James Beeson

Prof. James Beeson is a Deputy Director at the Burnet Institute, and Head of the Malaria Immunity and Vaccine Group. He is an adjunct professor at Monash University and Honorary Professor at University of Melbourne, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. James is a public health physician and has worked in malaria research in South East Asia and East Africa for many years. A major focus of his research is aimed at understanding the targets and mechanisms of protective immunity in humans, and using this knowledge to advance vaccine development, and evaluate new vaccines being implemented in endemic populations. He is also involved in evaluating and strengthening strategies for malaria control, approaches to enhance malaria surveillance, and operational research in Papua New Guinea. At ACREME, James and his group will i) lead work on defining vaccines for the Asia-Pacific region and quantify potential impacts on malaria, ii) understand the impact of strain diversity on malaria vaccine effectiveness, ii) evaluate immunity induced by vaccines and identify correlates of protection, and iv) support the development and evaluation of malaria sero-surveillance approaches, including the development and evaluation of simple low-cost point-of-contact devices for field applications.

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Team

• Chrissie Collins, Executive Assistant
• Dr Jo-Anne Chan, Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow
• Dr Michelle Scoullar, Senior Research Fellow
• Dr Linda Reiling, Senior Research Officer
• Dr Adam Thomas, Postdoctoral Research Officer
• Dr Herbert Opi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
• Dr Lee Yeoh, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
• Dr Liriye Kurtovic, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
• Jessica Horton, Honorary Associate
• Alexander Harris, PhD Candidate
• Kaitlin Pekin, PhD Candidate
• Alessia Hysa, PhD Candidate
• Catherine Ives, PhD Candidate
• Sandra Chisimba, Research Officer
• Chiara Drago, Research Assistant
• Albert Shi, PhD Candidate
• Timothy Ho, PhD Candidate
• Joshua Waterhouse, PhD Candidate
• Grace Wright, Master’s Student
• Pinkan Kariodimedjo, Master’s Student
• Jessie Lu-Lee, Program Coordinator