Associate Professor
Francesca Frentiu
Faculty of Health,
School of Biomedical Sciences
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Biomedical Sciences
Keywords
arbovirus, dengue virus, chikungunya, Zika virus, climate change, evolution, mosquito
Research field
Medical microbiology, Evolutionary biology, Genetics
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD in Evolutionary Genetics (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
For more information regarding Dr Francesca Frentiu's research profile please open this link to the Infection and Immunity Research Page: https://research.qut.edu.au/infectionandimmunity/
Teaching
Unit Coordinator
- LQB362 Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases
- LQB494 Pathogen Biology and Pathogenesis
Coordinator
- Peer Leader Program (Infection and Immunity Major)
Awarded Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in 2020
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Francesca, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Editorial Advisor for the Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's journal Transactions (3 year appointment)
- Type
- Membership of Review Panels on Prestigious Grant Applications
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Assessor for the 2020 NHMRC Investigator Grant round
- Type
- Membership of Review Panels on Prestigious Grant Applications
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Global Assessor for grant schemes offered by the Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Associate Editor role for BMC Infectious Diseases
Selected research projects
- Title
- Forecasting the Impact of Climate Change on Dengue Transmission
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1138622
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Dengue Fever; Climate Change; Climate Variability; Modelling; Predictive
- Title
- New vectors, new diseases: Understanding the risk of chikungunya transmission in Australia
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1125317
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Medical Entomology; Mosquito Transmission; Arbovirus Diseases; Climate Change; Mathematical Modelling
- Title
- Evolutionary response of dengue and chikungunya viruses to a novel biocontrol method
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1020817
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- dengue virus; genetic diversity; evolution; public health
- Title
- Natural variation and genetic basis of dengue virus transmission rate in Australian mosquitoes
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1020607
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- dengue virus; genetic diversity; public health
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Utilising in vitro and in vivo methods to improve our understanding of Plasmodium knowlesi biology
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
Supervision topics
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.