Contact Details
- Phone
- 64 3 479 7877
- sarah.hook@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Professor
- Qualifications
- BSc(Hons) PhD(Otago)
- Research summary
- Vaccine formulation and delivery
- Teaching
- Immunology and infectious diseases to undergraduate and postgraduate students
Research
My area of interest is in the development and testing (physical, chemical and immunological) of novel vaccine formulations for the prevention and treatment of both communicable and non-communicable disease. My specific areas of interest are in the development of one-shot sustained release vaccines and in needle-free (transdermal or oral) vaccines for the treatment of tuberculosis and cancer.
My research focuses on:
- Sustained release vaccines
- Needle free vaccines
- Therapeutic cancer vaccines
- Identification and formulation of novel adjuvants