Research output per year
Research output per year
The University of Western Australia (M504), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia
Professor Mark Nicol is a medical microbiologist in the Division of Infection and Immunity in the School of Biomedical Sciences. He also holds an honorary appointment at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has a passion for using modern molecular tools to understand complex microbial communities, investigating how imbalances in these communities cause illness and to develop and test better diagnostics for infections, particularly for diseases relating to poverty.
Specific focus areas of Dr Nicol’s research are the pathogenesis and diagnosis of respiratory infection in children, development, evaluation and implementation of novel diagnostic tests for tuberculosis, the cascade of care for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis and the role of the microbiome in early childhood development and illness. Professor Nicol has done seminal work on diagnostics for tuberculosis in children and adults, which has provided an evidence base for the new molecular tuberculosis tests used worldwide, and has contributed to many WHO policy recommendations and guidelines.
Dr Nicol has successfully competed for grants from major international funders, including recent funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust. He is a member of the advisory board for several large biotech companies and grant consortia, and a member of the International Interview Panel for the Wellcome Trust.
A major emphasis is placed on the development of the next generation of researchers, and many of Dr Nicol's students have received international fellowships as well as awards at scientific meetings.
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):
Honorary Professor of Microbiology, University of Cape Town
1 Jan 2019 → …
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Abotsi, R. E. (Creator), Dube, F. S. (Creator), Rehman, A. M. (Creator), Claassen-Weitz, S. (Creator), Xia, Y. (Creator), Simms, V. (Creator), Mwaikono, K. S. (Creator), Gardner-Lubbe, S. (Creator), McHugh, G. (Creator), Ngwira, L. G. (Creator), Kwambana-Adams, B. (Creator), Heyderman, R. S. (Creator), Odland, J. Ø. (Creator), Ferrand, R. A. (Creator) & Nicol, M. (Creator), Figshare, 13 Apr 2023
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22601284.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_1_of_Sputum_bacterial_load_and_bacterial_composition_correlate_with_lung_function_and_are_altered_by_long-term_azithromycin_treatment_in_children_with_HIV-associated_chronic_lung_disease/22601284/1
Dataset
Abotsi, R. E. (Creator), Nicol, M. (Creator), McHugh, G. (Creator), Simms, V. (Creator), Rehman, A. M. (Creator), Barthus, C. (Creator), Ngwira, L. G. (Creator), Kwambana-Adams, B. (Creator), Heyderman, R. S. (Creator), Odland, J. Ø. (Creator), Ferrand, R. A. (Creator) & Dube, F. S. (Creator), DRYAD, 29 Nov 2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5dv41ns71, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.5dv41ns71
Dataset
Nicol, M. & Ratanasuwan, W.
Australian Respiratory Council
3/04/23 → 5/04/24
Project: Research
Department of Health (Western Australia)
1/07/22 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
National Health & Medical Research Council NHMRC
1/01/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
Nicol, M., Bowen, A., Barnett, T., Riley, T., Kahler, C., Geddes, D., Tay, A., Ghori, N. & Kar Bahal, R.
National Health & Medical Research Council NHMRC
1/04/22 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
Mark Nicol (Consultant)
Activity: Industry and government engagement/consultancy › Submissions to standard setting body
Mark Nicol (Consultant)
Activity: Industry and government engagement/consultancy › Submissions to standard setting body
Mark Nicol (Consultant)
Activity: Industry and government engagement/consultancy › Submissions to standard setting body
Mark Nicol (Consultant)
Activity: Industry and government engagement/consultancy › Submissions to standard setting body
17/02/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media