Hansen Laboratory
Immunology of vector-borne infectious diseases
Welcome to the Hansen Lab
Our research focuses on finding solutions to tackle two devastating mosquito-borne infectious diseases: malaria and dengue. Together these account for 600 million clinical cases worldwide annually.
We're part of the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, and a member of the Infection and Immunity Programs,
and the Department of Microbiology.
Professor Diana Hansen
My global research connections, partners and funding can be viewed on my Monash Research Profile.
If you are a student interested in doing research in our lab, visit Supervisor Connect.
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Our research
We apply systems immunology approaches to clinical studies in endemic areas and use pre-clinical infection models to inform on design, implementation and deployment of malaria vaccines and to identify biomarkers for diagnosing patients at risk of severe dengue haemorrhagic fever.
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Malaria
Unlike other infections in which one single encounter with the pathogen is enough to induce long-lasting protection, immunity to malaria might take decades to develop in endemic areas. We investigate mechanisms by which Plasmodium infections prevent the acquisition of immunity.
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Dengue fever
A proportion of dengue fever cases progress to a severe form of the disease, characterised by haemorrhagic manifestations. Our lab studies the immune response to dengue infection to uncover key mechanisms driving severe disease and to develop tools to identify patients at risk of severe dengue haemorrhagic fever.
Lab members
We are committed to excellence in research.
Join Our Lab
We're always interested in collaborating with bright and motivated researchers, clinicians and industry. Whether you want to research, study or partner with us to accelerate our discoveries, find out about the work we do.