Kate Gartlan
Associate Professor | Team Head
+61 7 3845 3774kate.gartlan@qimrberghofer.edu.au
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
2019-current: Team Head, Immunopathology Laboratory
2018-current: Senior Fellow, University of Queensland
2019-current: Adjunct Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
2019: Senior Staff Scientist, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2015-2018: Fellow, University of Queensland
2016-2018: Senior Research Officer, Bone Marrow Transplantation Laboratory
2012-2016: Research Officer, Bone Marrow Transplantation Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer
2009-2012: Postdoctoral Researcher, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford
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CURRENT AREA OF RESEARCH
Associate Professor Kate Gartlan is an immunologist with a strong interest in adaptive immune polarization and extensive experience using in vivo models to investigate inflammation and cellular immunity. Her research has been primarily focused on cytokines and the early factors that influence T cell polarization, which she has investigated in a variety of inflammatory contexts including, vaccine design, infection, allergy, transplantation and autoimmunity.
Associate Professor Gartlan has developed valuable expertise in transplant biology, murine models of GVHD, engraftment as well as translational research experience through her ongoing participation in clinical studies.
The impact of her research has led to important international collaborations in both academia and industry to investigate novel approaches to modulating inflammatory cytokine responses.
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
- established a novel in vivo model of allograft rejection as part of a large international collaboration to develop small molecule inhibitors of Perforin
- recently completed three studies investigating on the influence of Th17, Tc17 and Th22 in allotransplantation and received competitive funding to elaborate this work
- contributed to a successful phase I/II clinical trial and current phase III trial at QIMRB/RBWH using a novel strategy to target inflammatory pathways post-transplant through IL-6 inhibition
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2017-current: AAI (American Association of Immunologists), Member
2015-current: TSANZ (Transplantation Society of Australia & NZ), Member
2003-current: ASI (Australasian Society of Immunology), Member
2015-2017: QIMR Berghofer Postdoctoral Society, Committee Member
2009-2012: BSI (British Society of Immunology), Member
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2009: Doctor of Philosophy, Burnet Institute/Victoria University
2000: Bachelor of Science (Hons), La Trobe University