022', Pediatrics, 153,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Wang X; Kim KW; Walker G; Stelzer-Braid S; Scotch M; Rawlinson WD, 2024, 'Genome characterization of influenza A and B viruses in New South Wales, Australia, in 2019: A retrospective study using high-throughput whole genome sequencing', Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 18,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Foster CSP; Bull RA; Tedla N; Santiago F; Agapiou D; Adhikari A; Walker GJ; Shrestha LB; Van Hal SJ; Kim KW; Rawlinson WD, 2023, 'Persistence of a Frameshifting Deletion in SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a for the Duration of a Major Outbreak', Viruses, 15,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Harrison LC; Bandala-Sanchez E; Oakey H; Colman PG; Watson K; Kim KW; Wu R; Hamilton-Williams EE; Stone NL; Haynes A; Thomson RL; Vuillermin PJ; Soldatos G; Rawlinson WD; McGorm KJ; Morahan G; Barry SC; Sinnott RO; Wentworth JM; Couper JJ; Penno MAS, 2023, 'A surge in serum mucosal cytokines associated with seroconversion in children at risk for type 1 diabetes', Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 14, pp. 1092 - 1100,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Hurley S; Eden JS; Bingham J; Rodriguez M; Neave MJ; Johnson A; Howard-Jones AR; Kok J; Anazodo A; McMullan B; Williams DT; Watson J; Solinas A; Kim KW; Rawlinson W, 2023, 'Fatal Human Neurologic Infection Caused by Pigeon Avian Paramyxovirus-1, Australia', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29, pp. 2482 - 2487,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Isaacs SR; Roy A; Dance B; Ward EJ; Foskett DB; Maxwell AJ; Rawlinson WD; Kim KW; Craig ME, 2023, 'Enteroviruses and risk of islet autoimmunity or type 1 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled observational studies detecting viral nucleic acids and proteins', The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 11, pp. 578 - 592,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Oakey H; Giles LC; Thomson RL; Lê Cao KA; Ashwood P; Brown JD; Knight EJ; Barry SC; Craig ME; Colman PG; Davis EA; Hamilton-Williams EE; Harrison LC; Haynes A; Kim KW; Mallitt KA; McGorm K; Morahan G; Rawlinson WD; Sinnott RO; Soldatos G; Wentworth JM; Couper JJ; Penno MAS, 2023, 'Protocol for a nested case-control study design for omics investigations in the Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity cohort', Annals of Medicine, 55,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Speck P; MacKenzie J; Bull RA; Slobedman B; Drummer H; Fraser J; Herrero L; Helbig K; Londrigan S; Moseley G; Prow N; Hansman G; Edwards R; Ahlenstiel C; Abendroth A; Tscharke D; Hobson-Peter J; Kriiger-Loteri R; Parry R; Marsh G; Harding E; Jacques DA; Gartner MJ; Lee WS; McAuley J; Vaz P; Sainsbury F; Tate MD; Sinclair J; Imrie A; Rawlinson S; Harman A; Carr JM; Monson EA; Hibma M; Mahony TJ; Tu T; Center RJ; Shrestha LB; Hall R; Warner M; Ward V; Anderson DE; Eyre NS; Netzler NE; Peel AJ; Revill P; Beard M; Legione AR; Spencer AJ; Idris A; Forwood J; Sarker S; Purcell DFJ; Bartlett N; Deerain JM; Brew BJ; Asgari S; Farrell H; Khromykh A; Tuipulotu DE; Anderson D; Mese S; Tayyar Y; Edenborough K; Uddin JM; Hussain A; Daymond CJI; Agius J; Johnson KN; Shirmast P; Abedinzadeshahri M; MacDiarmid R; Ashley CL; Laws J; Furfaro LL; Burton TD; Johnson SMR; Telikani Z; Petrone M; Roby JA; Samer C; Suhrbier A; Van Der Kamp A; Cunningham A; Donato C; Mahar J; Black WD; Vasudevan S; Lenchine R; Spann K; Rawle DJ; Rudd P; Neil J; Kingston R; Newsome TP; Kim KW; Mak J; Lowry K; Bryant N, 2023, 'Statement in Support of: "Virology under the Microscope - a Call for Rational Discourse"', mSphere, 8,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Speck P; Mackenzie J; Bull RA; Slobedman B; Drummer H; Fraser J; Herrero L; Helbig K; Londrigan S; Moseley G; Prow N; Hansman G; Edwards R; Ahlenstiel C; Abendroth A; Tscharke D; Hobson-Peters J; Kriiger-Loterio R; Parry R; Marsh G; Harding E; Jacques DA; Gartner MJ; Lee WS; McAuley J; Vaz P; Sainsbury F; Tate MD; Sinclair J; Imrie A; Rawlinson S; Harman A; Carr JM; Monson EA; Hibma M; Mahony TJ; Tu T; Center RJ; Shrestha LB; Hall R; Warner M; Ward V; Anderson DE; Eyre NS; Netzler NE; Peel AJ; Revill P; Beard M; Legione AR; Spencer AJ; Idris A; Forwood J; Sarker S; Purcell DFJ; Bartlett N; Deerain JM; Brew BJ; Asgari S; Farrell H; Khromykh A; Tuipulotu DE; Anderson D; Mese S; Tayyar Y; Edenborough K; Uddin JM; Hussain A; Daymond CJI; Agius J; Johnson KN; Shirmast P; Abedinzadeshahri M; MacDiarmid R; Ashley CL; Laws J; Furfaro LL; Burton TD; Johnson SMR; Telikani Z; Petrone M; Roby JA; Samer C; Suhrbier A; Van Der Kamp A; Cunningham A; Donato C; Mahar J; Black WD; Vasudevan S; Lenchine R; Spann K; Rawle DJ; Rudd P; Neil J; Kingston R; Newsome TP; Kim KW; Mak J; Lowry K; Bryant N, 2023, 'Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope-a Call for Rational Discourse”', Journal of Virology, 97,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Speck P; Mackenzie J; Bull RA; Slobedman B; Drummer H; Fraser J; Herrero L; Helbig K; Londrigan S; Moseley G; Prow N; Hansman G; Edwards R; Ahlenstiel C; Abendroth A; Tscharke D; Hobson-Peters J; Kriiger-Loterio R; Parry R; Marsh G; Harding E; Jacques DA; Gartner MJ; Lee WS; McAuley J; Vaz P; Sainsbury F; Tate MD; Sinclair J; Imrie A; Rawlinson S; Harman A; Carr JM; Monson EA; Hibma M; Mahony TJ; Tu T; Center RJ; Shrestha LB; Hall R; Warner M; Ward V; Anderson DE; Eyre NS; Netzler NE; Peel AJ; Revill P; Beard M; Legione AR; Spencer AJ; Idris A; Forwood J; Sarker S; Purcell DFJ; Bartlett N; Deerain JM; Brew BJ; Asgari S; Farrell H; Khromykh A; Tuipulotu DE; Anderson D; Mese S; Tayyar Y; Edenborough K; Uddin JM; Hussain A; Daymond CJI; Agius J; Johnson KN; Shirmast P; Abedinzadeshahri M; MacDiarmid R; Ashley CL; Laws J; Furfaro LL; Burton TD; Johnson SMR; Telikani Z; Petrone M; Roby JA; Samer C; Suhrbier A; Van Der Kamp A; Cunningham A; Donato C; Mahar J; Black WD; Vasudevan S; Lenchine R; Spann K; Rawle DJ; Rudd P; Neil J; Kingston R; Newsome TP; Kim KW; Mak J; Lowry K; Bryant N, 2023, 'Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse”', mBio, 14,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Sprague BN; Zhu X; Rosso AL; Verghese J; Delbaere K; Lipnicki DM; Sachdev PS; Ng TP; Gwee X; Yap KB; Kim K-W; Han JW; Oh DJ; Narazaki K; Chen T; Chen S; Brodaty H; Numbers K; Kochan NA; Walker RW; Paddick S-M; Gureje O; Ojagbemi A; Bello T; Rosano C, 2023, 'Correlates of gait speed among older adults from six countries: Findings from the COSMIC collaboration.', The Journals of Gerontology Series A, 78, pp. 2396 - 2406,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Wu R; Mumtaz M; Maxwell AJ; Isaacs SR; Laiho JE; Rawlinson WD; Hyöty H; Craig ME; Kim KW, 2023, 'Respiratory infections and type 1 diabetes: Potential roles in pathogenesis', Reviews in Medical Virology, 33,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Foster CSP; Stelzer-Braid S; Deveson IW; Bull RA; Yeang M; Au JP; Ruiz Silva M; van Hal SJ; Rockett RJ; Sintchenko V; Kim KW; Rawlinson WD, 2022, 'Assessment of Inter-Laboratory Differences in SARS-CoV-2 Consensus Genome Assemblies between Public Health Laboratories in Australia', Viruses, 14,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Gavin PG; Kim KW; Craig ME; Hill MM; Hamilton-Williams EE, 2022, 'Multi-omic interactions in the gut of children at the onset of islet autoimmunity', Microbiome, 10,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Hall M; Oakey H; Penno MAS; McGorm K; Anderson AJ; Ashwood P; Colman PG; Craig ME; Davis EA; Harris M; Harrison LC; Haynes A; Morbey C; Sinnott RO; Soldatos G; Vuillermin PJ; Wentworth JM; Thomson RL; Couper JJ, 2022, 'Mental Health During Late Pregnancy and Postpartum in Mothers With and Without Type 1 Diabetes: The ENDIA Study', Diabetes Care, 45, pp. 1082 - 1090,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Kim KW; Wang X; Adhikari A; Yeang M; Jenkins F; Naing Z; Walker GJ; Foster CSP; Stelzer-Braid S; Deveson I; Craig ME; Tedla N; Bull RA; Martinello M; Pinto AN; Chan R; Turville S; Rawlinson WD; van Hal S, 2022, 'Persistent high-level shedding of cultivable SARS-CoV-2 Delta virus 33 days after onset of COVID-19 in a hospitalized patient with pneumonia', Journal of Medical Virology, 94, pp. 4043 - 4046,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Stelzer-Braid S; Yeang M; Britton PN; Kim KW; Varadhan H; Andrews PI; Briest R; Branley J; Balgahom R; Burrell R; Gehrig N; Newcombe J; Kesson A; Kok J; Maley M; Van Hal S; MacIntyre CR; Craig ME; Ferson MJ; Rawlinson WD, 2022, 'Circulation of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) causing respiratory illness in New South Wales, Australia, between August 2018 and November 2019', Pathology, 54, pp. 784 - 789,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Faulkner CL; Luo YX; Isaacs S; Rawlinson WD; Craig ME; Kim KW, 2021, 'The virome in early life and childhood and development of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies', Reviews in Medical Virology, 31, pp. 1 - 14,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Foster CSP; Stelzer-Braid S; Deveson I; Bull R; Yeang M; Phan-Au J; Silva MR; van Hal S; Rockett R; Sintchenko V; Kim KW; Rawlinson W, 2021, 'Assessment of inter-laboratory differences in SARS-CoV-2 consensus genome assemblies between public health laboratories in Australia', ,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hope CM; Huynh D; Wong YY; Oakey H; Perkins GB; Nguyen T; Binkowski S; Bui M; Choo AYL; Gibson E; Huang D; Kim KW; Ngui K; Rawlinson WD; Sadlon T; Couper JJ; Penno MAS; Barry SC, 2021, 'Optimization of blood handling and peripheral blood mononuclear cell cryopreservation of low cell number samples', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Isaacs S; Foskett D; Maxwell A; Ward E; Faulkner C; Luo J; Rawlinson W; Craig M; Kim KW, 2021, 'Viruses and Type 1 Diabetes: From Enteroviruses to the Virome', ,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Isaacs SR; Foskett DB; Maxwell AJ; Ward EJ; Faulkner CL; Luo JYX; Rawlinson WD; Craig ME; Kim KW, 2021, 'Viruses and type 1 diabetes: From enteroviruses to the virome', Microorganisms, 9,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Kim KW; Deveson IW; Pang CNI; Yeang M; Naing Z; Adikari T; Hammond JM; Stevanovski I; Beukers AG; Verich A; Yin S; McFarlane D; Wilkins MR; Stelzer-Braid S; Bull RA; Craig ME; van Hal SJ; Rawlinson WD, 2021, 'Respiratory viral co-infections among SARS-CoV-2 cases confirmed by virome capture sequencing', Scientific Reports, 11, pp. 3934,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Bull RA; Adikari TN; Ferguson JM; Hammond JM; Stevanovski I; Beukers AG; Naing Z; Yeang M; Verich A; Gamaarachchi H; Kim KW; Luciani F; Stelzer-Braid S; Eden JS; Rawlinson WD; van Hal SJ; Deveson IW, 2020, 'Analytical validity of nanopore sequencing for rapid SARS-CoV-2 genome analysis', Nature Communications, 11,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kim KW; Allen DW; Briese T; Couper JJ; Barry SC; Colman PG; Cotterill AM; Davis EA; Giles LC; Harrison LC; Harris M; Haynes A; Horton JL; Isaacs SR; Jain K; Lipkin WI; McGorm K; Morahan G; Morbey C; Pang ICN; Papenfuss AT; Penno MAS; Sinnott RO; Soldatos G; Thomson RL; Vuillermin P; Wentworth JM; Wilkins MR; Rawlinson WD; Craig ME, 2020, 'Higher frequency of vertebrate-infecting viruses in the gut of infants born to mothers with type 1 diabetes', Pediatric Diabetes, 21, pp. 271 - 279,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kim KW; Deveson I; Pang CN; Yeang M; Naing Z; Adikari T; Hammond J; Stevanovski I; Beukers A; Verich A; Yin S; McFarlane D; Wilkins M; Stelzer-Braid S; Bull R; Craig M; Hal SV; Rawlinson W, 2020, 'Respiratory viral co-infections among SARS-CoV-2 cases confirmed by virome capture sequencing', ,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Craig ME; Kim KW; Isaacs SR; Penno MA; Hamilton-Williams EE; Couper JJ; Rawlinson WD, 2019, 'Early-life factors contributing to type 1 diabetes', Diabetologia, 62, pp. 1823 - 1834,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Kim KW; Allen DW; Briese T; Couper JJ; Barry SC; Colman PG; Cotterill AM; Davis EA; Giles LC; Harrison LC; Harris M; Haynes A; Horton JL; Isaacs SR; Jain K; Lipkin WI; Morahan G; Morbey C; Pang ICN; Papenfuss AT; Penno MAS; Sinnott RO; Soldatos G; Thomson RL; Vuillermin PJ; Wentworth JM; Wilkins MR; Rawlinson WD; Craig ME, 2019, 'Distinct gut virome profile of pregnant women with type 1 diabetes in the ENDIA study', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Kim KW; Horton JL; Pang CNI; Jain K; Leung P; Isaacs SR; Bull RA; Luciani F; Wilkins MR; Catteau J; Lipkin WI; Rawlinson WD; Briese T; Craig ME, 2019, 'Higher abundance of enterovirus A species in the gut of children with islet autoimmunity', Scientific Reports, 9, pp. 1749,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Allen DW; Kim KW; Rawlinson WD; Craig ME, 2018, 'Maternal virus infections in pregnancy and type 1 diabetes in their offspring: Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies', Reviews in Medical Virology, 28,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Isaacs SR; Kim KW; Cheng JX; Bull RA; Stelzer-Braid S; Luciani F; Rawlinson WD; Craig ME, 2018, 'Amplification and next generation sequencing of near full-length human enteroviruses for identification and characterisation from clinical samples', Scientific Reports, 8, pp. 11889,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Isaacs SR; Wang J; Kim KW; Yin C; Zhou L; Mi QS; Craig ME, 2016, 'MicroRNAs in Type 1 Diabetes: Complex Interregulation of the Immune System, β Cell Function and Viral Infections', Current Diabetes Reports, 16,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Kim KW; Ho A; Alshabee-Akil A; Hardikar AA; Kay TWH; Rawlinson WD; Craig ME, 2016, 'Coxsackievirus B5 infection induces dysregulation of microRNAs predicted to target known type 1 diabetes risk genes in human pancreatic islets', Diabetes, 65, pp. 996 - 1003,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Eamens AL; Kim KW; Curtin SJ; Waterhouse PM, 2012, 'DRB2 is required for microRNA biogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana', PLoS ONE, 7,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Eamens AL; Kim KW; Waterhouse PM, 2012, 'DRB2, DRB3 and DRB5 function in a non-canonical microRNA pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana', Plant Signaling and Behavior, 7, pp. 1224 - 1229,
  • Preprints | 2022
    Foster CSP; Bull R; Tedla N; Santiago F; Agapiou D; Adhikari A; Walker G; Shrestha LB; van Hal S; Kim KW; Rawlinson W, 2022, Persistence of a SARS-CoV-2 variant with a frameshifting deletion for the duration of a major outbreak,
    Preprints | 2020
    Bull R; Adikari T; Ferguson J; Hammond J; Stevanovski I; Beukers A; Naing Z; Yeang M; Verich A; Gamaarachchi H; Kim KW; Luciani F; Stelzer-Braid S; Eden J-S; Rawlinson W; van Hal S; Deveson I, 2020, Analytical validity of nanopore sequencing for rapid SARS-CoV-2 genome analysis,
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Horton JL; Kim KW; Pang CN; Jain K; Leung P; Isaacs SR; Bull RA; Luciani F; Wilkins MR; Lipkin WI; Rawlinson WD; Briese T; Craig ME, 2017, 'Virome-Capture Sequencing of the Gut and Plasma Virome in Children with Islet Autoimmunity', in DIABETES, AMER DIABETES ASSOC, pp. LB51 - LB52,
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Kim KW; Allen DW; Briese T; Pang CN; Jain K; Horton JL; Isaacs SR; Wilkins MR; Couper J; Penno MAS; Harrison LC; Morahan G; Harris M; Cotterill AM; Morbey C; Barry SC; Haynes A; Davis E; Colman P; Giles L; Dodd J; Wentworth J; Sinnott R; Papenfuss TA; Vuillermin P; Lipkin WI; Rawlinson WD; Craig ME, 2017, 'Gut Virome Dynamics during Pregnancy in Mothers with Type 1 Diabetes', in DIABETES, AMER DIABETES ASSOC, pp. LB51 - LB51,
    Preprints |
    Isaacs SR; Roy A; Dance B; Ward EJ; Foskett DB; Maxwell AJ; Rawlinson W; Kim KW; Craig ME, Enterovirus Infection and Risk of Islet Autoimmunity and Type 1 Diabetes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Molecular Studies,

2021 – present
Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
2021 – 2022
SWCH Research Advisory Committee: ECA representative for the Paediatrics Discipline (competitive selection)
2021 – present
NSW Health Pathology Research Forum Organising Group (responsible for securing plenary speaker: world-leading virologist Prof. Ian Lipkin)
2021 – present
Australian Diabetes Society Expert Reference Group (for Research Advisory)
2021 – present
MEDIC Cultural Diversity Working Group (Interim Cultural Diversity Co-Champion July 2022 to Jan 2023)
2021 – present
NSW Health Pathology East Sustainability Site Champion (Green Team)
2020 – present
Medicine Early Career Academic Network Committee (Chair 2020/2021)
2020 – present
SWCH Paediatric Infectious Diseases Strategy Committee
2020 – present
SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Response Research Group
2018 – present
ENDIA Study Research Symposium Organising Committee
2018 – present
ENDIA Study QC Working Group
2017 – present
Randwick Paediatrics Research Committee (Sydney Children’s Hospital Network)
2018 – 2019
JDRF Future Research Leaders Study Steering Committee
2015, 2016, 2023
& POWH Virology Research Laboratory Seminar Series Organiser

My Research Supervision

In 2022:

  • 3 x PhD candidates (2 x School of Clinical Medicine; 1 x School of Medical Sciences)
  • 1 x 4th Year Medical Honours student (2 x committed in 2023)

My Teaching

  • Research-led teaching within the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • Guest Lecturer and meet the scientists panellist for MICR3061 (BABS)
  • 13 Honours/ILP students supervised to completion (100% 1st Class/Distinction ILP)
  • Career Discovery Mentoring Program Mentor