Joanne Reed

Associate Professor

Centre Director

BSc (Hons), PhD

Joanne.reed@wimr.org.au

Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research

Autoimmunity and Amyloidosis Group

Currently open to PHD and Honours students in the topic areas of:

Immunology

Autoimmune Disease

Amyloid Disease

Joanne Reed

Biography

A/Prof Joanne Reed is a Principal Research Fellow and head of the Autoimmunity & Amyloidosis Laboratory at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research.

Joanne completed her PhD at Flinders University studying autoantibodies in Sjogren’s syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus. She was awarded a NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship for postdoctoral training at New York University where she studied genetic and immune drivers of neonatal lupus.

Returning to Australia, Joanne took up positions at Australian National University and Garvan Institute where she developed single cell genomics, which uncovered the origins of a pathogenic immune cells in patients.

Joanne’s current research focuses on using genomics to improve the prognosis and treatment of autoimmune and amyloid diseases.

Research interests

Antibody-mediated Autoimmune Diseases (Systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren’s syndrome, Neonatal Lupus), Amyloid disease (light chain and transthyretin amyloidosis), Humoral immunity, Plasma cell dyscrasias, Genomics

Adjunct roles

Adjunct Associate Professor University of Sydney
Adjunct Associate Professor University of New South Wales

Current grants

NHMRC 2024 - 2028 Using Genomics to Transform the Diagnosis & Treatment of Autoimmune Disease
MRFF 2022 - 2026 AntiCD20 treatment to rationalise the use of IV/SC-IG in CIDP
NHMRC 2020 - 2024 Do somatic genetic events cause autoimmune disease pathogenesis?
Lupus Research Alliance 2022 - 2024 Beyond Serology: Improving the Prediction and Treatment of Lupus with Single Cell Omics

Affiliations

University of Sydney, St Vincents Clinical School, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Professional Associations and Organisations

2013-Present Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology (ASI) Full member and NSW Branch Advisory Committee member
2021-Present Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology (ASI) Council Member, IUIS coordinator
2022-Present International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) Council Member and Clinical Immunology Working Group Member
2022- Present Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy Associate (Scientist/Researcher) Member
2023-Present Australian Amyloidosis Network (AAN) Associate Member and Advocacy and Research Committee Working Group Member
2023- Present International Society of Amyloidosis (ISA) Associate Member

Awards and recognition

2023 – NHMRC Investigator Grant Leadership L1
2021 – Peter Tosi Fellowship in Amyloidosis Research
2019 – Philip Alpers Prize, SA Australian Rheumatology Association
2018 – Rebecca L Cooper and Philip Sambrook Memorial Awards
2017 – Young Investigator Award and Travel grant, International Congress on Lupus
2017 – NSW Department of Health Early to Mid-Career Fellowship