Background

KEY PROJECTS:

• Human malaria pathogenesis, both in children and in pregnant women
• Mechanisms of adhesion of malaria-infected erythrocytes to placental tissue
• Impact of malaria infection on placental functions
• Mechanisms of fetal growth restriction in malaria in pregnancy
• Maternal nutrition and immunity to malaria in pregnancy

COLLABORATIONS:
National collaborations

• University of Melbourne: Professor Stephen Rogerson
• Monash University: Professor Rod Devenish
• Australian National University: A/Prof Alexander Maier

European collaborations

• IRD, Paris, France: Professor Philippe Deloron, Professor Michel Cot and Dr Valerie Briand
• Inserm/Université de Lille, France: Professor Damien Subtil
• Centre for Medical Parasitology, Copenhagen: Professor Ali Salanti, Professor Lars Hviid, A/Prof Lea Barfod
• University of Manchester: Dr Jocelyn Glazier

International (non-European) collaborations

• University of Denver, Colorado: Professor Thomas Jansson
• University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin: Professor Achille Massougbod

Appointments

• 2012 – present: Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR)
• 2010 – present: Victorian Infection and Immunity Network
• 2010 – present: Australian Society for Parasitology
• 2010 – present: Australian and New Zealand Placental Research Association (ANZPRA)
• 2008 – present: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 2006 – present: International Federation of Placenta Association (IFPA)
• 2005 – present: ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Parasitology
• 1999 – 2000: British Society for Parasitology

Positions

• 2005 – 2014: Senior Research Fellow, Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne
• 2005: Post-doctoral fellow, Pasteur Institute, Paris

Qualifications

• 2005: PhD in Immunology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
• 2000: Honours in Parasitology, University of Lille I and Montpellier II, Institut Pasteur, Paris
• 1999: Bachelor in Cellular Biology and Physiology, University of Paris VI and University of Manchester

Awards

• 2014: Travel Award, Australian/European Malaria Research Network (OzEMalaR)
• 2013: Dyason Fellowship, University of Melbourne
• 2012: Travel Award, Australian/European Malaria Research Network (OzEMalaR)
• 2011: Travel Award, Australian/European Malaria Research Network (OzEMalaR)
• 2011: Bursary from the Australian Academy of Science “Australia-France Symposium: Showcasing Excellence in Biomedical Research”, Canberra
• 2010: ASP ECR Prize, 12th International Congress of Parasitology, Melbourne
• 2007: Fellowship, ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Parasitology

Projects (3)

Current (3)

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  Evaluating a highly sensitive rapid malaria diagnostic in PNG

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  Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies

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  HMHB: The impact of nutrition, malaria and STIs on pregnant women and infants

Publications (3)

2021 (3)

• Mechanisms and targets of Fcgamma-receptor mediated immunity to malaria sporozoites.
  Feng G, Wines BD, Kurtovic L, Chan JA, Boeuf P, Mollard V, Cozijnsen A, Drew DR, Center RJ, Marshall DL, Chishimba S, McFadden GI, Dent AE, Chelimo K, Boyle MJ, Kazura JW, Hogarth PM, Beeson JG
  Nat Commun. 2021 Mar; 12(1):1742
• Mycoplasma genitalium and Other Reproductive Tract Infections in Pregnant Women, Papua New Guinea, 2015-2017.
  Scoullar MJL, Boeuf P, Peach E, Fidelis R, Tokmun K, Melepia P, Elijah A, Bradshaw CS, Fehler G, Siba PM, Erskine S, Mokany E, Kennedy E, Umbers AJ, Luchters S, Robinson LJ, Wong NC, Vallely AJ, Badman SG, Vallely LM, Fowkes FJI, Morgan C, Pomat W, Crabb BS, Beeson JG
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Mar; 27(3):894-904
• Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)(1).
  Klionsky DJ et al (including Philippe Boeuf)
  Autophagy. 2021 Jan; 17(1):1-382

News Articles (14)

2018 (6)

• Major milestone for Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
• Map-building workshop is streets ahead
• Baby Tessie lost her mum post-childbirth
• Putting research on the map
• Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: On the road with Kerryanne Tokmun
• More R&D needed in maternal and newborn health

2017 (3)

• New insights into malaria immunity
• Malaria link to low birth weight babies identified
• Precious HMHB samples make pre-Christmas dash to Melbourne

2016 (4)

• Zika: The New Global Health Threat
• IMPACT: latest edition now out!
• Zika impact may be hidden: study
• From heartbreak to hope: A personal insight from Kokopo

2015 (1)

• Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies lab officially opened in Kokopo