TSANZ SIG Orals: Respiratory Infectious Diseases (2)
Tracks
Track 6
Monday, March 25, 2024 |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Meeting Room 7 |
Speaker
Dr Mark Miles
Research Fellow
RMIT University
Virus-induced acute and chronic lower respiratory tract disease is driven by TLR7
8:30 AM - 8:45 AMBiography
Dr Miles is a cellular and molecular biologist with research expertise in cancer biology, infectious diseases and cell death signaling pathways. He is interested in understanding the pathophysiology of respiratory viruses and how host inflammatory responses are altered during infection, which may contribute to disease progression.
Miss Sophie Miller
Student
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
Oropharyngeal metagenome is associated with respiratory tract infection and mortality in residential aged care
8:45 AM - 9:00 AMBiography
Sophie Miller is a PhD student specialising in clinical and molecular microbiology at Flinders University and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. Her research focuses on the impact of health-care on the gut and respiratory microbiome, and how these complex relationships influence clinical outcomes.
Dr Luke Milross
Basic Physician Trainee
St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
COVID-19-associated lung injury evolution characterised by significant immune cytometric flux.
9:00 AM - 9:15 AMBiography
Luke is a basic physician trainee with an interest in respiratory medicine and transplantation. He is a General Sir John Monash Scholarship recipient through which he conducted COVID-19 lung immunopathology research in the UK, alongside exposures in ex vivo lung perfusion, nocturnal respiratory monitoring and international organ donation auditing practice.
Dr Renee Ng
Research Officer
Telethon Kids Institute
Dr Steven Taylor
Research Fellow
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
Identification of Staphylococcus aureus hypermutator strain through metagenomic sputum analysis
9:30 AM - 9:45 AMBiography
Dr. Taylor heads the Respiratory Health Group within the Microbiome and Host Health Programme at SAHMRI. His research program investigates airway pathophysiology in people with chronic lung diseases, in particular, the contribution of the airway microbiome to disease onset, progression and treatment efficacy
Dr Dhammika Leshan Wannigama
Infectious Diseases Fellow
Chulalongkorn University / King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
Novel intranasal phage-CaEDTA therapy effectively treats Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection
9:45 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
Dr. Leshan Wannigama is an infectious disease physician-scientist at the Center of Excellence in Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Research, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. He conducts research in a clinically-relevant context, focuses on chronic lung infections, and explores Novel therapies, Antimicrobial resistance, and clinical and epidemiological surveillance.
Assoc Prof Anthony Byrne
Respiratory Physician & Researcher
St Vincent’s Hospital / University of New South Wales
Chairperson
8:30 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
Dr Sam Labroome
Registrar
Central Adelaide Local Health Network