Project Title:
Making Australia Resilient to Airborne Infection Transmission
Project Type:
Australian Research Council Linkage Project (LP200301123)
Funding Body:
Australian Research Council
Project Timeframe:
2022-2025
Project Synopsis:
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that basic questions regarding how to minimise the risk of airborne infection transmission for any respiratory viruses remain unanswered, despite their frequency and huge social and economic costs. Therefore, this project aims to expand scientific knowledge and develop practical tools to improve the resilience of Australian indoor environments against airborne transmission of respiratory viruses. The outcomes of the project conducted by a multidisciplinary international team of collaborators will include: (a) Quantitative knowledge on virus-laden aerosols from human expiration; and (b) Exposure and infection risk models and their application to typical indoor building and transport scenarios.
Chief Investigators:
- Prof Lidia Morawska (Project lead) (QUT)
- Dr Duzgun Agdas (QUT)
- Prof Laurie Buys (The University of Queensland)
- Prof Keith Grimwood (Griffith University)
- A/Prof Bo Xia (QUT)
Industry Partners:
- Queensland Health
- Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads
- Geosyntec Consultants International
- STANTEC Australia
