Dr Sarah Dunstan

Leading the Way participant

Senior Research Fellow

The University of Melbourne

Dr Sarah Dunstan is a Senior Research Fellow. Sarah uses genomics to understand the host-pathogen interaction in globally important infectious diseases. She completed her PhD at The University of Melbourne in 1998, then a postdoctoral fellowship at Imperial College, London.

In 2001, Sarah joined Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam and developed a program of research on enteric fever, tuberculosis and malaria. In 2013, Sarah returned to The University of Melbourne and has expanded her human genomics research to include pathogen genomics. For the Doherty Institute, Sarah is implementing a strategy to facilitate multi-disciplinary clinical research to enhance its impact.