Professor Marc Pellegrini is an infectious diseases physician and Head of the Infectious Diseases and Immune Defence Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. His research focuses on improving the management of infectious diseases that threaten to become the major contributor to morbidity and mortality globally. Activities in his lab include developing and delivering new diagnostic tests, interventions, treatments and cures for infectious diseases. He currently works on hepatitis B virus, tuberculosis, HIV, the COVID-19 virus, dengue fever and many other infections. He has been awarded several prizes including the Centenary, Burnet, Fenner, BUPA, Viertel, NHMRC Excellence and two Eureka Prizes for his therapeutic discoveries