Dr Gibson's research spans the fields of veterinary microbiology and molecular biology.
Dr Justine Gibson is a veterinary microbiologist with ten years' experience researching zoonotic and animal bacterial diseases, focusing on population genetics, molecular epidemiology, microbial pathogenesis and antimicrobial resistance.She was awarded a Dean's commendation for outstanding achievement for her PhD thesis (given to the top 10% of UQ PhD theses awarded in a given calendar year). Her current research interest include antimicrobial resistance with a focus on multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and Enterobacter spp. isolated from production and companion animals, the development of novel therapies for MDR infections; infectious diseases of wildlife; bovine and porcine respiratory disease and bovine mastitis.