Members

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (VIC)

Director: Professor Douglas Hilton
Assistant Director: Professor Nick Nicola AO
General Manager: Maureen O'Keefe
Head of Business Development: Dr Julian Clark
Communications Manager: Mr Brad Allan

Principal Affiliations
The University of Melbourne
The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Principal Areas of Research
Cancer
Immunology
Haematology
Infection and immunity
Autoimmune diseases

Major Current Research
Molecular control of blood cell production and function

Deciphering molecular mechanisms of cell death (apoptosis) to develop better therapies for treating cancer, autoimmunity and infectious diseases

Harnessing bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics to understand complex inherited human diseases

The roles of stem cells and perturbed differentiation in cancer

Developing new therapies for preventing and treating type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and coeliac disease

Deciphering host parasite interactions to develop new treatments for malaria and leishmaniasis

Delinieation of dendritic cell function in T cell activation, self-tolerance and vaccine development

Molecular and cellular regulation of antibody production