Associate Professor Anna Walduck
Details
Department: School of Science
Campus: Bundoora West Australia
anna.walduck@rmit.edu.au
ORCID: 0000-0002-9624-4370
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
A/Prof Anna Walduck is a teaching and research academic at RMIT University.
Her expertise is in the immunology of infectious diseases, particularly chronic infection and inflammation and vaccine development. She has published over 60 peer- reviewed papers (h- index 26), attracted over $2.6 million in research funds and supervised 14 PhD students to completion.
PhD, University of QLD 1995
BScHonsI 1991, U of QLD
Bachelor of Science 1987-1991, U of QLD.
Research fields
- 3207 Medical microbiology
- 300304 Animal protection (incl. pests and pathogens)
- 320211 Infectious diseases
- 310702 Infectious agents
UN sustainable development goals
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
Academic positions
- A/ Prof Microbiology
- RMIT University
- Biology
- Melbourne, Australia
- 16 Feb 2026 – Present
- Senior Principal Research Fellow Global Health, Deputy Director
- Charles Sturt University
- Rural Health Research Institute
- Orange, Australia
- 5 Dec 2022 – 13 Feb 2026
- Snr Lecturer/Assoc Prof Applied Microbiology
- RMIT University
- Biosciences and Food Technology
- Melbourne, Australia
- 23 Jan 2012 – 2 Dec 2022
- Senior Research Fellow
- University of Melbourne
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Melbourne, Australia
- 30 Jun 2005 – 31 Dec 2011
- Research Fellow
- Max- Planck Institute for Infection Biology
- Molecular Biology
- Berlin, Germany
- 1 Jan 1999 – 6 Jun 2005
- Post Doctoral Fellow
- Queensland Insitute for Medical Research
- Malaria and Arbovirus unit
- Brisbane, Australia
- 1 Aug 1996 – 31 Dec 1998
Non-academic positions
- Immunologist, R&D
- Mallinckrodt Veterinary
- London, England
- 1 Aug 1995 – 30 Jun 1996
Teaching interests
Advanced Microbiology
Current:
Research Methods
Immunology
Research interests
Medical Microbiology, Immunology, Microbiology, Clinical Sciences, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Veterinary Sciences
Inflammation and Pathogenesis caused by human and veterinary pathogens.
Animal models of disease
Organoid models
Bacterial pathogens Helicobacter pylori, Chlamydia pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus as model organisms. Mechanisms underlying vaccine-induced protection against H. pylori, Mechanisms of altered gastric barrier function in H. pylori infection.
Periodontitis
