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

Epidemiology and Management of invasive infections among people who Use drugs (EMU): protocol for a prospective, multicentre cohort study

Attwood, Lucy O.; Bryant, Mellissa; Lee, Sue J.; Vujovic, Olga; Higgs, Peter; Doyle, Joseph S.; Stewardson, Andrew J.

(2023), BMJ OPEN, 13(4),

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070236

Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention of HIV Infection in Adults

Gandhi, Rajesh Tim; Bedimo, Roger; Hoy, Jennifer Frances; Landovitz, Raphael J.; Smith, Davey M; Eaton, Ellen F.; Lehmann, Clara; Springer, Sandra A.; Sax, Paul E.; Thompson, Melanie A; Benson, Constance A; Buchbinder, Susan P.; Del Rio, Carlos; Eron, Jos

(2023), JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 329(1), 63-84

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.22246

Asymptomatic people with well-controlled HIV do not have abnormal left ventricular global longitudinal strain.

Jennifer F Hoy, Sue J Lee, Janine M Trevillyan, Elizabeth M Dewar, Janine Roney, Anthony Dart, Yan Yang

(2023), Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 10, 1198387 1198387

DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1198387

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