Postdoctoral Fellow projects
Introducing the NACE Postdoctoral Fellows driving critical allergy research forward
To progress the work undertaken across the four NACE pillars, a group of Postgraduate Fellows with a diverse range of skills are undertaking a number of strategic projects.
Read more about the NACE Training and Innovation Pillar, and Lead Professor Dianne Campbell.
Food allergy:
Dr Tim Brettig
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Project: The ADAPT Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) Program and NACE Evaluation Study (Pillar 1)
- Primary Supervisor: Prof Kirsten Perrett (NACE Pillar 1 Lead)
BioSpecimen collection:
Dr Sarah Ashley
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Project: Establishing the NACE Food Allergy Biobank
- Primary supervisor: Prof Kirsten Perrett (NACE Pillar 1 Lead)
Health economics:
Dr Melanie Lloyd
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Project: Initial economic evaluation of the ADAPT OIT Program, with a focus on cost benefits of the Threshold Oral Food Challenges (OFC) used for entrance into the Program versus existing care pathways.
- Primary supervisor: Prof Kirsten Perrett (NACE Pillar 1 Lead)
Drug allergy:
Dr Sandra Salter
University of Western Australia
- Project: Interventions for penicillin allergy delabelling – a rapid overview of reviews
- Primary supervisor: A/Prof Jenifer Koplin (NACE Pillar 3 Lead)
Drug allergy:
Dr Jacqueline Loprete
St Vincent’s Private Hospital
- Project: Interventions for penicillin allergy delabelling – a rapid overview of reviews
- Primary supervisor: A/Prof Jenifer Koplin (NACE Pillar 3 Lead)
Multi-stream:
Dr Saeideh Hajighasemi
Queensland University of Technology
- Project: Data sharing practices in allergy compared to other health research: Influence of funding source and research focus
- Primary supervisor: Prof Janet Davies (NACE Pillar 2 Lead)
Insect allergy:
Dr Diego Lopez
The University of Melbourne
- Project: Provision of policy-relevant evidence to guide Australia’s public health response to Red Important Fire Ants
- Primary supervisor: Prof Adrian Lowe (NACE Pillar 3 Advisor)
Multi-stream
Dr Erin Gilmore
University of Queensland
- Project: Delivering Living Systematic Reviews across allergic disease research
- Primary supervisor: A/Prof Jennifer Koplin
Multi-stream:
Dr Karolina Bednarska
Queensland University of Technology
- Project: Data sharing practices in allergy compared to other health research: Influence of funding source and research focus
- Primary supervisor: Prof Janet Davies (NACE Pillar 2 Lead)
The NACE team has gathered a workforce to support Pillar, cross-cutting and project based work:
Multi-stream:
Dr Yichao Wang
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Project: Prevalence and sociodemographic variation of allergic diseases in Australia using data from the National Health Survey and the Victorian School Entrance Health Questionnaire.
- Primary Supervisor: A/Prof Rachel Peters (NACE Population Health Research Program Lead)
Multi-stream:
Dr Lauren Piko
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Project: Setting National Allergy Priorities for Research
- Primary supervisor: A/Prof Rachel Peters (NACE Population Health Research Program Lead)
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