The University of Western Australia

Asst/Prof Jane Allan

Assistant Professor
School of Medicine and Pharmacology Fremantle Hospital Unit

Contact details

Address

School of Medicine and Pharmacology Fremantle Hospital Unit
The University of Western Australia (M704)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

9431 2641 / 9431 3229

Fax

9431 2977

Email

jane.allan@uwa.edu.au

Location

Fremantle Hospital

Qualifications

BSc Glas., BSc PhD W.Aust.

Biography

My BSc studies was performed at the University of Glasgow and my BSc Honours and PhD degrees from the University of Western Australia where I specialised in immunity to viral infections. I continued studies on viral immunity at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU, and then at St Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN. before returning to UWA.

Key research

My main research has been in the pathogenesis of viral infections which has included studies of flaviviruses, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, parainfluenza viruses, cytomegalovirus and hepatitis C virus.

Publications

Lathbury LJ, Allan JE, Shellam GR, Scalzo AA. Effect of host genotype in determining the relative roles of NK cells and T cells in mediating protection against murine cytomegalovirus infection. J. Gen. Virol. 77: 2605 – 2613, 1996.
MacQuillan GC, Mamotte C, Reed WD, Jeffrey GP and Allan JE. Upregulation of endogenous intrahepatic interferon stimulated genes in chronic hepatitis C virus infection. J. Med.Virol. 70: 219-27, 2003
Jackaman C, Lew AM, Zhan Y, Allan JE, Koloska B, Graham PT, Robinson BWS, and Nelson DJ. Deliberately provoking local inflammation drives tumours to become their own therapeutic and protective vaccine site. International Immunology, 20 (11) 1467-1479, 2008

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

I oversee the Research Faciltites at the Medical Sciences Labs at Fremantle Hospital.

Future research

Development of methods to control progressive disease and control persisitent viral infections such as cytomegalovirus and hepatitis C virus.

RFCD

320000

Research profile

Research profile and publications