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Community engagement
Together with her third year women's health students, Demelza has developed a session on women's health for the Scitech Future Health Professionals Program (2019 and 2020)
Together with Dr Caitlin Wyrwoll, UWA School of Human Sciences, Demelza hosts an annual Birthing Kit Assembly Day for her students, 2017-2019.
Demelza is the master of ceremonies at the annual Zonta Perth Northern Suburbs Young Woman in Public Affairs Award, 2015-2020.
Biography
Dr Demelza Ireland is a biomedical scientist with a research background in cancer immunotherapy and prevention of inflammation-induced preterm birth. She is a teaching-intensive academic specialising in immunology and women’s health with an interest now in the scholarship of learnng and teaching.
Previous positions
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UWA School of Women's and Infants' Health, 2012-2015
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UWA School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, 2007-2012
Roles and responsibilities
Demelza is the Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences (SBMS) Education Unit.
She is a member of the University learning and Teaching Committee and the Student Achievement Working Party. She also serves on the School of Biomedical Sciences Learning and Teaching and Research Committees.
Demelza coordinates the SBMS Tool of the Week "Toolies" Community of Practice (CoP) meetings.
Education/Academic qualification
The University of Western Australia
2017 → 2018
Award Date: 13 Dec 2018
The University of Western Australia
2003 → 2007
Award Date: 20 Sep 2007
The University of Western Australia
1998 → 2002
Award Date: 20 Mar 2003
The University of Western Australia
1999 → 2001
Award Date: 20 Mar 2003
External positions
Director
2015 → 2018Research expertise keywords
- Placental inflammation
- Prevention of preterm birth (infection-mediated)
- Anti-inflammatory agents for prevention of preterm birth
- Maternal immune responses to Ureaplasma spp. colonisation
- Prediction of Ureaplasma spp. mediated preterm birth
- Reproductive immunology
- Tumour immunology
- Role of regulatory T cells in tumour development
- Tumour immunotherapy
- Tea tree oil as an anti-cancer treatment
- Women's health
- Infection and Immunity
- Sex education