Professor EmeritusWarwick Britton
Emeritus Professor
Faculty of Medicine and Health
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- Emeritus ProfessorFaculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Professor Britton is the Head of the Discipline of Infectious Diseases & Immunology and the Tuberculosis Research Program in the Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine & Cell Biology, where he studies the immunological control of tuberculosis and new vaccine strategies to control this major human infection. He also is involved in the development and evaluation of new anti-TB drugs in collaboration with Professor Richard Payne (School of Chemistry) and new approaches to the pulmonary delivery of anti-TB drugsin collaboration with Professor Kim Chan (Faculty of Pharmacy).
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTNoV Flu-RSV: Nasal vaccination for Influenza and RSVAustralian Respiratory Council7 Jan 2025People funded by this grant:
- Byrne S,
- Ashhurst A,
- Britton W
- GRANTTB-ACQUIRE: Mechanisms and relevance of resistance against novel anti-TB drugsNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2025People funded by this grant:
- Marais B,
- Lam C,
- Martinez E,
- Zhang X,
- Sintchenko V
- GRANTNasal delivered COVID vaccine to block transmission of SARS-CoV-2NSW Health1 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- Britton W,
- Triccas J,
- Byrne S,
- Ashhurst A,
- Payne R
- GRANTAdvancing Vaccine Adjuvant Research for Tuberculosis (AVART)National Institutes of Health (USA)1 Jan 2022People funded by this grant:
- Izzo A,
- Triccas J,
- Britton W
- GRANTDefining the impact of chronic lung disease on COVID-19 and developing effective therapiesNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2022People funded by this grant:
- Britton W,
- Hansbro N
- GRANTA single dose, globally accessible vaccine to combat emerging SARS-CoV-2 variantsDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Mar 2021 - 29 Feb 2024People funded by this grant:
- Triccas J,
- Britton W,
- Ferguson A,
- Steain M,
- Hansbro PM
- GRANTPathway to the Elimination of Antibiotic-Resistant Tuberculosis in the PacificDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jun 2020 - 31 May 2026People funded by this grant:
- Viney K,
- Britton W,
- Traur J,
- Marais B,
- Saunders B
- GRANTProtecting the lungs against Tuberculosis by pulmonary delivery of novel TB vaccineAustralian Respiratory Council8 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Triccas J,
- Britton W,
- Counoupas C
- GRANTCentre of Research Excellence in Tuberculosis Control on both sides of our borderNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2018People funded by this grant:
- Graham S,
- Marais B,
- Triccas J,
- Marks G,
- Alffenaar J-W
- GRANTThe Sydney University Immunotherapy Hub: Improving the efficacy of ImmunotherapyDVC Research1 Jan 2017People funded by this grant:
- Palendira M,
- Britton W,
- Hersey P,
- O'Toole S,
- Long G
- GRANTImaging Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific tissue resident memory T cells in the lungRebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation1 Apr 2016People funded by this grant:
- Palendira M,
- Sierro F,
- Britton W,
- Florido M
- GRANTMultistage vaccines for the prevention of tuberculosisNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2019People funded by this grant:
- Triccas J,
- Britton W,
- Petrovsky N
- GRANTRobots to expand drug discovery, neurology and cardiovascular researchDVC Research1 Jan 2016People funded by this grant:
- Britton W,
- Semsarian C,
- Brilot-Turville F
- GRANTDiscovery of New Tuberculosis Drug Leads Targeting Cell Wall BiosynthesisNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2017People funded by this grant:
- Britton W,
- Crick D,
- Payne R,
- West N,
- Charman S
- GRANTInhalation Delivery Sysytem for Drug and Vaccine DeliveryDVC Research1 Jan 2015People funded by this grant:
- Triccas J,
- Chan H-KK,
- Traini D,
- Britton W,
- Rutledge P
- GRANTUnderstanding the human immune response to tuberculosis infection to help design new vaccines against tuberculosisAustralia-Indonesia Centre1 Jan 2015People funded by this grant:
- Britton W,
- Triccas J
- GRANTFormulation of novel tuberculosis (TB) subunit vaccines for human deliveryAeras1 Jun 2014People funded by this grant:
- Britton W,
- Triccas J
- GRANTDeveloping conjugate vaccines against major human pathogens - $107,359DVC Research1 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Britton W
- GRANTProgramming memory T cell responses to recombinant influenza viruesDVC Research1 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Britton W
- GRANTUnderstanding Cellular Immune Responses to M. tuberculosis InfectionRebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation1 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Britton W