Dr Sarah Sasson, a Clinical Immunologist/Immunopathologist and Scientia Senior Lecturer has been appointed program head for the Immunovirology and Pathogenesis Program (IVPP). Dr Sasson has had a long association with The Kirby ...

Associate Professor Behzad Hajarizadeh from the Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program at the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney leads a team that has been awarded a Partnership Project grant of $1.5 million from the National Health ...

Professor Raina MacIntyre, head of the Biosecurity Program (BSP) at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, has been awarded an Ignite Grant of $499,932 to use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify public health disinformation and its ...

Dr Mo Hammoud from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has been awarded a grant of $688,405 under the highly competitive Investigator Grants scheme by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).The five-year funding is for ...

The Kirby Institute, ASHM and the broader HIV and sexual health sector are mourning the loss of Dr Nicholas Medland, who passed away suddenly in the United Kingdom on Friday 21 February.  Dr Nick Medland was a clinical ...

An infectious disease testing program developed by the Kirby Institute which has reduced the spread of sexually-transmitted infections and COVID-19 in remote communities, has won the Community Champion award at the 2024 Shaping ...

Professor Raina MacIntyre, head of the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, has written an editorial in Nature Medicine to accompany a paper on a global airport wastewater surveillance system.Wastewater

The Kirby Institute joins our colleagues and friends in mourning the passing of David “Polly” Polson AM. David Polson was a kind, passionate and tenacious man who dedicated his life to challenging the stigma and discrimination ...

Dr Chantelle Ahlenstiel from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has been awarded an $875,000 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grant, to undertake research on RNA therapeutics for an HIV cure.  Announce

The Kirby Institute joins our colleagues and friends in Papua New Guinea, Australia and all over the world in mourning the loss of Emeritus Professor Michael Alpers, who passed away on Tuesday the 3rd December 2024.A ‘giant’ in medical ...

The Kirby Institute’s Professor Raina MacIntyre, head of the Biosecurity Program, has been added to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researcher (HCR) list in the Cross-Field category, positioning her within the top 1% in the world in her field.

Rebecca Guy from the Kirby Institute at UNSW has been appointed Scientia Professor, a prestigious title awarded in recognition of her outstanding academic achievements and leadership in public health research.This recognition ...

The late Scientia Professor David Cooper AC, inaugural director of the Kirby Institute, has been commemorated in a biographical memoir published in Historical Records of Australian Science.Professor Cooper was among the first ...

The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Canberra last week, to formalise a partnership that will strengthen support to in-country partners and leaders to ...

A first-of-its-kind evaluation, led by researchers at UNSW’s Kirby Institute, demonstrates the real-world benefits of community-led molecular point-of-care (POC) testing for sexually transmissible infections (STIs) in remote Australia.Th

In acknowledgement and celebration of the expanding growth and impact of First Nations-led research, the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has launched the Yandamanjang First Nations Health Research Program, at a special event at UNSW ...

Professor Raina MacIntyre from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has become a new Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS).Professor MacIntyre was elected for her seminal body of research on vaccinology, ...

Professor Susana Vaz Nery, head of the Neglected Tropical Diseases Research Group at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, leads a team from the Kirby Institute and other research organisations that has been awarded a Synergy Grant of $5 ...