Ken Micklethwaite
Dr
kenneth.micklethwaite@sydney.edu.au

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