Professor Nicholas Hunt
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Professor of Experimental Pathology and Executive Director
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Biographical details | Research interests | Grants
Biographical details
Nick completed a BSc(Hons) and PhD in the UK. He then spent 3 years as a postdoctoral researcher in Sheffield before moving to the Australian National University in 1977 as a Research Fellow at the John Curtin School of Medical Research. He moved to Pathology, University of Sydney in 1988 as Senior Lecturer and was appointed Professor of Pathology in 1989. [More...]
Research interests
Nick Hunt is well-known for his studies of the severe illness caused by malaria infection and his interest in free radical biology and inflammation. Meningitis is a recent area of interest.
Current national competitive grants
2008
Dysregulation of cytokine networks: a key determinant of the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria
Hunt N, Ball H, Grau G
NHMRC Project Grant ($461,625 over 3 years)
2007
Microparticles as effectors of microvascular alterations in brain inflammation
Grau G, Hunt N
Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery ($263,000 over 3 years)
Relationship between cell-cell interactions and disease severity in patients with cerebral malaria
Grau G, Cook D, Hunt N
NHMRC Project Grant ($523,500 over 3 years)
Pathogenic role of microparticles in cerebral malaria
Hunt N
NHMRC Australian-European Union (EU) Collaborative Grant ($322,300 over 1 years)
2006
Pathophysiology of malaria-associated lung disease
Hunt N, Ball H, Grau G, Anstey N
NHMRC Project ($413,625 over 3 years)
Regulation of vascular tone by indoleamine 2 3-dioxygenase
Stocker R, Hunt N
NHMRC Project Grant ($447,750 over 5 years)