Denis Wakefield

Denis Wakefield is an immunologist and professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney's School of Medical Sciences.

Education
Wakefield attended UNSW, graduating with First Class Honours and winning the University Medal for Medicine. He earned dual specialist qualifications in internal medicine (FRACP) and pathology (FRCPA) (immunology).

Career
Wakefield was Head of the School of Pathology for ten years before becoming foundation professor of the School of Medical Sciences at the UNSW. He is Director of the Centre for Immunology and Head of Immunopathology with the South Eastern Area Health Service. In 2007, he was appointed Associate Dean for Research and Director of Medical Research.

Notable studies

 * 1997, Cognitive deficits in patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, acute infective illness or depression
 * 1998, Chronic fatigue syndrome: An immunological perspective.
 * 1998, Mast cell activation and migration to lymph nodes during induction of an immune response in mice
 * 2000, A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of moclobemide in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
 * 2001, What is chronic fatigue syndrome? Heterogeneity within an international multicentre study.
 * 2006, Prolonged Illness after Infectious Mononucleosis Is Associated with Altered Immunity but Not with Increased Viral Load.
 * 2006, Post-infective and chronic fatigue syndromes precipitated by viral and non-viral pathogens: prospective cohort study.
 * 2007, Gene expression correlates of postinfective fatigue syndrome after infectious mononucleosis.
 * 2007, Postinfective fatigue syndrome is not associated with altered cytokine production.
 * 2016, The natural history of acute Q fever: A prospective Australian cohort