Research Interests

Scientia Professor David Cooper AO

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Phone 02 8382 4903
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Qualifications BSc (Med) MBBS (Syd), MD, DSc (UNSW), FRACP, FRCPA, FRCP, FAA
 
School/Unit
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research
 
Broad Research Areas
HIV - AIDS
Clinical Research
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Virology
 
Specific Research Keywords
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Anti-viral Immunity
Clinical Research
Antiretroviral therapy
Primary HIV infection
 
Research Interests

Clinical research in HIV/AIDS including antiretroviral therapy including drug toxicities, immune-based therapies, primary HIV infection, vaccines, cellular immune response to HIV, chemoprophylaxis and other biomedical methods of prevention of HIV infection and access and implementation of antiretroviral therapy in the developing world.
 
Teaching Interests
HIV/AIDS
 
Society Memberships & Professional Activities
Australian Society for Immunology
American Society for Immunology
Australasian Society for HIV Medicine
Australian Society for Medical Reserach
American Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Australian Society for Clinical Immunology and Allergy
International AIDS Society
Australian Academy of Science
 
Funding Sources
- NIH
- CDHA
- Gates Foundation
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- NHMRC
 
Thesis topics for current UNSW Medicine postgraduate research students
  1. Antiretroviral therapy in the management of HIV
  2. Aspects of HIV-I treatment.
  3. Effects of Helminthic-co-infection on immunologic response to HIV-vaccine.
  4. Immunology of HIV infection.
  5. Optimising therapeutic outcomes in HIV-infected subjects.
  6. The role of economic evaluation in priority setting in HIV
 
Other Postgraduate Research

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Key works/Publications
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Attachments

DA Cooper-Key references.doc
 


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