About
Dr Catherine Gordon, a molecular parasitologist, is head of the Applied Tropical and Molecular Parasitology lab at QIMRB. Dr Gordon also lectures in parasitology at both the University of Queensland, and the Queensland University of Technology.
Dr Gordon has completed a Bachelor of Science (Microbiology and Biomedicine) with first class honours (Marine Parasitology) and a PhD (Public Health: Molecular Parasitology) from the University of Queensland. She has a track record in molecular parasitology techniques for diagnosis and epidemiology, medical parasitology, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), transmission dynamics, and filed work in both the Philippines and China on animal and human parasitic diseases.
Dr Gordon leads a research program that aims to develop new diagnostics for a range of parasitic helminths with a particular focus on developing point-of-care diagnostics. She has a particular focus on schistosomiasis, strongyloidiasis and soil-transmitted helminths. The program also seeks to use molecular tools to elucidate the epidemiology of these diseases and identify animal reservoirs.
Professional Memberships
Australian Society of Parasitology (Member)
Strongyloides Australia (Secretary)
Funding
● NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program (e-Asia JRP) “Eliminating S. mekongi – the final push”
● NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program (e-ASIA JRP) “Eliminating the Major Helminth Neglected Tropical Diseases from the Lower Mekong Basin”
● NHMRC Synergy Grant “Ending the neglect – setting the platform for strongyloidiasis elimination in Australia”
● NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program (e-Asia JRP) “Rapid point of care diagnostics for the elimination of Asian Schistosomiasis”
● Australia-Indonesia Institute Grants Program, Uniting science and the arts to improve Indonesian child health
Publications
Gordon, C. A., J. Utzinger, S. Muhi, S. L. Becker, J. Keiser, V. Khieu and D. J. Gray (2024). "Strongyloidiasis." Nature Reviews Disease Primers 10(6).
Jones, M. K., J. Keiser, C. A. Gordon and D. P. McManus (2023). Trematodes. Manual of Clinical Microbiology. K. C. Carroll, M. A. Pfaller, J. A. Karlowsky et al., ASM Press.
Aula, O. P., D. P. McManus, M. K. Jones, H. You, P. Cai and C. A. Gordon (2023). "Optimisation of the DNA dipstick as a rapid extraction method for Schistosoma japonicum in infected mice samples and spiked human clinical samples." Infectious Diseases of Poverty 12(1): 71.