Lorena Elizabeth Brown
Professor
University of Melbourne
Australia
Biography
Lorena Brown is a professor at the University of Melbourne and at Hokkaido University. She is a lecturer in Virology to students of Science and Medicine and also heads a laboratory dedicated to understanding and controlling influenza.
Research Interest
Her work is focused on researching and evaluating new vaccines designed to combat both seasonal and highly lethal avian strains of influenza, including vaccines that induce cross-reactive T cell responses. As well as having a combined expertise in immunology and basic virology, her teamed is skilled in molecular virology techniques, which are used to understand the detailed replication of influenza virus and disease pathogenesis.