David Piedrafita

David Piedrafita – SRF and Group Leader - Parasite Immunobiology Dr David Piedrafita embarked on a PhD in immunoparasitology within the Department of Primary Industries in Victoria, after winning a competitive National Industry Scholarship. In 1996, he was awarded a Wellcome Trust Fellowship and worked on DNA vaccines at Glasgow University in Scotland for 3 years. David returned to Australia in 1999 to study Helminth vaccines and biology and in 2001 set up his own group working on Fasciola (liver fluke). In 2006, he relocated his group to the Biotechnology Research Laboratories at Monash University, where he continues to work on national and international research programs (including Thailand, Indonesia, Africa & Spain) and heads the Parasitology unit. He routinely hosts scientists & graduate students from overseas countries and supervises several PhD students. He is actively involved in promoting parasitology to the general public through educational activities and has been vice president and president of the Australian Society for Parasitology (2005-2007) and was deputy chair for the 2010 International Congress for Parasitology held in Melbourne (ICOPAXII). Research interests: Parasite Immunology, Research in vaccine development and performance, Genetic control of disease resistance

Biography Updated on 14 October 2010

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