Professor Miles Davenport

Professor Miles Davenport is Program Head of the Infection Analytics Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW

Research Field:
Infection and Immunity

A full description of the Infection Analytics Program can be found at:

https://kirby.unsw.edu.au/program/iap

An updated list Professor Davenport's publications and experience are outlined on Researchgate:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Miles_Davenport

Research Interests:

Professor Davenport has a background in clinical medicine and experimental immunology, before retraining in analytics and modelling over 20 years ago. He now directs a team of applied mathematicians and evidence specialists applying statistical and computational approaches to understand host-pathogen interactions in SARS-CoV-2, HIV, and malaria. He has a wide variety of clinical and experimental collaborations both within Australia and overseas and his work aims to integrate experimental data and modeling. He is a past-President of the Australasian Society for Immunology, past Section Editor at Journal of Immunology, and past Senior Editor at eLife. His seminal work defining an immune correlate for protection from SARS-CoV-2 infection helped predict waning immunity and loss of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 variants, and has been cited in over 150 statements / guidelines on SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and treatment.

Broad Research Areas:
Infectious Diseases, SARS-CoV-2, HIV-AIDS, immunology, Biostatistics, Virology

Thesis topics for current UNSW Medicine postgraduate research students
Dynamics of HIV latency
Immunity to SARS-CoV-2

Evidence Assessment in vaccine development

         
Other Postgraduate Research        
A wide range of projects are available to eligible students with a strong background in quantitative disciplines (eg: physics / math / statistics / engineering / computer science / bioinformatics). No background in biology is required.

Qualifications:
BSc (Med) MB BS (Syd) D.Phil (Oxon)

Society Memberships & Professional Activities:
President, Australasian Society for Immunology 2009-10.,

Senior Editor, eLife (2020-2024).

Editorial Board, Journal of Virology (2015-2023)

Specific Research Keywords:
Immunology and Infectious Disease, Virology, Vaccines, Mathematical Biology, Theoretical Biology