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Jim McCluskey has been Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Melbourne since 2011 with a period in 2021 as Acting Provost at the University. He was previously Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Partnerships) and Chair of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne. He is renowned for his research in basic and clinical immunology. He is a consultant immunologist for the Australian Red Cross, the Victorian Transplantation Immunology Service.

Jim led the development of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, involving a partnership between the University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health. He also led a team that that established the Atlantic Fellows Social Equity Program, focused on development of indigenous leadership to effect social change through reducing social disadvantage.

He has received several distinguished awards for his research including election to fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science and Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science. He has been a director of multiple independent medical research institutes (including WEHI, Burnet, Bionics, Florey, St Vincents, VCCC, Nossal Institute Ltd) and several Cooperative Research Centres. He is a director of Australian Friends of Asha Slums, a charity that improves the lives of slum dwellers in India.

In 2018, Jim was recognised on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List with an AO for his distinguished service to medical education, as an academic in immunology, and through research into the immune system’s response to viruses.