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The Early & Long Term Benefits of Preventing Low Risk HPV Types 6 & 11 & High Risk HPV Types 16 & 18
| What | Seminar |
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| When |
2008-03-31 from 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm |
| Where | Joseph S. Pagano Conference Room, Lineberger Cancer Center |
| Contact Name | Jennifer Smith |
| Contact Email | JenniferS@unc.edu |
| Contact Phone | 919 966 7450 |
| Presenter | Dr. Ian H Frazer |
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Dr. Frazer's current research interests include immunoregulation and immunotherapeutic vaccines for papillomavirus-associated cancers, for which he holds research funding from several funding bodies in Australia and the United States. He is an inventor with patents relating to HPV prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines, DNA vaccines, and optimizing therapeutic protein expression.
Education/History
Dr. Frazer trained as a renal physician and clinical immunologist in Edinburgh, Scotland, before emigrating to Melbourne, Australia, to continue his clinical training and to pursue studies in viral immunology and autoimmunity at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research with Professor Ian Mackay. He earned Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees from the University of Edinburgh, and an MD degree from the University of Melbourne.
Professional Society Affiliations
Dr. Frazer is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the Australian Academy of Science Technology and Engineering, and the Australian Academy of Science. He currently serves as president of the Cancer Council Australia.
Awards
In 2005, Dr. Frazer was awarded the Australian Museum CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science, which is awarded to an Australian individual who has demonstrated an outstanding role and impact in science leadership. In 2006, he was named Queenslander of the Year, and Australian of the Year. In 2007 he received the Novartis prize for Clinical Immunology
Current Position/Responsibilities
Dr. Frazer is a professor in the Department of Medicine and Director of Diamantina Institute for Cancer Resaerch at the University of Queensland. Dr. Frazer teaches immunology to undergraduate and graduate students at the University. He advises the World Health Organization on papillomavirus vaccines. Dr. Frazer consults in the field of prophylactic and therapeutic papillomavirus vaccines, and has consulted on immunomodulatory therapies for human papillomavirus (HPV).