Professor Steve Wilton
Professor Steve Wilton, along with colleague Professor Sue Fletcher, were early pioneers in the use of antisense oligomers to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Three exon-skipping compounds from his group have now been approved by the US FDA to restore functional dystrophin expression in the most common mutations causing DMD. His research team is currently […]
Professor Sharon Goldfeld
Professor Sharon Goldfeld holds a unique position within Australian child health research: with 10 years government experience, she is an expert in policy, a paediatrician, and a public health clinician-scientist. Over her career she has successfully translated her research into service delivery and policy, including the national implementation of the Australian Early Development Census which […]
Professor Asha Bowen
In remote Australia, 45% of Aboriginal children have skin sores, the highest rate in the world. Professor Asha Bowen has generated new knowledge to improve skin health, including being first in describing the heavy burden for remote Aboriginal children. She led the first trial to show short course oral antibiotics effectiveness for treatment of skin sore […]
Professor Patricia Davidson
Professor Patricia Davidson is a strong researcher and academic leader with an enviable track record of competitive funding, mentorship and peer-reviewed publications. She is the only nurse to win the Eureka prize for mentorship. Previously, she was Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, the world’s number one nursing school. In 2021 she was […]
Professor Deborah Lupton
Professor Deborah Lupton’s research is interdisciplinary, spanning public health, medical sociology, digital health, and communication studies. She has three decades of experience in researching the social dimensions of lived experiences of illness and disease, the political dimensions of medicine and public health, and health and risk communication. She is internationally recognised for her foundational scholarship […]
Professor Raymond Lovett
Professor Raymond Lovett is one of Australia’s most influential and respected Indigenous (Ngiyampaa/Wongaibon) epidemiologists. Professor Lovett leads the Mayi Kuwayu Study cohort study, which is directly informing the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan. Professor Lovett was instrumental in founding the National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research: Yardhura Walani […]