Professor Sunil Lakhani
Professor Sunil Lakhani is an internationally recognised clinical and molecular pathologist. He has made significant and sustained contributions to health and medicine, with ongoing research into preinvasive breast cancer and its impact on breast-screening practices; the pathology of BRCA1/2 associated breast cancer; and in developing new therapeutic options for brain metastases, a disease with very […]
Professor Dietmar Hutmacher
Over the last decade Professor Hutmacher has gained a worldwide reputation in the field of tissue engineering& regenerative medicine (TE&RM), and his track record illustrates successful mastery of a major challenge in biomedical sciences: the ability to transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries, and initiate and nurture research and educational programs across different disciplines. This success has […]
Professor Michael Jennings
Prof Jennings is internationally recognized for his innovative and high impact research on the glycobiology and virulence factors of bacterial pathogens. He has produced 146 publications and has a h-index of 43. He is inventor on 12 patent families and has a strong record of translating basic research, particularly in the area of bacterial vaccines. […]
Professor Jurgen Götz
Alzheimer’s Disease is characterized by amyloid plaques and tau tangles. Understanding their role in pathology is crucial for developing a treatment for this yet incurable disease. Professor Jürgen Götz generated the first transgenic mouse model with a tau pathology. By combining a transgenic with a transplantation approach he proved the amyloid cascade hypothesis, a concept […]
Professor Harvey Whiteford
Professor Whiteford has made major contributions to medical and health science through his leadership in mental health policy development and administration and through his academic research. His policy and administrative leadership in state and Commonwealth governments and with the World Bank is recognised as central to the redesign of Australian mental health services and instrumental […]
Professor Paul Scuffham
Over the past 15 years, Professor Scuffham has made significant contributions to the field of health economics and policy. He has led research and commercial work ($8.3m since 2011) which has greatly impacted health policy decisions and expenditure (~$3.3b over next 5 years) in Australia. His commitment to advance the field of health economics in […]
Professor Fabienne Mackay
Professor Fabienne Mackay is an internationally renowned immunologist who has published over 138 highly cited research articles and reviews. Her h-index is 56 (12,396 citations). In 2012, she was awarded the Thomson Reuters Citation and innovation Award, and in 2014 a Trophy from the French ministry of foreign affairs for outstanding achievement in research and […]
Professor Claire Wainwright
Professor Claire wainwright is the Head of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) services which provide state-wide services for around 420 children with CF across Queensland. She also runs the respiratory service for the only national clinic caring for children with ataxia telangiectasia. She has a long standing research interest in airway diseases, including bronchiolitis, asthma, cystic fibrosis […]
Professor Allan Cripps (Vale)
Professor Cripps has made significant contributions to the delivery of health services, leadership in health academia and in research. He has led and implemented programs for the training of thousands of future of health professionals. His research has focused on the study of mucosal immunology and preventing respiratory infections. Professor Cripps’ efforts have brought together […]
Professor David Whiteman
Professor David Whiteman is a medical epidemiologist at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. He is internationally recognised for his research into the causes, prevention and control of cancer, particularly those of the skin and gastrointestinal tracts. Professor Whiteman’s research findings have been translated into policy and practice, and he holds leadership positions in national […]
Professor H. Peter Soyer
Professor H. Peter Soyer is an academic dermatologist with over 30 years’ experience in the field. He is considered a pioneer in the field of dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions, leading the development of the classification system currently used worldwide. He has contributed to Australian Government guidelines on melanoma management. Since relocating to Australia in […]
Professor Maree Smith
Professor Maree Smith is recognised internationally in the field of drug discovery-translation, having made significant and sustained contributions to pain relief and new pharmaceutical development. Her discoveries have led to novel treatments for neuropathic and inflammatory pain that have entered the clinical trial stage, and are being commercialised through significant international investment from venture capital […]
Professor Claire Rickard
Professor Claire Rickard is an internationally respected nurse researcher who has made outstanding contributions to the field of vascular access. She established and is Director of the Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR), and is 2nd Chief Investigator of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions in Hospitalised Patients, both based […]
Professor Grant Montgomery
Professor Montgomery is an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow and Deputy Coordinator of the Genetics and Computational Biology Department at QIMR Berghofer MRC. He has an outstanding track record and is recognized internationally for his studies in reproductive genetics and gene discovery of complex disease. He leads studies of the genetic contribution to important common diseases […]
Professor Donald McManus (Vale)
Professor McManus’s research focuses on the global elimination of neglected tropical diseases, notably schistosomiasis, a parasitic worm infection affecting 200 million of the world’s poorest people, and putting a further 800 million at risk. He has decades of transformative-research experience and his multi-disciplined team has developed novel techniques and tools, including vaccines, to eradicate this […]
Professor Philip Hugenholtz
Professor Hugenholtz is a microbiologist who has made landmark contributions in the field of culture-independent analysis of microorganisms. He discovered and characterised numerous previously unrecognised major bacterial and archaeal lineages each with greater evolutionary divergence than animals and plants combined. He has been instrumental in the development and application of metagenomics, the genome-based characterisation of […]
Professor Gerald Holtmann
During the last 30 years, Professor Holtmann has been very fortunate to be able to drive a paradigm shift for the pathophysiologic concepts of functional gastrointestinal disorders. While initially considered a ‘psychosomatic disorder’, his work identified genetic risk factors (e.g. the GNB3 polymorphism) and established a now widely accepted concept of minimal systemic inflammation as […]
Professor Christopher Del Mar (Vale)
I am an academic general practitioner, currently Professor of Public Health. Formerly Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research), and simultaneously Dean of Health Sciences and Medicine at Bond University – where I successfully started the first private Australian university medical program – I was previously Professor of General Practice at the University of Queensland. A well-known evidence-based practice expert, I have […]
Professor David Theile
Professor Ian Frazer
Professor Ian Frazer works to raise awareness and funds for medical research through his role with The University of Queensland (UQ) and as Chair of the TRI Foundation Board. He is also the current Chair of the advisory board advising the commonwealth government on the use of the Medical Research Future Fund, a member of […]