BSc (Hons) (Griffith), PhD (Griffith), GCertEd (Qld)
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Biography
Dr Kathy Andrews obtained her PhD in Microbiology from Griffith University in 1998. She then carried out two years postdoctoral research at the
Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) before being awarded a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship to work at the
University of Heidelberg in Germany. After four years in Germany, she was recruited back to the QIMR in 2003 were she continued her independent research on malaria parasite biology and drug discovery. Dr Andrews acted as the Executive Officer of the Griffith Medical Research College from 2006-2009 and in 2009 she was appointed as a national Director of the
Australian Society for Medical Research. In 2009 Dr Andrews was recruited to Griffith University’s Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies where she leads the Tropical Parasitology group within the Drug Discovery and Design Research Program.