Professor Schofield is inaugural Director of the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM). He was for 24 years an NHMRC Research Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, has twice held an International Research Scholarship of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and was co-founder of Ancora Pharmaceuticals Inc. A recognised authority in the immunology and pathogenesis of infectious diseases, his research programs cover basic molecular sciences, product development and commercialisation, epidemiology and public health. His approach to malaria has resulted in promising vaccine development programs, and clinical trials in Papua New Guinea and Africa. He has published key articles in the highest ranked international journals and received over 6,500 citations.

Research Disciplines

• Immunology (3204)
• Medical microbiology (3207)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Public health (2004)

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Journal Articles

• Timinao L, Vinit R, Katusele M, Schofield L, Burkot T and Karl S (2021) Optimization of the feeding rate of Anopheles farauti s.s. colony mosquitoes in direct membrane feeding assays. Parasites & Vectors, 14, Article: 356, DOI:10.1186/s13071-02-04842-y.
• Kumarasingha R, Ioannidis L, Abeysekera W, Studniberg S, Wijesurendra D, Mazhari R, Poole D, Mueller I, Schofield L, Hansen D and Eriksson E (2020) Transcriptional memory-like imprints and enhanced functional activity in gamma delta T cells following resolution of malaria infection. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, Article: 582358, DOI:10.3389/fimmu.2020.582358.
• Vinit R, Timinao L, Bubun N, Katusele M, Robinson L, Kaman P, Sakur M, Makita L, Reimer L, Schofield L, Pomat W, Mueller I, Laman M, Freeman T and Karl S (2020) Decreased bioefficacy of long-lasting insecticidal nets and the resurgence of malaria in Papua New Guinea. Nature Communications, 11 (7), Article: 3646, DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-17456-2.
• Joseph H, Eriksson E and Schofield L (2019) Early suppression of B cell immune responses by low doses of chloroquine and pyrimethamine: implications for studying immunity in malaria. Parasitology Research, 118 (6), pp. 1987-1992, DOI:10.1007/s00436-019-06335-5.
• Joseph H, Tan Q, Mazhari R, Eriksson E and Schofield L (2019) Vaccine-induced carbohydrate-specific memory B cells reactivate during rodent malaria infection. Frontiers in Immunology, 10, Article: 1840, DOI:10.3389/fimmu.2019.01840.
• Pawliw R, Farrow R, Sekuloski S, Jennings H, Healer J, Phuong T, Sathe P, Pasay C, Evans K, Cowman A, Schofield L, Chen N, McCarthy J and Trenholme K (2018) A bioreactor system for the manufacture of a genetically modified Plasmodium falciparum blood stage malaria cell bank for use in a clinical trial. Malaria Journal, 17, Article: 283, DOI:10.1186/s12936-018-2435-x.
• Sampaio N, Kocan M, Schofield L, Pfleger K and Eriksson E (2018) Investigation of interactions between TLR2, MyD88 and TIRAP by bioluminescence resonance energy transfer is hampered by artefacts of protein overexpression. PLoS ONE, 13 (8), Article: e0202408, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0202408.
• Sampaio N, Emery S, Garnham A, Tan Q, Sisquella X, Pimentel M, Jex A, Regev-Rudzki N, Schofield L and Eriksson E (2018) Extracellular vesicles from early stage Plasmodium falciparum‐infected red blood cells contain PfEMP1 and induce transcriptional changes in human monocytes. Cellular Microbiology, 20 (5), Article: e12822, DOI:10.1111/cmi.12822.
• Sampaio N, Eriksson E and Schofield L (2018) Plasmodium falciparum PfEMP1 modulates monocyte/macrophage transcription factor activation and cytokine and chemokine responses. Infection and Immunity, 86 (1), Article: e00447-17, DOI:10.1128/IAI.00447-17.
• Franca C, Li Wai Suen C, Carmagnac A, Lin E, Kiniboro B, Siba P, Schofield L and Mueller I (2017) IgG antibodies to synthetic GPI are biomarkers of immune-status to both Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria in young children. Malaria Journal, 16, Article: 386, DOI:10.1186/s12936-017-2042-2.
• Hill D, Schofield L and Wilson D (2017) IgG opsonization of merozoites: multiple immune mechanisms for malaria vaccine development. International Journal for Parasitology, 47 (10-11), pp. 585-595, DOI:10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.05.004.
• Moraleda C, Aguilar R, Quinto L, Nhampossa T, Renom M, Nhabomba A, Acacio S, Aponte J, Nhalungo D, Achtman A, Schofield L, Martins H, Macete E, Alonso P and Menendez C (2017) Anaemia in hospitalised preschool children from a rural area in Mozambique: a case control study in search for aetiological agents. BMC Pediatrics, 17 (63), DOI:10.1186/s12887-017-0816-x.

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• Defining transmission of malaria parasites from humans to mosquitos in Papua New Guinea (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)

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