EM/ProfJohn Ellis

Professor John Ellis is an international expert in medical and veterinary protozoology. He completed a PhD on leishmaniasis with Professor J.M. Crampton at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 1986, and subsequently did postdoctoral research on Eimeria vaccines (at Houghton Poultry Research Station) and parasite phylogeny (at Flinders University of South Australia). He was appointed to the academic staff of the University of Technology Sydney, in 1992 as a Lecturer in Microbiology.

Over the last thirty years John Ellis has studied parasitic protozoa of both veterinary and medical importance. His main research interests are focused on translational research that includes development of vaccines and diagnostics for protozoal diseases of economic importance. He was awarded a DSc by Liverpool University in 2006 for pioneering research on the biology of cyst-forming coccidia. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed research papers and was the lead inventor on over 40 patents granted from his research.

Highlights of his research include:

• Performing strategic and applied research into parasitic diseases, including food and vector borne diseases
• Provide research training and technical support to improve the detection and control of parasitic diseases
• Improve diagnosis, detection and treatment of endemic parasitic diseases
• Prepare for identification and treatment of NTD’s inc. malaria, leishmaniasis and amebiasis
• Outreach of research activities to health care agencies, Defence Force and pharma