University of Queensland
QIMR Berghofer

Professor Rajiv Khanna

Professor Rajiv Khanna

Co-Director
Senior Scientist, Tumour Immunology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Coordinator, QIMR Berghofer Centre for Immunotherapy and Vaccine Development
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Professor Khanna is the Coordinator of the QIMR Berghofer Centre for Immunotherapy and Vaccine Development. He obtained his doctorate degree from India and undertook his post-doctoral training at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. He holds a Senior Principal Research Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and is a Fellow of Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and in 2017 he was appointed officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished services to medicine in the field of immunology. Research highlights include:

  • successfully completed ‘first in man’ Phase I clinical trials on adoptive immunotherapy for recurrent and primary glioblastoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  • successfully completed Phase I clinical trial on adoptive immunotherapy for drug-resistant CMV infection in solid organ transplant patients (funded by NHMRC)
  • developed a novel T cell therapy for progressive multiple sclerosis
  • commercially available QuantiFERON-CMV immune monitoring kit developed using IP co-developed by Professor Khanna

The primary focus of his research is to obtain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms by which the human immune response to viral infections and human cancers may be generated, augmented and applied to the treatment of these diseases. Over the last 15 years, he has successfully translated research from the laboratory towards the development of novel immunotherapeutic strategies for the treatment of virus-associated cancers.

CONTACT US

Professor Gabrielle Belz
Email: g.belz@uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 3443 8026

Professor Rajiv Khanna
Email: rajiv.khanna@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 3362 0385

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