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DR PHILIPPE BOEUF



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine - Royal Melbourne and Western Hospitals
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW
Email:
Homepage: http://www.medrmhwh.unimelb.edu.au/research/malaria/malaria.html
Work: 03 8344 3263
Fax: 03 9347 1863
Room: 320
Level: 03
Building: Clinical Sciences
Campus: Royal Melbourne Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Pathogenesis of placental malaria Placenta, malaria, infection, inflammation Australia, France

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Denmark Copenhagen University Research, Technical Assistance/Training
United Kingdom St Mary's Hospital Exchange, Research, Technical Assistance/Training
France Institut Pasteur Research, Technical Assistance/Training

Languages

Languages

Language Proficiency
English Speak, Read & Write
French Speak, Read & Write

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Maitrise de Biologie Cellulaire et Physiologie - Option Immunologie University of Paris VII: Jussieu
Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies en Parasitologie University of Montpellier
These de Doctorat en Immunologie Universite Denis Diderot (Paris VII) 16-Dec-2004

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science Member 04-Mar-2008
Member ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Parasitology Member 12-Jul-2006

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Parasitology 02-Jul-2007

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Additional Grant and Contract Information

I have been awarded an Early Career Research Grant by the University of Melbourne for 2009 to study malaria parasite placental adhesion and ways to prevent it. I was also awarded a Researcher Exchange Fellowship from the ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Parasitology in 2007 to get trained at placental techniques in the laboratory of Dr Jo Glazier in Manchester, UK.

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Placental hypoxia during placental malaria
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 197
    Page numbers: 757-766
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Vbeta profiles in African children with acute cerebral or uncomplicated malaria: very focused changes among a remarkable global stability


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Microbes and Infection
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 1252-1259
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  • New approaches to pathogenesis of malaria in pregnancy
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 134
    Page numbers: 1883-1893
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Increased levels of inflammatory mediators in children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria with respiratory distress.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 194
    Page numbers: 1438-1446
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • CyProQuant-PCR: a real time RT-PCR technique for profiling human cytokines, based on external RNA standards, readily automatable for clinical use.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: BMC Immunology
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1
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