Biography:
Rebekah Whitehead is a PhD Candidate at University of Otago's Christchurch. She hold a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Biochemistry and a Bachelor of Biomedical Science with Honours in pathology, with a research project in Nutrition in Medicine. Her expertise spans nutrition in medicine, host-pathogen interactions, and infectious diseases. Her doctoral research focuses on the development and application of monoclonal antibodies as potential diagnostic and therapeutic tools for invasive aspergillosis.
Title : The therapeutic potential of IgM monoclonal antibody in a mouse model of disseminated invasive aspergillosis