DrKerrie Sandgren
Senior Research Scientist
Faculty of Medicine and Health
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- Senior Research ScientistFaculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Kerrie is interested in how the immune activating component of some vaccines, called adjuvants, prompt the immune system to behave in such specific ways and how we can harness this information to improve vaccines for older people, giving them better and longer lasting protection against diseases such as influenza and COVID-19.
She is also interested in how our immune system functions in the skin - from the perspective of vaccination and also viral infection. Of particular interest is the interplay between herpes simplex virus infection and the early innate immune response to the virus, that occurs in the skin.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTMechanism of Action of MPL-QS21 Adjuvant CombinationNational Institutes of Health (USA)1 Apr 2026People funded by this grant:
- Cunningham AT,
- Sandgren K
- GRANTImmuno-analgesics: Regulatory T-cell immunotherapies for pain management in complex regional pain syndromeDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2027People funded by this grant:
- Reed J,
- Drummond PD,
- Sandgren K,
- Austin P,
- Moalem-Taylor G
- GRANTDefining pathways of epithelial spread of Herpes simplex virus after genital infectionNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Sandgren K,
- Cunningham AT,
- Harman A
- GRANTDefining the Interaction of HIV with the Interferon System in Initial Mucosal InfectionNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2019People funded by this grant:
- Nasr N,
- Palmer S,
- Cunningham AT,
- Harman A,
- Sandgren K