A/Prof Peter White
	B.Sc (Hons), PhD
	Associate Professor
	Room No:	263A
	Office:	2nd Flr, Biological Science Building
	Phone:	9385 3780
	Fax:	9385 1483
	Email:	p.white@unsw.edu.au

Please visit this site for more details:

http://www.emi.unsw.edu.au/

Teaching Responsibilities:

MICR3061 Viruses and Disease - Course Coordinator, Lecturer and Tutor

MED 3802 Medicine - Course Lecturer and Tutor

BIOC 2201 Principles of Molecular Biology, Advanced - Course Lecturer

BIOT3011 Biotechnology A -Course Lecturer

Research Description:

My research encompasses both molecular virology and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria.

My three main areas of research include:

1) The replication and evolution of viruses, in particular hepatitis C virus and norovirus

2) Detection and molecular epidemiology of human enteric viruses

3) Antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria

Selected Publications:

School and University Roles:

• Director of Research Student Programs (BABS) (PhD, M.Sc, and Hons programs)
• Honours Committee Member (BABS)
• UNSW Institutional Bio-Safety committee member 

Other Professional Activities:

• Vice President of Australian Centre for Hepatitis Research (ACHV)
• Member of local organising committee and chairperson - 13th International Meeting on Hepatitis C and Related Viruses, Cairns, Aug 2006
• Member of the SGM, ASM (Australia) and ASM (USA)
• Consultant Virologist- Prince of Wales Hospital

Profile:

My research focuses primarily on molecular microbiology, with particular interests focussing on norovirus, hepatitis C virus, and antibiotic resistance.  I was appointed Associate professor in Molecular Biology and Microbiology within the and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW at the beginning of 2008.  I am course coordinator for the third year course Viruses and Disease (MICR3061) and I lecture to medical students and science students on four other courses.   At the Prince of Wales Hospital I hold the position of Honorary Consultant Virologist.    

I have published 48 original papers and attracted over $4 million in grant funding since 2002.  My research group currently comprises one postdoctoral scientist (Dr Rowena Bull), one research assistant, five PhD students, and one honours student. Eighteen Hons students have completed under my supervision since 1997.

Following a B.Sc (Hons) in Biotechnology at King's College London, I completed a PhD in 1996 at University College, London in molecular biology and protein biochemistry.  The PhD was funded by a Medical Research Council (MRC-UK) scholarship.  In 1996 I  started a period of post-doctoral research at Macquarie University, Sydney as a recipient of a Royal Society Fellowship.  The project involved research into the spread of antibiotic resistance genes by novel DNA elements, termed integrons, an area of molecular microbiology I am still active in. 

Recently I have been appointed to the Executive of Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology (ACHV) as Vice President.  The virology lab on Level 2 (Rm262) is a core laboratory of the ACHV and a Tier 1 laboratory of the  Australian Centre for HIV and Heaptitis virology (ACH2).  I was on the organising committee for the 11^th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease and was part of the organising team for the 13th International Symposium on Hepatitis C and Related Viruses. 

Peer review:

Microbiology, Antiviral therapy,  Journal of General Virology,  Journal of Clinical Microbiology,  FEMS Microbiology letters,  Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy,  Journal of Virology, Journal of Clinical Virology,  Virology, Vaccine. NHMRC and ARC grants.