Professor Hamish Scott
Professor Scott’s national and international leadership in genetics and genomics is recognized through multidisciplinary collaboration, scientific advisory committees, editorial positions, peer review and conference participation. He has lead development of new technologies for improved patient treatment in the Centre for Cancer Biology of SA Pathology as head of the Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology […]
Professor Sarah Robertson
Professor Sarah Robertson is a world-renowned reproductive scientist whose innovative work on cytokines and immune cells underlies advanced understanding of the origins of health at conception. She has demonstrated that cytokines and immune cells regulate embryo implantation and development, and that seminal fluid contributes to the immune changes that promote female receptivity to pregnancy. Her […]
Professor Guy Maddern
Guy has experienced a successful career as a Surgeon and Academic both nationally and internationally, publishing over 400 papers in refereed journals (H index of 38). His commitment to advance academic medical and health science is evident through his involvement with Council of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons as member of the Executive of […]
Professor John Lynch
John Lynch is an internationally recognized scholar in epidemiology and public health. He has received numerous awards including a Canada Research Chair in Population Health (2005), an honorary Doctorate in Medical Science from University of Copenhagen (2007), and a NHMRC Australia Fellowship (2009). He has more than 250 publications, a Researcher ID H-index of 57, […]
Professor Alison Kitson
Alison is an internationally renowned Translational Health Scientist and Nursing Leader. Her sustained work over the last 25 years has resulted in significant breakthroughs in our understanding of how evidence spreads (or doesn’t) through health systems. She has influenced thousands of practitioners and hundreds of researchers, post-doctoral and PhD students through her research and scholarship […]
Emeritus Professor John Hopwood
Professor John Hopwood established and has led the Lysosomal Diseases Research Unit since 1978. The Unit has been continually successful in basic and applied research into lysosomal disorders (LSD), and has made significant contributions to diagnostics and population screening methods for detection of LSD, and developing and applying novel treatments to humans. His leadership has […]
Professor Gregory Goodall
Prof Goodall is a world leader in the biology of RNA and cancer progression. He has combined innovation with thoroughness to make discoveries that open new areas in RNA biology for development and exploitation. He has made seminal contributions to the understanding of mechanisms governing gene activity in cancer, through control of mRNA activity, regulation […]
Professor Jozef Gécz
Citation Professor Gecz is leading international expert in genetics of paediatric neurological disorders, intellectual disability, epilepsy, autism and cerebral palsy. This is documented by his 277 scientific publications accumulating in excess of 15000 citations. Professor Gecz discovered >200 human disease genes and works tirelessly to translate this new knowledge into better health for the affected individuals and their families. He is […]
Professor Alastair Burt
Professor Alastair Burt has a strong international reputation for research into liver disease, leadership in diagnostic hepatopathology, and medical education and administration. His innovative research into hepatic stellate cell responses to injury led to a paradigm shift in concepts of progressive liver disease and the development of cirrhosis. He has played a key role in […]
Professor Michael Horowitz
Professor Michael Horowitz was appointed to a Personal Chair at the University of Adelaide in 1995, and has been the Director of the Endocrine and Metabolic Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital since 1997. His research activities are almost exclusively clinically based, relate primarily to gastrointestinal motor sensory and hormonal function, particularly in the context […]
Professor Alex Brown
Professor Brown is the Theme Leader Aboriginal Health at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (previously Executive Director of BakerIDI Central Australia, having also established the Central Australian unit of Menzies School of Health Research). He has driven the establishment of CVD as a priority area for Aboriginal health, and his primary research, […]
Professor Timothy Hughes
Professor Hughes is an international expert in the biology and treatment of leukaemia. He led the establishment of the molecular response criteria that are used world-wide to measure response in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) and has led many of the key Global and National trials. His group has successfully developed predictive bioassays that influence the […]
Professor Sharad Kumar
Professor Sharad Kumar’s ground-breaking work in biomedical sciences has been recognised through prestigious fellowships, national and international awards, and election to the Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science. He has made seminal discoveries that have significantly contributed to the understanding of human diseases such as cancer, inflammation and hypertension. His publications have received extensive […]
Professor Angel Lopez
Professor Angel Lopez is an outstanding Australian scientist with an international reputation in human cytokines or growth factors, particularly on studies of cytokine families with a shared receptor subunit. He has made several breakthroughs that have illuminated how these cytokines exert their biological activities and revealed new paradigms that apply to the cytokine superfamily at […]
Professor Maria Makrides
Professor Makrides is an international leader in maternal-infant nutrition and is recognised for her work investigating the health effects of dietary fatty acids, iron and novel dietary ingredients in the perinatal period. Her work has made significant contributions to changes in the composition of infant formulae and on changing international food laws (Codex Alimentarius), which […]
Professor (Isabella) Caroline McMillen
Professor McMillen has an international record of distinction in the field of development. Her work has demonstrated how the nutritional environment of the embryo and fetus impacts on health before and after birth. Her work has been funded by the NHMRC and ARC for more than 20 years, her publications have been cited 5,400 times […]
Professor Robert Norman
Professor Robert Norman’s research is in the area of reproductive health and medicine. He specialises in health around the time of conception and has initiated and led one of the most successful groups in the world in the area of paediatrics and reproductive health through the University’s Robinson Research Institute. He has won several international […]
Professor Karen Reynolds
Bridging the divide between research and industry, Professor Karen Reynolds is considered as one of Australia’s leading researchers in biomedical engineering. She is motivated by her passion to make a practical difference, and uses her experience and expertise together with her wide network of industry and clinical contacts to bring together multiple stakeholders to develop […]
Professor David Watson
Professor David Watson is head of Surgery at Flinders University. He leads a multidisciplinary research group which is addressing oesophageal disease, has 317 publications, and received $21,518,189 in research funding. He pioneered the development of laparoscopic surgery and conducted 15 randomized trials, generating the world’s largest contribution to evidence supporting surgery for gastro-oesophageal reflux. He […]
Professor Steven Wesselingh
Professor Steve Wesselingh is an Infectious Diseases Physician and researcher in Neurovirology, HIV and vaccine development. Professor Wesselingh took up the position as the inaugural Executive Director of the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) in October 2011. Professor Wesselingh has also been appointed as the Infection and Immunity Theme Leader for the […]