Eileen Dunne PhD

Dr Eileen Dunne completed a PhD in microbiology from the Boston University School of Medicine in 2010. Her thesis research involved investigating the mechanisms of action of a synthetic antimicrobial peptide on Gram-positive bacteria. Prior to graduate school, she spent two years in Nicaragua as a member of the Peace Corps and worked at the Harvard School of Public Health. She joined the Pneumococcal Research group at Murdoch Childrens as a postdoctoral scientist in 2010, aiming to apply her background as a molecular microbiologist to research with a focus on international child health.

Dr Dunne became a Senior Research Officer in 2012 and is currently involved in several international collaborations supporting the use of pneumococcal vaccines in resource-limited settings. She is a co-investigator on grants totalling over $11 million from funders including GAVI and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.