Dr Rhea Longley
Senior Research Officer
Population Health and Immunity
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
longley.r@wehi.edu.au
Research Activities
Dr Rhea Longley is a Postdoctoral Research Officer in the Mueller
Laboratory, Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza
Hall Institute of Medical Research. Rhea is an immunologist with
expertise in vaccine development and immuno-epidemiology. Her current
research focuses on the development of serosurveillance tools for
Plasmodium vivax and understanding protein-specific antibody kinetics.
She has extensive experience working in malaria-endemic regions of
Thailand.
Research Keywords
Researching in the following areas:
Malaria, Antibodies, Plasmodium, Surveillance, Immunity
Techniques/Expertise
Multiplexed antibody assays (Luminex)
Disease Models
Plasmodium - human field studies