Andrew Taylor-Robinson

Editorial Board Member - JIID

Professor of Immunology & Haematology
School of Medical & Applied Sciences
Central Queensland University
Australia

BIOGRAPHY:

Andrew Taylor-Robinson received a BSc in microbiology (immunology major) from University College London and a PhD in parasite immunology from the University of Glasgow for work on immunity to malaria. Postdoctoral research at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, the Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia, and the Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg, Germany, on human and rodent malarias further developed interest in regulation of immunity to infection.

Andrew Taylor-Robinson was awarded a Welcome Trust Career Development Research Fellowship at the University of Leeds and subsequently appointed to the permanent academic staff. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Royal College of Pathologists, Society of Biology, Institute of Biomedical Science and the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine. He joined CQ University in 2012 and spent a secondment as a Professorial Research Fellow with the Health Collaborative Research Network. He is Professor of Immunology & Hematology and currently Deputy Dean (Research) in the School of Medical & Applied Sciences. Andrew has 25 years’ research experience of infectious disease immunology, with focus on malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases.