Dr Elise Pelzer
Faculty of Health,
School of Biomedical Sciences
Biography
My research is focused on understanding how host-microbe interactions in early life impact future health and disease. My work examines how changes in the microbial communities that live in and on our bodies can modulate changes in how we function by:- Characterising the microbiome of mothers and babies
- Identifying predictive asthma and allergy signatures
- Examining probiotic effectiveness
Personal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Health,
School of Biomedical Sciences- Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects - Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Discipline
Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Medical Microbiology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Reproductive health) (Queensland University of Technology)
- GradCert (Research commercialisation) (Queensland University of Technology)
- Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Teaching
I coordinate and teach unit content to students enrolled clinical sciences disciplines including nursing, paramedicine, pharmacy, and podiatry. I also teach into the Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (LS40).
- LQB185: Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professionals
- LQB201: Microbiology and Infection Control for Podiatrists (Unit coordinator)
- LQB301: Medical Microbiology and Infection Control (Unit coordinator)
- LQB594: Pathogen Diagnosis and Therapeutics
- LQB883: Intercultural Health in Clinical Practice
- LSB492: Microbiology
Experience
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Indigenous)
Selected publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Elise, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).