isirv Antiviral Group
Aeron Hurt, WHO Influenza Collaborating Centre, Australia
Associate Professor Aeron Hurt
WHO Influenza Collaborating Centre For Reference And Research On Influenza, Melbourne, Australia
A/Prof. Aeron Hurt heads the Antiviral Susceptibility Unit and a separate research group at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza in Melbourne, Australia. Aeron has published over 100 peer-reviewed research and review papers in the field of influenza including articles in Science, Nature, New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Medicine and Lancet Infectious Diseases, and is on the Editorial board of the journals Antiviral Research, Frontiers Microbiology and Infection, Ecology and Epidemiology. Aeron has had a career-long interest in influenza antivirals, and conducts research related to the development of resistance and the fitness of resistance viruses. Aeron regularly acts as an external Temporary Advisor to the WHO and has completed a number of short-term consultancies for the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, the WHO, and the Australian Government related to influenza surveillance, epidemiology and laboratory analysis. Aeron holds an honorary Principal Fellow appointment with the University of Melbourne.
