Simon Phipps
Professor | Group Leader | Coordinator of Chronic Disorders Program
+61 7 3362 0145simon.phipps@qimrberghofer.edu.au
CURRENT APPOINTMENT
July 2017-current: Group Leader, Respiratory Immunology
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
2015-2017: Lab Head, Respiratory Mucosal Immunity, University of Queensland
March 2010-December 2014: Senior Lecturer, ARC Future Fellow
January 2010-March 2010: Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle
March 2006-December 2009: Research Fellow, Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle
June 2003-February 2006: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Allergy and Inflammation Research Group, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University
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CURRENT AREA OF RESEARCH
Professor Simon Phipps primary research interests is to understand the gene–environment interactions that predispose towards the development of specific subtypes of asthma. A particular focus is to identify susceptibility factors that predispose to severe RSV bronchiolitis and the causal pathways by which bronchiolitis is associated with the subsequent development of asthma. Associate Professor Phipps’ group has developed various novel mouse models of viral bronchiolitis and later asthma. Through the use of genetic or pharmacological inhibition, together with adoptive cell transfer studies, he has elucidated several pathogenic processes and identified new targets for therapeutic intervention. Where possible these targets are validated using clinical samples, and supported by cellular assays using healthy and diseased primary cells obtained from the lung or the peripheral blood.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- The Australasian Society for Immunology
- International Conference on Mucosal Immunology
- The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
- The Australian Lung Foundation
- The Australasian Society of Immunology (NSW)
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2002: Doctor of Philosophy, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
1996: Bachelor of Science (Pharmacology), University of Bath, United Kingdom