Dr Megan Lloyd completed a Bachelor of Applied Science at RMIT in Victoria in 1991. She then worked in Rickettsia research with Dr Brain Dwyer and Dr Rob Baird at Fairfield Hospital and was employed as a clinical scientist at the Katherine Hospital in the Northern Territory. Dr Lloyd first came to The University of Western Australia in 1995 and completed her PhD on reproductive immunology in 2007. She worked as a Research Associate in Professor Geoff Shellam's Research Group investigating congenital cytomegalovirus infection in mice and cytomegalovirus in breast milk whilst also working at the Perron Rotary Express Milk Bank at King Edward Memorial Hospital.  She has recently worked on a project identifying specific antibody for SARS-CoV-2 in the breastmilk of women who were PCR positive on the day of delivery as a member of Valerie Verhasselt's laboratory at Telethon Kids Institute. Dr Lloyd is currently lecturing Immunology at UWA.

Collaborators

Prof Valerie Verhasselt, Telethon Kids Institute

A/Prof Allison Imrie, UWA

Prof Donna Geddes, UWA

Dr Jemma Berry, Edith Cowan University

Dr Lois Balmer, Edith Cowan University

Dr Lloyd has an interest in all aspects of cytomegalovirus infection.