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ProfessorVitali Sintchenko

Professor

Faculty of Medicine and Health

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  • Professor
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

Research projects & supervision summary

Professor Sintchenko currently leads the following competitive research projects:

 

Project title: A GIFT (Genomics for Infection Prevention and Therapy) to the Neighbourhood: Metagenomics enabled tracking, treatment and prevention of priority infections in culturally diverse communities

Duration: 2025-2027

Funder: Medical Research Future Fund- Genomics Health Futures

 

Project title: TB-ACQUIRE: Mechanisms and relevance of resistance against novel anti-TB drugs

Duration: 2025-2027

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council- e-ASIA Joint Review Program

 

Project title: Design and evaluation of integrated legionellosis surveillance system for NSW

Duration: 2024-2026

Funder: New South Wales Ministry of Health-Translational Research Grant

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Challenges and opportunities for enhanced tuberculosis (TB) control in New South Wales Australia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Computational modelling of the effects of social dynamics on opinion formation during epidemics
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Diagnostic, prognostic and predictive markers of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Genomics and Metagenomics of Bordetella species for Disease Control
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Molecular Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Emerging Mycobacterium orygis-associated Tuberculosis
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium abscessus complex in cystic fibrosis and non cystic fibrosis patients in New South Wales
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Phyloepidemiology and genomics of invasive pneumococci
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Studies into the epidemiology and management of invasive fungal infections with a focus on candidaemia and antifungal resistance
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Targeted Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for Diagnosis of Infectious Disease
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The pathogenicity, diagnosis and control of Dientamoeba fragilis, a common human protozoa of uncertain significance