Vaccines & Vaccination

Biography

Nikolai Petrovsky MBBS, FRACP, PhD is an active hospital clinician, research professor at Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide Australia and research director of Vaxine, an Australian vaccine development company. He is Secretary-General of the International Immunomics Society and has received major funding from the US National Institutes of Health to develop novel biodefense vaccines and adjuvants. He has won prestigious awards including the AMP Innovation Award at the 2009 Telstra Business Awards and an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2010. He has taken four vaccines to the clinic and has authored over 100 scientific papers and book chapters Honours, awards and grants: NH&MRC Postgraduate Medical Research Scholarship, 1994 Cleveland Young Investigator Award, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1995 Edith Moffat Award, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1996 Distinguished Speaker Award, International Immunomics Society, 2005 Flinders University Public Affairs and Alumni Media Award 2005 & 2007 AMP Innovation Award, 2009 Telstra Business Award AusIndustry Innovation Award, Australian Anthill Company Awards

Research Interest

Vaccines