Kim Maree O'Sullivan

Department of Medicine

Monash University

Kim Maree O'Sullivan
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Dr. O'Sullivan completed her undergraduate studies and Masters Degree in Anatomy and Structural Biology at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Kim joined the Autoimmune Kidney Disease and Vasculitis Research Group within the Centre for Inflammatory Diseases at Monash University in 2002 in Melbourne Australia where she completed a staff PhD in Immunology under the supervision of Prof. Stephen Holdsworth and Prof. Richard Kitching. Kim authored the first description of Macrophage Extracellular Traps (METs) in human MPO-ANCA vasculitis (Kidney International 2015), and has co-authored several papers on the role of METs in Lung disease. Dr O’Sullivan has a growing international and national reputation in ANCA vasculitis studies. Kim's main research area is investigating the pro-inflammatory role of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) in MPO-ANCA vasculitis with a particular focus on looking for potential therapeutics which will prevent NET formation and ameliorate disease.

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