Rate My Professor Patricia Price

Dr. Patricia Price serves as Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University, where her research centers on viral immunology. She investigates the pathological effects of cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus benign in healthy individuals but significant in those with compromised immunity, particularly in HIV patients and age-related diseases. Her work explores CMV's contributions to cardiovascular changes, sensory neuropathy, and immune recovery during antiretroviral therapy. Associate Professor Price leads the JakCCANDO project (Jakarta CMV, Cardiovascular, Antiretroviral, Neuropathy, Dental, Ophthalmology) in collaboration with the University of Indonesia, assessing 82 HIV patients' oral health, neurocognitive status, cardiovascular system, and retinal health upon commencing therapy to detect CMV reactivation and compare immune profiles to healthy controls. This initiative, started in 2008, extends to similar studies with the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg on neuropathy pathogenesis in HIV contexts. She mentors Indonesian and South African research students, providing hands-on laboratory training at Curtin University.