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AITHM

Locality: Townsville, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4781 5023

Address: James Cook University 4811 Townsville, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.aithm.jcu.edu.au

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23.01.2022 Looking forward to welcoming our new neighbours in 2023, JCU: James Cook University, Australia Technology Innovation Complex across from our state-of-the-art research facility AITHM #townsvilleshines

17.01.2022 Our infectious disease dynamics expert Dr Michael Meehan, is developing a world-leading system to model and analyse the spread of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19. Dr Meehan will use genetic sequencing data to reconstruct epidemic outbreaks, to enable rapid and effective disease surveillance. Read more about his work here: https://www.aithm.jcu.edu.au/the-future-of-infectious-dise/

14.01.2022 A new test that can detect malaria in the blood using magnetic technology, developed by the Institute's Dr Stephan Karl and partners at the Burnet Institute and Universität Augsburg is another step towards the World Health Organization (WHO) target of global elimination of the #mosquito-borne disease. Malaria kills thousands of people a year, with a reported 229 million cases and 409,000 deaths in 2019. We collaborated with our friends at PNG Institute of Medical Research and our was research supported by National Health and Medical Research Council - NHMRC

09.01.2022 Professor Tom Burkot has more than 40 years experience in vector-borne disease transmission and control research. Based at AITHM he is currently researching the biology of the Asian tiger mosquito and its potential susceptibility to toxic sugar baits. Learn more about his work: https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/tom.burkot/

02.01.2022 Check out our Dr Michael Meehan talking about how his COVID-19 research aims to deliver improved intervention systems to enhance Australia’s preparedness in responding to any infectious threat. https://fb.watch/3I6Ur6kwrE/

01.01.2022 Professor Zoltan Sarnyai is a neuroscientist at James Cook University’s Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, talks to Channel 7 about whether psychedelic drugs can be beneficial in treating addiction. Use of the illegal street drug MDMA in assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder is being investigated in the US, Canada and Israel and it could be available on prescription in the US as early as 2022, Professor Sarnyai said.