Overview
Availability
- Professor Kirsty Short is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of Melbourne
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Works
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2023
Journal Article
Blood transcriptome responses in patients correlate with severity of COVID-19 disease
Wang, Ya, Schughart, Klaus, Pelaia, Tiana Maria, Chew, Tracy, Kim, Karan, Karvunidis, Thomas, Knippenberg, Ben, Teoh, Sally, Phu, Amy L., Short, Kirsty R., Iredell, Jonathan, Thevarajan, Irani, Audsley, Jennifer, Macdonald, Stephen, Burcham, Jonathon, McLean, Anthony, Tang, Benjamin, Shojaei, Maryam, PREDICT-19 consortium, Kulasinghe, Arutha and Carney, Meagan E. (2023). Blood transcriptome responses in patients correlate with severity of COVID-19 disease. Frontiers in Immunology, 13 1043219, 1-18. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1043219
2023
Journal Article
IFI27 transcription is an early predictor for COVID-19 outcomes, a multi-cohort observational study
Shojaei, Maryam, Shamshirian, Amir, Monkman, James, Grice, Laura, Tran, Minh, Tan, Chin Wee, Teo, Siok Min, Rodrigues Rossi, Gustavo, McCulloch, Timothy R., Nalos, Marek, Raei, Maedeh, Razavi, Alireza, Ghasemian, Roya, Gheibi, Mobina, Roozbeh, Fatemeh, Sly, Peter D., Spann, Kirsten M., Chew, Keng Yih, Zhu, Yanshan, Xia, Yao, Wells, Timothy J., Senegaglia, Alexandra Cristina, Kuniyoshi, Carmen Lúcia, Franck, Claudio Luciano, dos Santos, Anna Flavia Ribeiro, Noronha, Lucia de, Motamen, Sepideh, Valadan, Reza, Amjadi, Omolbanin ... Tang, Benjamin (2023). IFI27 transcription is an early predictor for COVID-19 outcomes, a multi-cohort observational study. Frontiers in Immunology, 13 1060438, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1060438
2023
Journal Article
GPR183 antagonism reduces macrophage infiltration in influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infection
Foo, Cheng Xiang, Bartlett, Stacey, Chew, Keng Yih, Ngo, Minh Dao, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Jayakody Arachchige, Buddhika, Matthews, Benjamin, Reed, Sarah, Wang, Ran, Smith, Christian, Sweet, Matthew J., Burr, Lucy, Bisht, Kavita, Shatunova, Svetlana, Sinclair, Jane E., Parry, Rhys, Yang, Yuanhao, Lévesque, Jean-Pierre, Khromykh, Alexander, Rosenkilde, Mette Marie, Short, Kirsty R. and Ronacher, Katharina (2023). GPR183 antagonism reduces macrophage infiltration in influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infection. European Respiratory Journal, 61 (3) 2201306, 1-15. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01306-2022
2023
Other Outputs
Host transcriptomics and machine learning for bacterial infections in patients with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study
Meagan Carney and Kirsty Short (2023). Host transcriptomics and machine learning for bacterial infections in patients with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/a641795
2023
Journal Article
Transcriptomic profiling of cardiac tissues from SARS‐CoV ‐2 patients identifies DNA damage
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Liu, Ning, Tan, Chin Wee, Monkman, James, Sinclair, Jane E., Bhuva, Dharmesh D., Godbolt, David, Pan, Liuliu, Nam, Andy, Sadeghirad, Habib, Sato, Kei, Bassi, Gianluigi Li, O'Byrne, Ken, Hartmann, Camila, Miggiolaro, Anna Flavia Ribeiro dos Santos, Marques, Gustavo Lenci, Moura, Lidia Zytynski, Richard, Derek, Adams, Mark, Noronha, Lucia de, Baena, Cristina Pellegrino, Suen, Jacky Y., Arora, Rakesh, Belz, Gabrielle T., Short, Kirsty R., Davis, Melissa J., Souza‐Fonseca Guimaraes, Fernando and Fraser, John F. (2023). Transcriptomic profiling of cardiac tissues from SARS‐CoV ‐2 patients identifies DNA damage. Immunology, 168 (3), 403-419. doi: 10.1111/imm.13577
2022
Journal Article
Emulation of epidemics via Bluetooth-based virtual safe virus spread: Experimental setup, software, and data
Asanjarani, Azam, Shausan, Aminath, Chew, Keng, Graham, Thomas, Henderson, Shane G., Jansen, Hermanus M., Short, Kirsty R., Taylor, Peter G., Vuorinen, Aapeli, Yadav, Yuvraj, Ziedins, Ilze and Nazarathy, Yoni (2022). Emulation of epidemics via Bluetooth-based virtual safe virus spread: Experimental setup, software, and data. PLoS Digital Health, 1 (12) e0000142, 1-23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000142
2022
Journal Article
High–temporal resolution profiling reveals distinct immune trajectories following the first and second doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines
Rinchai, Darawan, Deola, Sara, Zoppoli, Gabriele, Kabeer, Basirudeen Syed Ahamed, Taleb, Sara, Pavlovski, Igor, Maacha, Selma, Gentilcore, Giusy, Toufiq, Mohammed, Mathew, Lisa, Liu, Li, Vempalli, Fazulur Rehaman, Mubarak, Ghada, Lorenz, Stephan, Sivieri, Irene, Cirmena, Gabriella, Dentone, Chiara, Cuccarolo, Paola, Giacobbe, Daniele Roberto, Baldi, Federico, Garbarino, Alberto, Cigolini, Benedetta, Cremonesi, Paolo, Bedognetti, Michele, Ballestrero, Alberto, Bassetti, Matteo, Hejblum, Boris P., Augustine, Tracy, Van Panhuys, Nicholas ... PREDICT-19 Consortium (2022). High–temporal resolution profiling reveals distinct immune trajectories following the first and second doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Science Advances, 8 (45) eabp9961, 1-24. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abp9961
2022
Conference Publication
Deep single-cell, proteogenomic insights from SARS-CoV-2 infected lung tissues
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Tan, Chin Wee, Liu, Ning, Monkman, James, Killingbeck, Emily, Kim, Youngmi, Pan, Liuliu, Blick, Tony, Bhuva, Dharmesh, Feher, Kristen, Leon, Michael, Gregory, Mark, Short, Kirsty, Guimaraes, Fernando, Rhodes, Michael, Belz, Gabrielle and Davis, Melissa (2022). Deep single-cell, proteogenomic insights from SARS-CoV-2 infected lung tissues. SITC 37th Annual Meeting (SITC 2022), Boston, MA USA, 8-12 November 2022. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Publishing Group. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-sitc2022.0923
2022
Journal Article
Ablation of CD8+ T cell recognition of an immunodominant epitope in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants BA.1, BA.2 and BA.3
Swaminathan, Srividhya, Lineburg, Katie E., Panikkar, Archana, Raju, Jyothy, Murdolo, Lawton D., Szeto, Christopher, Crooks, Pauline, Le Texier, Laetitia, Rehan, Sweera, Dewar-Oldis, Michael J., Barnard, Peter J., Ambalathingal, George R., Neller, Michelle A., Short, Kirsty R., Gras, Stephanie, Khanna, Rajiv and Smith, Corey (2022). Ablation of CD8+ T cell recognition of an immunodominant epitope in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants BA.1, BA.2 and BA.3. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 6387, 1-6. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34180-1
2022
Journal Article
Developing an antiviral surface cleaner utilising unique surface adsorption properties of hydroxyproline-rich-proteins
Shewan, Heather M. , Siauw, Meiliana , Vinden, Naomi , Dong, Anran , Beheshti, Amir , Chew, Keng Yih, Stokes, Jason R. , Short, Kirsty R., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Koehler, Berthold and Reihmann, Matthias (2022). Developing an antiviral surface cleaner utilising unique surface adsorption properties of hydroxyproline-rich-proteins. Household and Personal Care Today, 17 (5), 57-61.
2022
Journal Article
A Bayesian network analysis quantifying risks versus benefits of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Australia
Sinclair, Jane E., Mayfield, Helen J., Short, Kirsty R., Brown, Samuel J., Puranik, Rajesh, Mengersen, Kerrie, Litt, John C. B. and Lau, Colleen L. (2022). A Bayesian network analysis quantifying risks versus benefits of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Australia. npj Vaccines, 7 (1) 93, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00517-6
2022
Journal Article
Indigenous peoples and pandemics
Alves, Daniele E., Mamelund, Svenn-Erik, Dimka, Jessica, Simonsen, Lone, Mølbak, Mathias, Ørskov, Søren, Sattenspiel, Lisa, Tripp, Lianne, Noymer, Andrew, Chowell-Puente, Gerardo, Dahal, Sushma, Van Doren, Taylor P., Wissler, Amanda, Heffernan, Courtney, Renfree Short, Kirsty, Battles, Heather and Baker, Michael G. (2022). Indigenous peoples and pandemics. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 50 (6), 662-667. doi: 10.1177/14034948221087095
2022
Journal Article
Ancestral SARS-CoV-2, but not Omicron, replicates less efficiently in primary pediatric nasal epithelial cells
Zhu, Yanshan, Chew, Keng Yih, Wu, Melanie, Karawita, Anjana C., McCallum, Georgina, Steele, Lauren E., Yamamoto, Ayaho, Labzin, Larisa I., Yarlagadda, Tejasri, Khromykh, Alexander A., Wang, Xiaohui, Sng, Julian D. J., Stocks, Claudia J., Xia, Yao, Kollmann, Tobias R., Martino, David, Joensuu, Merja, Meunier, Frédéric A., Balistreri, Giuseppe, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Bowen, Asha C., Kicic, Anthony, Sly, Peter D., Spann, Kirsten M. and Short, Kirsty R. (2022). Ancestral SARS-CoV-2, but not Omicron, replicates less efficiently in primary pediatric nasal epithelial cells. PLoS Biology, 20 (8) e3001728, 1-19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001728
2022
Journal Article
Respiratory tract infections in diabetes – lessons from tuberculosis and influenza to guide understanding of COVID-19 severity
Al-Sayyar, Amnah, Hulme, Katina D., Thibaut, Ronan, Bayry, Jagadeesh, Sheedy, Frederick J., Short, Kirsty R. and Alzaid, Fawaz (2022). Respiratory tract infections in diabetes – lessons from tuberculosis and influenza to guide understanding of COVID-19 severity. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13 919223, 1-17. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.919223
2022
Journal Article
Designing an evidence-based Bayesian network for estimating the risk versus benefits of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Mayfield, Helen J., Lau, Colleen L., Sinclair, Jane E., Brown, Samuel J., Baird, Andrew, Litt, John, Vuorinen, Aapeli, Short, Kirsty R., Waller, Michael and Mengersen, Kerrie (2022). Designing an evidence-based Bayesian network for estimating the risk versus benefits of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccine, 40 (22), 3072-3084. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.004
2022
Journal Article
Limited recognition of highly conserved regions of SARS-CoV-2
Swaminathan, Srividhya, Lineburg, Katie E., Ambalathingal, George R., Crooks, Pauline, Grant, Emma J., Mohan, Sonali V., Raju, Jyothy, Panikkar, Archana, Le Texier, Laetitia, Tong, Zheng Wei Marcus, Chew, Keng Yih, Neller, Michelle A., Short, Kirsty R., Gowda, Harsha, Gras, Stephanie, Khanna, Rajiv and Smith, Corey (2022). Limited recognition of highly conserved regions of SARS-CoV-2. Microbiology Spectrum, 10 (1) e02780-21. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02780-21
2022
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells generated for adoptive immunotherapy are capable of recognizing multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants
Panikkar, Archana, Lineburg, Katie E., Raju, Jyothy, Chew, Keng Yih, Ambalathingal, George R., Rehan, Sweera, Swaminathan, Srividhya, Crooks, Pauline, Le Texier, Laetitia, Beagley, Leone, Best, Shannon, Solomon, Matthew, Matthews, Katherine K., Srihari, Sriganesh, Neller, Michelle A., Short, Kirsty R., Khanna, Rajiv and Smith, Corey (2022). SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells generated for adoptive immunotherapy are capable of recognizing multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants. PLoS Pathogens, 18 (2) e1010339, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010339
2022
Other Outputs
Emulation of epidemics via Bluetooth-based virtual safe virus spread: experimental setup, software, and data
Asanjarani, Azam, Shausan, Aminath, Chew, Keng, Graham, Thomas, Henderson, Shane G., Jansen, Hermanus M., Short, Kirsty R., Taylor, Peter G., Vuorinen, Aapeli, Yadav, Yuvraj, Ziedins, Ilze and Nazarathy, Yoni (2022). Emulation of epidemics via Bluetooth-based virtual safe virus spread: experimental setup, software, and data.
2022
Journal Article
Author Correction: Development of molecular clamp stabilized hemagglutinin vaccines for Influenza A viruses
McMillan, Christopher L. D., Cheung, Stacey T. M., Modhiran, Naphak, Barnes, James, Amarilla, Alberto A., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Lee, Leo Yi Yang, Guilfoyle, Kate, van Amerongen, Geert, Stittelaar, Koert, Jakob, Virginie, Lebas, Celia, Reading, Patrick, Short, Kirsty R., Young, Paul R., Watterson, Daniel and Chappell, Keith J. (2022). Author Correction: Development of molecular clamp stabilized hemagglutinin vaccines for Influenza A viruses. npj Vaccines, 7 (1) 3, 3. doi: 10.1038/s41541-021-00428-y
2022
Journal Article
Environmental impacts on COVID-19: mechanisms of increased susceptibility
Cormier, Stephania A., Yamamoto, Ayaho, Short, Kirsty R., Vu, Luan and Suk, William A. (2022). Environmental impacts on COVID-19: mechanisms of increased susceptibility. Annals of Global Health, 88 (1) 94, 1-7. doi: 10.5334/aogh.3907
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Lessons from a Century of Influenza Pandemics and Implications for Future Preparedness
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Arutha Kulasinghe, Dr Keng Chew
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Doctor Philosophy
The long-term cardiovascular complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccines
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Helen Mayfield, Professor Colleen Lau, Professor Nathan Palpant
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Doctor Philosophy
Host-directed therapies for treatment of respiratory viral disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mitchell Sullivan
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Doctor Philosophy
Improved diagnostics for respiratory viral infections
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Arutha Kulasinghe, Dr Meagan Carney
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Doctor Philosophy
Innate immune training in long COVID
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Matt Sweet, Dr Keng Chew
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Doctor Philosophy
Antibodies enhance proinflammatory cytokine release from human macrophages sensing influenza A virus proteins
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kate Schroder, Dr Larisa Labzin
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Doctor Philosophy
Genetic determinants of the dynamic subcellular glycoproteome in influenza infection
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Benjamin Schulz
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Doctor Philosophy
Viral and host consequences of oseltamivir resistant Influenza Neuraminidase: a multi-omics appoach
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Benjamin Schulz
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the differences between vaccine and infection induced T cell immunity to SARS-CoV-2
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
The role of a fatty acid receptor in the lung during respiratory infections and asthma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Katharina Ronacher
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Doctor Philosophy
Rare Event Analysis and Machine Learning Applications to Infectious Disease
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Keng Chew, Dr Meagan Carney
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Obesity-Associated Trained Immunity Exacerbates Influenza A Virus Infection Severity
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Neurological control of viral-induced respiratory inflammation
Principal Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The effects of metabolic disorders on adaptive immunity against influenza A virus and SARS-CoV-2
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Soi Law
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
The Role of Host Co-morbidities in Influenza Severity
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Katharina Ronacher
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Avian Genomics and Transcriptomics to understand the Pathogenesis of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus in Black Swans
Principal Advisor
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Molecular pathways by which human epithelia and macrophages sense and respond to Influenza A virus infection.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kate Schroder, Dr Larisa Labzin
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Characterisation of a Pathogen-Exploited and Host-Defense G Protein-Coupled Receptor During Viral Infections
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Matt Sweet, Honorary Professor Katharina Ronacher
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