Katherine Kedzierska

Professor Katherine Kedzierska is an immunologist who has made contributions to understanding of immune responses towards emerging and re-emerging viral infections, including pandemic, avian and seasonal influenza viruses, and SARS-CoV-2. Her studies identified host factors underlying life-threatening respiratory viral diseases and determined immune perturbations in high-risk populations. Her work defined novel and broadly cross-reactive T cell responses capable of mediating universal long-lived immunity across distinct viral variants, and unravelled integrated immune networks underpinning recovery from viral infections. Professor Kedzierska was at the forefront of research on immunity to pandemic H1N1 influenza in 2009, novel avian H7N9 influenza in 2013 and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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