Leanne Stokes

Associate Professor Leanne Stokes received training in physiology and pharmacology. After completing her MRes and PhD in immunology (University of Birmingham, UK), she worked as a postdoctoral researcher officer (2003-2006) at the University of Seffield. In 2007, she joined the laboratory of the late Professor James Wiley as a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Sydney before gaining independence through an NHMRC new investigator award (2009). In 2013 she moved to RMIT to take a position as a Vice-Chancellors Research Fellow (2013-2015). She holds a tenured Academic position since 2015 at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020. She is the author of 54 refereed scientific publications. She has graduated 3 PhD students and is currently supervising an MSci student and a PhD student.