Dr Kurt Brassington
BBiomedsci(Hons) | PhD
Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease
La Trobe University supervisor
University of Melbourne supervisor
Postdoctoral Research Officer
kurt.brassington@baker.edu.auDr Kurt Brassington is a biomedical scientist with a strong interest in cardiovascular biology, working out of the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in the Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease laboratory. He is an extensively experienced ex-vivo micro-vascular researcher with a vested interest in investigating the role of the immune system in atherosclerotic lesion development.
Dr Brassington's research aims to develop novel therapeutics which can be translated into life-saving clinical treatments in a "lab bench to bedside" approach.