Peter Revill PhD

Professor Peter Revill is a Senior Medical Scientist at the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL). Peter’s work is focused on the molecular virology of the hepatitis B virus (HBV), particularly the contribution of different HBV genotypes and variants to the striking differences in natural history, disease progression and treatment response observed globally. Peter holds honorary appointments as Principal Research Fellow in the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and Pathology at the University of Melbourne and is an adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology at Monash University. Peter is also President of the Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology (ACHV).

Peter completed his PhD at Monash University in 1995, being the first to sequence a virus of the cultivated mushroom Agaricus bisporus. His postdoctoral training on plant viruses took him to Vietnam and various South Pacific Islands, and in 2004. He joined the team at VIDRL to work on HBV. He has since established himself as an internationally recognized expert on HBV and has received numerous grants and a fellowship to fund his research. In addition to his research interests, Peter is passionate about the establishment of an international consortium that will facilitate coordinated approaches to HBV cure worldwide. He was the co-convenor of the International HBV Meeting held in Melbourne in October 2019.