Volume 204, Issue 1: 18 January, 2016. Professor Sharon Lewin is the inaugural director of the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, based in Melbourne. She discusses the latest research in the field of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, influenza and antimicrobial resistance. She was recently awarded the Peter Wills Medal by Research Australia. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.