Professor Mark Walker (NHMRC PRF)

Mark Walker

Professor Mark Walker is the Director of the Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre.

Prof. Walker’s research focuses on the mechanism by which the group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes; GAS) causes invasive disease, with the aim of developing GAS vaccines.

These diseases range from mild skin infections such as pharyngitis, scarlet fever, impetigo, and cellulitis, to severe diseases such as septicemia, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, and necrotizing fasciitis.

GAS is one of the ten most infectious diseases worldwide and Indigenous Australians suffer the highest rates of affliction with GAS diseases in the world.

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