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Professor William Rawlinson

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Professor William Rawlinson is director of the Virology Division, SEALS Microbiology at Prince of Wales Hospital. He supervises a reference virology laboratory from South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Health Service, virology clinical trials unit, and the virology research laboratory. Professor Rawlinson is a molecular virologist with particular scientific expertise in herpes viruses (CMV), hepatitis viruses (HCV), gastroenteritis agents (NLV), and endogenous retroviruses. His contributions to science includes new testing algorithms for common viral illnesses, sequencing and analysis of the murine CMV genome, unique studies of congenital CMV and the placenta, unique data on endogenous viruses and cancer, and he continues to directly supervise projects within these areas. Professor Rawlinson has received awards in science (The Fenner Prize in Microbiology, The Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Scholarship in Medicine, Glaxo award for advanced research in infectious diseases, Fellowship of the Australian Society for Microbiology, The Eric de Bunsen award King's College), and is on advisory boards to the NSW and Commonwealth Departments of Health.

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