Professor Susanna Dunachie

Professor Raph Hamers

Isana is a DPhil candidate in Clinical Medicine and is a member of Wolfson College. She obtained medical doctor degree from Universitas Gadjah Mada Indonesia and continued MSc in Immunology and Inflammatory Disease in the University of Glasgow with the support of Chevening Scholarships from the UK Government. Currently, she received funding from Indonesian Government for her DPhil study.

Isana has a strong interest in infectious diseases, global health, and cellular immunity, mainly exploring unconventional T cells response in infectious disease with diabetes. Her current research focuses on the role of gamma delta T cells response in people with type 2 diabetes to infection. This research aims to identify immune responses that underlie disease severity and will define new vaccination strategies for vulnerable populations. 

Recently, she has established a large spectral flow cytometry panel with 35 markers. This panel will be utilised to explore gamma delta T cell responses in acute melioidosis and acute COVID-19 patients with and without diabetes.

EDUCATION:

MSc Immunology and Inflammatory Disease, University of Glasgow, 2020

Medical doctor, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, 2017

Isana tells us about her DPhil project, titled 'Investigating the role of vγ9vδ2 t cells in susceptibility to infection and disease outcome in individuals with type 2 diabetes​​​​​'. This talk was recorded during NDM-CGHR meeting on 4th October 2023

Team: Health Systems Collaborative

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