Jeff is a generalist microbiologist with an interest in tropical infection disease. When, many years ago from his safe and secure life in Sydney, he asked a wise mentor how he could be involved in work in PNG the answer was: seek it out. So he did, and his subsequent work in rural PNG focused his professional and personal life in many ways.

He leads the Public Health and Environmental Microbiology research group within the discipline of Microbiology and Immunology and heads up a number of research projects including those centred on the biogeography/ecology of melioidosis, molecular epidemiology and rural laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis, and the pathophysiology and epidemiology of the enigmatic, sago haemolytic disease.

Above all Jeff enjoys working with students, colleagues and collaborators in work that is intriguing, rewarding and relevant to the tropics.

Teaching

• BM1001: Introduction to Biomedicine (Level 1; TSV)
• BM1022: Physiological Systems and Processes 2 (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• MD3012: Introduction to Clinical Healthcare Part 2 of 2 (Level 3; TSV)
• MI2011: Microbial Ecology (Level 2; TSV)
• MI2021: Introductory Infectious Diseases and Immunobiology (Level 2; TSV)
• MI3021: Clinical Microbiology 1 (Level 3; TSV)
• MI3051: Clinical Microbiology 2 (Level 3; TSV)
• MI5021: Advanced Clinical Microbiology 1 (Level 5; TSV)
• MI5051: Advanced Clinical Microbiology 2 (Level 5; TSV)
• PC2207: Integrated Therapeutics 1 (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PP3151: General Pathobiology (Level 3; TSV)
• PP5151: General Pathobiology (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Professional

• Medical Laboratory Science / Pathology

Research

• Biogeography, ecology and molecular epidemiology of melioidosis
• Validation of rural TB diagnostics
• DR-TB surveillance and characterisation
• Clinical epidemiology and pathophysiology of sago haemolytic disease
• Discovery and development of novel antimicrobials / biocontrol agents

Teaching

• Microbiology / Medical science

Research Disciplines

• Medical microbiology (3207)
• Biomedical engineering (4003)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Clinical health (2001)
• Public health (2004)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Pant N, Rush C, Warner J and Eisen D (2023) Effect of Savirin or Ticagrelor Treatment on the Expression of Commonly Used Reference Genes in Staphylococcus aureus. Microorganisms, 11 (2).
• Scott J, Emeto T, Melrose W, Warner J and Rush C (2023) Seroepidemiology of Strongyloides spp. Infection in Balimo, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 108 (2). pp. 346-352
• Hall C, Baker A, Sahl J, Mayo M, Scholz H, Kaestli M, Schupp J, Martz M, Settles E, Busch J, Sidak-Loftis L, Thomas A, Kreutzer L, Georgi E, Schweizer H, Warner J, Keim P, Currie B and Wagner D (2022) Expanding the Burkholderia pseudomallei complex with the addition of two novel species: Burkholderia mayonis sp. nov. and Burkholderia savannae sp. nov. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88 (1).
• Pant N, Miranda-Hernandez S, Rush C, Warner J and Eisen D (2022) Effect of savirin in the prevention of biofilm-related Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infection. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 13.
• Pant N, Miranda-Hernandez S, Rush C, Warner J and Eisen D (2022) Non-Antimicrobial Adjuvant Therapy Using Ticagrelor Reduced Biofilm-Related Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infection. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 13.
• Sarathkumara Y, Browne D, Kelly A, Pattinson D, Rush C, Warner J, Proietti C and Doolan D (2022) The Effect of Tropical Temperatures on the Quality of RNA Extracted from Stabilized Whole-Blood Samples. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23.
• Sarathkumara Y, Browne D, Kelly A, Pattinson D, Rush C, Warner J, Proietti C and Doolan D (2022) The Effect of Tropical Temperatures on the Quality of RNA Extracted from Stabilized Whole-Blood Samples. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23 (18).
• Foster J, Marais B, Martin R, Peniyamina D, Mendez D, Warner J and McBryde E (2021) Tuberculosis in the Torres Strait: the lady doth test too much. Rural and Remote Health, 21 (1).
• Warner J and Rush C (2021) Tropical fever in remote tropics: tuberculosis or melioidosis, it depends on the lab. Microbiology Australia, 42 (4). pp. 173-178
• Kumar A, Al-Jumaili A, Bazaka K, Mulvey P, Warner J and Jacob M (2020) In-Situ surface modification of terpinen-4-ol plasma polymers for increased antibacterial activity. Materials, 13 (3).
• Kumar A, Al-Jumaili A, Prasad K, Bazaka K, Mulvey P, Warner J and Jacob M (2020) Pulse plasma deposition of Terpinen-4-ol: an insight into polymerization mechanism and enhanced antibacterial response of developed thin films. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 40. pp. 339-355
• Al-Jumaili A, Mulvey P, Kumar A, Prasad K, Bazaka K, Warner J and Jacob M (2019) Eco-friendly nanocomposites derived from geranium oil and zinc oxide in one step approach. Scientific Reports, 9.

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 72+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Jeffrey Warner from 2001 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Understanding Immunity to Tuberculosis for the Rational Design of Improved Vaccines (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Studies in the immune response to lung disease: rural PNG and urban Australia (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• The Persistence and Microecology of Burkholderia Pseudomallei in Townsville Groundwater (Masters , Primary Advisor)
• Does Oxidative Stress drive the Evolution of Drug-resistant (DR) Mycobacterium Tunerculosis (Mtb) within the Infected Macrophage? (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
• Epidemiology of Soil-transmitted Helminths in a Community from Rural Papua New Guinea (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
• The Role of Oxidative Stress in Driving the Evolution of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
• Systems serology analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibody profiles in plasma samples from individuals from Papua New Guinea (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
• Clinical epidemiology of sago induced haemolytic disease in rural lowland communities in Papua New Guinea (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• To develop a mathematic formula that will compare current and past pathology results to predict wrong blood in tube (WBIT). (Masters , Secondary Advisor/AM)

Completed

• Studies in the development and evaluation of in-house molecular tools to identify and characterise the Mycobacterium tuberculosis in resource limited settings (2022, Masters , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Stress, Allostatic Load and Health (2022, PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• Development of adjuvant therapy to treat biofilm-related Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infection (2022, PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• A study of Brucellosis in cattle within the Pacific Island Community as a model for disease surveillance and reporting (2018, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Studies in the ecology and biocontrol of Burkholderia Pseudomallei (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• The epidemiology of tuberculosis in the Balimo region of Western Province, Papua New Guinea (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)

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