Speaker

Dr Laura Mackay is Professor and Immunology Theme Lead at the Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne. She completed her PhD at the University of Birmingham (2009) and postdoctoral training with Dr Francis Carbone at the University of Melbourne (2009-2015). She is an NHMRC Leadership Investigator, Dame Kate Campbell Fellow, HHMI International Scholar, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Dr Mackay’s research defined tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells and their role in infection and cancer. Her lab investigates the regulation of tissue T cells to inform the development of new immunotherapies.

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