Sarah Wong completed her PhD at the University of Hong Kong in 2014, working on the characterization of a novel antifungal small molecule against Candida species. She then joined the Unit of Cytokines and Inflammation at the Institut Pasteur for three months as a visiting intern. During this period, she studied the effect of the drug Cyclosporin A, with both immunosuppressive and antifungal activities, in murine model of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.
In January 2016, she returned to the Institut Pasteur to join the Unit of Aspergillus as a post-doctoral fellow. As of November 2018, affiliated to the Unit of Molecular Mycology she investigated immune interaction between human hosts and air borne fungal pathogens, Aspergillus fumigatus and Cryptococcus neoformans.
In November 2023, she joined the Unit of Immunology of Fungal Infections as a post-doctoral fellow and since October 2024 as a Chargée de Recherche she is focusing on the understanding the boundaries of immunologic memory in the context of invasive human fungal pathogens infections.
