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Dr Lucy Furfaro

NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, The University of Western Australia
Dr Furfaro is a NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow within the Medical School, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. As a microbiologist, she is interested in microbes in the context of pregnancy and early life. Her research explores targeted antibiotic alternatives such as bacteriophage therapy to treat leading neonatal pathogens such as Group B Streptococcus. Lucy has a strong discovery to translation focus to her research and is an active science communicator.

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