Infectious Diseases research

The Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health and Monash University incorporates a large clinical service and research program. 

About our research

The Department of Infectious Diseases integrates clinical services with biomedical research and teaching. Our expertise spans from general infectious diseases to HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, and tuberculosis.

Our focus

We have active research studies in:

  • HIV
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Infections in the immunosuppressed (malignancy, intensive care and post-splenectomy patients)
  • Influenza
  • Drug resistant organisms
  • Antibiotic use
  • Infection prevention and hospital epidemiology

Find out more about our research themes on Monash CCS.

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Publications

HIV treatment-as-prevention and its effect on incidence of HIV among cisgender gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Australia: a 10-year longitudinal cohort study

Callander, D; Mcmanus, H; Gray, R T.; Grulich, A. E.; Carr, A; Hoy, J; Donovan, B; Fairley, C. K.; Holt, M; Templeton, D. J.; Liaw, S-T; McMahon, J. H.; Asselin, J; Petoumenos, K; Hellard, M; Pedrana, A; Elliott, J; Keen, P; Costello, J; Keane, R Kaldor, Jn; Stoove, M; Guy, R.

(2023), LANCET HIV, 10(6), E385-E393

DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(23)00050-4

Trends in Cancer Incidence in Different Antiretroviral Treatment-Eras amongst People with HIV

Greenberg, Lauren; Ryom, Lene; Bakowska, Elzbieta; Wit, Ferdinand W.N.M.; Bucher, Heíner C.C.; Braun, Dominique L.; Phillips, Andrew N.; Sabin, Caroline; d'Arminio Monforte, Antonella; Zangerle, R.; Smith, Colette; De Wit, Stéphane; Bonnet, Fabrice; Pradi

(2023), Cancers, 15(14), 3640

DOI: 10.3390/cancers15143640

Antimicrobial susceptibility of ceftolozane-tazobactam against multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Melbourne, Australia

Kostoulias, Polyxeni; Chang, Christina Catherine; Wisniewski, Jessica Ann; Abbott, Iain Joseph; Zisis, Helen; Dennison, Amanda M.; Spelman, Denis William; Peleg, Anton Yariv

(2023), Pathology, 55(5), 663-668

DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2023.03.009

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