Professor Dore is Head, Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, and Infectious Diseases Physician, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia. He has been involved in viral hepatitis and HIV epidemiological and clinical research, clinical care and public health policy for 25 years. He has developed extensive national and international collaborations and is internationally recognized in the areas of HCV natural...view more
Professor Dore is Head, Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, and Infectious Diseases Physician, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia. He has been involved in viral hepatitis and HIV epidemiological and clinical research, clinical care and public health policy for 25 years. He has developed extensive national and international collaborations and is internationally recognized in the areas of HCV natural history and epidemiology, therapeutic strategies for acute and chronic HCV infection, particularly among people who inject drugs, and HCV elimination strategies.
He has received large-scale public sector research funding from U.S. National Institutes for Health and Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Professor Dore has been President of the Australasian Society for HIV Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM), a member of NHMRC Council, and is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow (L3).
Professor Dore established the St Vincent’s Hospital viral hepatitis service in 1999 and led its development into one of the leading national and international hepatitis C treatment services, with a particular focus on marginalised populations including people who inject drugs and homeless persons.
My Grants
Major Category 1 Grants
- NHMRC Investigator Grant (Leadership 3; 2022-2026: $1.92M)
- NHMRC Practitioner Fellowships (2012-2016: $523K; 2017-2021: $569K).
- NHMRC Program Grants as CI (2014-2018: $5.4M; CIA 2019-2023: $9.0M).
- NHMRC Partnership Grants as CI (2014-2019: $1.49M; 2016-2020: $1,49M; 2018-2022: $2.1M; 2019-2022: $1.42M).
- NIH R01 Grants as CI (2015-2020: $US 3.7M; 2011-2016: $2.3M).
My Qualifications
2001 PhD University of New South Wales
1997 MPH University of Sydney
1995 FRACP Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1987 BSc University of New South Wales
1987 MBBS University of New South Wales
My Awards
2007, 2012, 2017 NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship
2007 Frank Fenner ASID Award for Advanced Research in Infectious Diseases
2016 Fellow of Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science
2020 Australian Museum Eureka Prize in Infectious Diseases
2020, 2021 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (clinical medicine)
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