Ken Micklethwaite

Dr

kenneth.micklethwaite@sydney.edu.au

Centre for Cancer Research

Blood Transplant & Cell Therapies Group

Ken Micklethwaite

Biography

Ken Micklethwaite is the Research Group Leader for Cancer Research at the Westmead Institute and is a haematologist and blood and marrow stem cell transplant physician at Westmead Hospital. He is deputy director of the Sydney Cellular Therapies Laboratory, assisting in running the largest stem cell transplant and clinical cell and gene therapy facilities in NSW (as part of the Sydney Cell and Gene Therapy group at Westmead), with an active research interest in immune therapy of infections and cancer.

Research interests

Infection and immunity

Adjunct roles

Clinical Lecturer Medicine Westmead Clinical School

Current grants

Westmead Institute for Medical Research/Australian Centre for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research (ACHA) 2024 Further development of the interferon-CAR T cell strategy for reducing latent HIV infection
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Equipment Grant 2023 IA Freeze Quad Controlled Rate Freezer

Affiliations

Sydney Medical School, Westmead Clinical School, Westmead Clinical School

Professional Associations and Organisations