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Research activity per year
Bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics. A strong potential alternative is bacteriophages -"phages" -viruses that infect bacteria. In collaboration with US/Australian company AmpliPhi Biosciences, I am pursuing the use of phages as a treatment for bacterial infections in a number of important medical settings:
-chronic rhinosinusitis: a human trial of this technology commenced in January 2016, in collaboration with ENT surgeon/scientist Prof. PJ Wormald
-diabetic foot ulcer infections
-nasal Staphylococcus aureus decolonization.
I collaborate with the US Army Medical Research Materiel Command to introduce phages into their Combat Wound Infection Control Program.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
PhD, Pathogenesis of the Herpes Simplex Virus, University of Adelaide
… → 1993
Bachelor of Science (Honours), Genetics of Wheat and Rye, University of Adelaide
… → 1988
Bachelor of Science, University of Adelaide
1984 → 1987
Secretary, Australasian Virology Society
1 Jan 2012 → …
Chair, National Scientific Advisory Committee, Virology Division, Australian Society for Microbiology
2012 → 2014
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Speck, P. (Author)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation