Professor Stephen Graves
Prof Stephen R. Graves is a medical microbiologist and Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA). Stephen has national and international reputation in the field of tick-transmitted pathogens. Twenty years ago he established the Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory (ARRL) which specializes in diagnosing infections transmitted by ectoparasites such as ticks, lice, fleas and mites. In Australia these infections are mainly rickettsial and Q Fever (Coxiella burnetii). Stephen was involved in the discovery of Flinders Island Spotted Fever (Rickettsia honei) and has had a new rickettsia, found in the Australian ornate kangaroo tick, named after him (Rickettsia gravesii).
