DrKate Worthing

(she/her)

Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Microbiology

Faculty of Science

Research projects & supervision summary

  • Kill or be Killed: Antimicrobial peptide production by pathogenic and non-pathogenic skin bacteria in dogs and cats
  • Optimising low-cost, high throughput diagnostics for antimicrobial susceptibility testing in companion animals
  • Diagnosis and treatment of feline viral diseases
  • Novel therapeutics for biofilm infections in companion animals

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Innovative approaches to the management of clinical and carriage Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Australia
    1 Jul 2025 - 1 Oct 2028
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Host Genetic Susceptibility to Feline Infectious Peritonitis: Epidemiological Population Family‑Based Functional and Comparative Genomics
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Innovative approaches to the clinical management of antimicrobial resistance in clinical and carriage isolates of canine Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Australia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Prevalence and long-term outcomes in Australian cats exposed to feline coronavirus