Dynamics Immunology and Microbiology, Pharmacokinetics Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science, Infection Immunology and Microbiology, Plasmodium falciparum Immunology and Microbiology, Malaria Vaccine Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science
Fiona Stanley Chair in Child Health Research, UWA Medical School
UWA Centre for Child Health Research (affiliated with the The Kids Research Institute Australia)
As the inaugural Fiona Stanley Chair in Child Health Research at UWA and leader of the Intervention and Infectious Disease Modelling Research Team at Telethon Kids Institute, Professor Penny has unparalleled expertise in using mathematical and computational models to combat infectious diseases. Melissa Penny is a Full Professor and the inaugural Fiona Stanley Chair in Child Health Research at the University of Western Australia and The Kids Research Institute Australia. Recently relocating to Australia from Switzerland she currently heads the Global Disease Modelling research team at The Kids Research Institute Australia. Until December 2023 she was a Professor at the University of Basel (Switzerland), Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), heading the Disease Modelling Research unit (with over 24 staff and students in 2023).
She has more than 19 years’ experience in developing mathematical and computational models to provide quantitative and model-based evidence to support infectious disease control and elimination decisions, in particular for product development, for policy decisions on new tools, or for intervention mixes in geographic settings.
