Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Sonia Fernandez is a biomedical scientist and teaching-intensive academic specialising in the teaching of clinical immunology and general human disease principles. She has an extensive research background in the immunology of HIV disease with developing interests in cancer immunotherapy and the scholarship of learning and teaching.
Teaching overview
Unit Coordination
PATH2220 Introduction to Human Disease
PATH5141 Clinical Immunology
PATH5142 Advanced Clinical Immunology
IMED3004 Body Systems & Disease IV
Lecturing
PATH2210 Fundamentals of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
ANHB1102 Being Human
Languages
English
Spanish
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching, The University of Western Australia
2019 → 2020
Award Date: 11 Dec 2020
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia
2003 → 2007
Award Date: 20 Sept 2007
Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Microbiology, The University of Western Australia
1998 → 2002
Award Date: 20 Mar 2003
Research expertise keywords
- Immunological aspects of HIV disease and anti-retroviral therapy
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Type I interferon subtypes differentially activate the anti-leukaemic function of natural killer cells
Barnes, S. A., Audsley, K. M., Newnes, H. V., Fernandez, S., de Jong, E., Waithman, J. & Foley, B., 24 Nov 2022, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 13, 1050718.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus) -
Characterising the Phenotypic Diversity of Antigen-Specific Memory B Cells Before and After Vaccination
Tjiam, M. C., Fernandez, S. & French, M. A., 28 Sept 2021, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 12, 738123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access10 Citations (Scopus) -
Identifying the optimal donor for natural killer cell adoptive therapy to treat paediatric B- and T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Foley, B., Ta, C., Barnes, S., de Jong, E., Nguyen, M., Cheung, L. C., Buzzai, A., Wagner, T., Wylie, B., Fernandez, S., Cruickshank, M., Endersby, R., Kees, U. & Waithman, J., 1 Jan 2020, In: Clinical and Translational Immunology. 9, 7, e1151.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Citations (Scopus) -
Production of IgG2 antibodies to pneumococcal polysaccharides after vaccination of treated HIV patients may be augmented by IL-7Rα signaling in ICOS+ circulating T follicular-helper cells
Abudulai, L., Fernandez, S., Corscadden, K., Kirkham, L.-A., Hunter, M., Post, J. J. & French, M., 24 Apr 2019, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 10, APR, 9 p., 839.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Active and Persistent Cytomegalovirus Infections Affect T Cells in Young Adult HIV Patients Commencing Antiretroviral Therapy
Ariyanto, I. A., Estiasari, R., Waters, S., Wulandari, E. A. T., Fernandez, S., Lee, S. & Price, P., 1 Jul 2018, In: Viral Immunology. 31, 6, p. 472-479 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
12 Citations (Scopus)
Projects
- 7 Finished
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The effects of IFN-a on B cells and the induction of humoral immune responses in HIV disease
Fernandez, S. (Investigator 01)
1/01/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
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Combined cellular and humoral HIV-1 Gag-specific immune responses in the control of HIV-1 infection
French, M. (Investigator 01) & Fernandez, S. (Investigator 02)
Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation
1/01/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
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MRF-UWA Bridging Fellowship - Sonia Fernandez
Fernandez, S. (Investigator 01)
Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation
1/01/16 → 31/12/16
Project: Research
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ELISPOT Reader System
Kirkham, L.-A. (Investigator 01), Richmond, P. (Investigator 02), Thornton, R. (Investigator 03), Blyth, C. (Investigator 04), French, M. (Investigator 05) & Fernandez, S. (Investigator 06)
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
1/01/15 → 31/12/16
Project: Research
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The Effects of IFN-a on B Cell Activation and Differentiation on HIV Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy
Fernandez, S. (Investigator 01)
Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation
1/01/15 → 31/12/15
Project: Research