Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology – Monash University
Associate Professor Tracy Heng is Deputy Co-Head of Infection and Immunity Program at Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, and Head of Stem Cells and Translational Immunology Laboratory in the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology. Tracy’s research intersects immunology, stem cells and cell therapy. Her PhD was focussed on improving immune function in ageing and disease. She undertook postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and established the Immunological Genome Project (immgen.org). At Monash, her team seeks to understand how immune cells impede, mediate or facilitate stem cell transplantation and cell therapy. Tracy collaborates closely with industry and has been awarded an ARC Postdoctoral Industry Fellowship, NHMRC R.D. Wright Biomedical Career Development Fellowship, the 2015 Young Tall Poppy Science Award (Australian Institute of Policy and Science) and the 2016 Metcalf Prize for Stem Cell Research (National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia). She is an Associate Member of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.