Looking for interview talent on Ebola and its impact? The University of Queensland has several researchers and experts happy to take media calls on the subject, listed below.
- Professor David Paterson, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
Professor Paterson is a Professor of Medicine at The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Reseach. He is also a Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician, Consultant Microbiologist and Medical Advisor for the Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention. He would oversee the treatment of suspected Ebola patients should any present at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
Contact details: d.paterson1@uq.edu.au or +61 7 334 66074
- Professor Alexander Khromykh, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Professor Khromykh is the Deputy Director of the Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre and an experienced virologist. He is currently researching a vaccine for Ebola. His main areas of research are molecular virology, viral pathogenesis, virus-host interactions, and vaccine development.
Contact details: alexander.khromykh@uq.edu.au or +61 7 334 67219.
- Dr Krispin Hajkowicz, School of Medicine
Dr Hajkowicz is a clinical senior infectious diseases specialist involved in the frontline response to Ebola in Australia and a Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases at UQ. He is also a councillor for the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases. His interests are in the clinical management of suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease and infection control.
Contact details:k.hajkowicz@uq.edu.au or +61 7 3646 1857 (mobile number available on request).
- Professor Lakshman Samaranayake (Sam), School of Dentistry
Professor Samaranayake is the head of UQ’s School of Dentistry and Professor of Oral Microbiomics and Infection. Professor Samaranayake is considered the foremost international authority in oral candidal infections and he has authored more than 400 publications cited in the literature more than 12,000 times.He has an interest in infection control in dentistry and Ebola.
Contact details: dent.execassistant@uq.edu.au or +61 3365 8062.
- Professor Sara Dolnicar, UQ Business School, Professor of Tourism
Professor Dolnicar is an expert in tourism, with core research interests in sustainable tourism and tourism marketing, environmental volunteering, foster carer and public acceptance of water alternatives and water conservation measures. Professor Dolnicar has co-authored more than 200 refereed papers, including more than 100 journal articles, and led 12 Australian Research Council (ARC) grants. In 2011 she took up a prestigious ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship.
Contact details: s.dolnicar@uq.edu.au or 0437 216 185.
- Professor John Devereux, TC Beirne School of Law, Professor of Law
Professor Devereux has a special interest in medical law, most notably in the area of competency to consent to medical treatment and the law. Professor Devereux, a Rhodes Scholar, is an Honorary Fellow of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine, and was a member of the Queensland Health Quality and Complaints Commission.
Contact details: j.devereux@law.uq.edu.au or +61 7 3365 2298.
- Professor Paul Young, Professor of Virology, Head of School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences
Professor Paul Young’s research group employs molecular and structural biology based approaches towards gaining a clearer understanding of the pathogenesis of a range of severe viral diseases. His group is actively developing improved diagnostic, antiviral and vaccine strategies for their control and is currently working on novel subunit vaccines for Ebola, influenza, dengue and HIV.
Contact details: p.young@uq.edu.au or +61 7 3365 4646.
- Professor Roy Hall, Professor of Virology, School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences
Professor Hall’s research has a major focus on the discovery and characterisation of new and emerging mosquito-borne viruses and studies on the diseases they cause. His research also involves the development of novel technologies for the detection and diagnosis of infections with these viruses and the design and assessment of new vaccines. He also has an interest and knowledge of the Ebola virus.
Contact details: roy.hall@uq.edu.au or +61 7 3365 4647.
If you have any difficulty contacting the experts above, the UQ media and communications team are able to assist. Email news@uq.edu.au or call 3365 1120.
