Journal of Tropical Diseases & Public Health

Andrew W Taylor-Robinson

Biography

Andrew Taylor-Robinson received a BSc in microbiology (immunology major) from University College London and a PhD in parasite immunology from the University of Glasgow for work on immunity to malaria. Postdoctoral research at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, the Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia, and the Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg, Germany, on human and rodent malarias further developed interest in regulation of immunity to infection. He was awarded a Wellcome Trust Career Development Research Fellowship at the University of Leeds and subsequently appointed to the permanent academic staff. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Royal College of Pathologists, Society of Biology, Institute of Biomedical Science, the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine and the Australian Society for Microbiology. He joined CQUniversity in 2012 and spent a secondment as a Professorial Research Fellow with the Health Collaborative Research Network. He is Professor of Immunology & Haematology and currently Deputy Dean (Research) in the School of Medical & Applied Sciences.

Research Interest

immunology; medical microbiology; parasitology; vaccinology; infectious diseases; malaria; otitis media. dengue fever; entomology; epidemiology; embryology