Dr Ken Pang

Clinician Scientist Fellow
Genetics
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia

Academician Genetics
Biography

Dr Ken Pang (MBBS, BMedSc, FRACP, PhD) is a Clinician Scientist Fellow at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, a Consultant Paediatrician with the Royal Children's Hospital Gender Service, and a Senior Research Officer at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Prior to this, he undertook postdoctoral studies at Harvard University as a Fulbright Scholar and the NHMRC RG Menzies/CJ Martin Fellow. Dr Pang’s research output includes 31 peer-reviewed publications (including in Science (2), PNAS, Genome Research, and Molecular Psychiatry) that have been cited >7,000 times.

Research Intrest

Neurodevelopmental Genomics

List of Publications
Luciani F, Sanders MT, Oveissi S, Pang KC, Chen W. Increasing viral dose causes a reversal in CD8+ T cell immunodominance during primary influenza infection due to differences in antigen presentation, T cell avidity, and precursor numbers. The Journal of Immunology. 2013 Jan 1;190(1):36-47.
Zhuang Y, Cheng P, Liu XF, Peng LS, Li BS, Wang TT, Chen N, Li WH, Shi Y, Chen W, Pang KC. A pro-inflammatory role for Th22 cells in Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis. Gut. 2014 Aug 16:gutjnl-2014.