Women Speakers Database
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Name
Dr Danika Hill -
Email
Danika.hill@monash.edu -
Country/Region
Australia -
Institute
Monash University -
Career Stage
Post-doctoral Researcher -
Website
https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/danika-hill -
Research Interests
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Profile
Danika Hill is a Group Leader in the Department of Immunology and Pathology at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, working to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underpin robust responses to vaccination and infection, with a particular interest in T follicular helper cells and the Germinal Centre response. Dr Hill’s multi-disciplinary research uses human clinical cohorts and cutting-edge immunological techniques (high-parameter flow cytometry, single cell RNA and immune repertoire sequencing) to study Group A Streptoccous, malaria and influenza immunity. Danika has made several important discoveries about how T follicular helper cells support the germinal centre response to influenza and malaria vaccines (e.g J Exp Med 2019, eLife 2020, eLife 2021), and how immune development in children influences vaccination outcomes (Science Translational Medicine 2020).