Our aims and priorities are to:

• Leverage common strengths across Monash Partners sites to improve the quality and impact of health research
• Facilitate research across the full continuum to address fundamental biological questions, understand how disease occurs, and develop more effective and targeted strategies for the prevention and treatment of the most important infectious and inflammatory diseases
• Foster close partnerships between healthcare practitioners and researchers to enable rapid translation of research into measurable health outcomes
• Efficiently use healthcare and research resources for maximal gain in human health, and better engage with the communities that we serve.

The theme is led by Professor Richard Kitching and Professor Anton Peleg.

Professor Richard Kitching

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Professor Richard Kitching is a Nephrologist physician-scientist in the Monash Health Departments of Nephrology and Paediatric Nephrology and the Monash University Department of Medicine. He heads a group working in defining how the immune system injures the kidney.

Professor Anton Peleg

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Professor Anton Peleg is Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at The Alfred Hospital and Monash University, and NHMRC Practitioner Fellow. He is also a research group leader in the Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Microbiology, Monash University.

The Infection and Inflammation Steering Committee brings together researchers, specialists and clinicians from across Monash Partners. They include:

• Professor Richard Kitching (Lead)
• Professor Anton Peleg (Lead)
• Professor Rachelle Buchbinder
• Professor Paul Hertzog
• Dr Peter Kelley
• Professor Dena Lyras
• Professor Eric Morand
• Dr Trisha Peel
• Associate Professor Mark Stoove
• Dr Rhonda Stuart
• Professor David Tarlinton
• Associate Professor Glen Westall.

The Victorian Infection and Immunity Network (VIIN) commenced as a Monash-led initiative in 2009. Membership of VIIN is free and open to all researchers, clinicians, students and industry representatives with an interest in solving problems in infectious diseases and immunology. The VIIN hosts a searchable, self-editable database of research and clinical expertise online.

To become a member, establish your own profile or find a collaborator within Monash Partners visit the VIIN website.

The VINN hosts the annual Lorne Infection and Immunity Conference: VIIN Young Investigator Symposium and Careers Evening.

Monash Partners is proud to support the following projects within this Theme:

Tackling superbugs: an integrated Antimicrobial Resistant (AMR) infection Prevention Genomics Service
Professor Anton Peleg

Eliminating hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: enhancing testing and linkage to care from hospital to community settings
Dr Joseph Doyle

Defining the presence of macrophage and neutrophil extracellular traps as a therapeutic target in early-stage cystic fibrosis
Dr Paul King

The airway microbiota in advanced cystic fibrosis in lung disease: its relationship to early life factors
Dr Katherine Frayman

Combatting Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in paediatric patients with cystic fibrosis
Ms Cornelia Landersdorfer

A new diagnostic approach to guide treatment of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) in cystic fibrosis
Dr Paul King

Innovative use of AI for antifungal stewardship in patients with blood cancer
Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah

Real time surveillance of fungal infections to improve clinical care
Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah

Ensuring HIV positive people are retained in care for best health outcomes to minimise HIV transmission in Australia
Professor Anton Peleg