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Gabriela Khoury
Antiviral Immunity, Theme Leader
Burnet Institute
Region: Asia-Pacific
Country of residence: Australia
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Biography
As a first generation Australian Dr Gabriela Khoury is passionate about increasing diversity in STEM fields and creating opportunities for school students to learn science and undergraduates to gain experience in the lab.
In 2023, Gabriela join the Burnet Institute to start her own laboratory and is the Antiviral Immunity Theme Leader. Gabriela's team focuses on understanding immune response in infections and post-vaccination in a variety of immunocompromised and immunosuppressed cohorts and infections.
Previously, Gabriela was a research fellow at the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute. Her research interests are in how the immune system responds to viral infections and vaccinations; and what happens when the immune system doesn't function properly during infections (like HIV and COVID-19) and other chronic illnesses. Gabriela's research predominantly focuses on the role of T-cells in fighting infections and generating vaccine responses. She is particularly interested in understanding how these cells are affected in people who are immunocompromised and those receiving immunosuppressive therapies. Gabriela enjoys teaching the next generation of immunologists at the Department of Immunology and Pathology at Monash University.
Gabriela was on the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology (ASI) council for over 9 years. She is passionate about promoting immunology to the public through science outreach and engagement programs in her role as the ASI Day of Immunology coordinator and social media manager. In 2019, she led the successful prize-winning campaign for the ‘Best International Day of Immunology Campaign’ awarded by the International Union of Immunological Societies. Gabriela is proud of all the Day of Immunology volunteer committee members who organise events. (Read more below).