Professor Markus Seibel
Professor Markus Seibel has been an international leader in musculoskeletal medicine for over 25 years. Covering basic, translational and clinical research, Markus has made seminal contributions to the area of skeletal physiology and pathophysiology as well as clinical management of osteoporosis. He has published over 400 scientific articles and edited six academic books. His work […]
Professor Sherene Loi
Professor Sherene Loi has made significant contributions in breast cancer research. These include 1. understanding the role of the immune system and its reaction to breast cancers, 2. how doctors can therapeutically and potentially favourably alter the immune response, 3. development of important new drugs for breast cancer patients including palbocicilb and pertuzumab which have […]
Professor Jamie Rossjohn
Rossjohn has provided profound insight into T-cell biology, defining the basis of key immune recognition events by T-cells. He has used structural biology to explain pre-T-cell receptor (TCR) self-association in T-cell development, and how the TCR recognises polymorphic Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) molecules. He has unearthed mechanisms of HLA polymorphism impacting on drug and food […]
Professor Mark Dawson
As a clinician-scientist, Professor Dawson has consistently demonstrated academic excellence and leadership both in basic science discoveries and the translation of these findings into the clinical arena. His research into chromatin regulation of normal and malignant haematopoiesis have provided a range of groundbreaking discoveries including the development in collaboration with GSK of the first clinical therapies […]
Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite
Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, Foundation Director of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, and Professor of Health Systems Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University researches the way care is delivered to patients and how it can be improved. He has contributed over 700 total publications and presented at international and national conferences on […]
Professor Lisa Maher
Professor Maher is a renowned public health scientist who applies both epidemiological and anthropological approaches to important public health problems – in particular hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection – including leading the first ever HCV vaccine preparedness study. Her high standing is evidenced by extensive conference invitations as well as an outstanding record of competitive […]
Professor Andrew Lloyd
Professor Andrew Lloyd AM is a distinguished infectious diseases physician scientist. He has made major contributions to clinical practice in hepatitis C infection (particularly amongst the prisoner population) and also in chronic fatigue states associated with infection and cancer. He has also made major contributions in laboratory-based studies of the pathophysiology of hepatitis C infection, […]
Professor Richard Scolyer
Professor Scolyer leads one of world’s largest histopathology consultation practices and is widely regarded as the Australasian point of reference for diagnosis of difficult pigmented skin lesions. He co-leads an award winning translational research program investigating causes, prognostic /predictive biomarkers and treatment of melanoma. He has authored >450 peer-reviewed journal publications (>14,000 citations), and according […]
Professor Ross Hannan
Professor Hannan is an internationally recognised laboratory scientist whose work on ribosome biogenesis has led to new treatment paradigms in cancer centred on drugs that activate nucleolar stress. He brought together multi-disciplinary teams of laboratory and clinician researchers and forged industry collaborations to devise first in class RNA polymerase I inhibitors that are now in […]
Professor Graeme Young
Professor Graeme Young AM is a global leader in prevention of colorectal cancer. His contributions span epithelial and molecular biology, nutrition, biomarker development and validation, clinical and population randomised trials. He established the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer as Director of Development and chaired the growth of the most influential global network in colorectal […]
Professor Andrew Davidson
Prof Davidson is a world leader in paediatric anaesthesia. He has led some of the most influential research in this field, with a significant impact on clinical care, and has established a global network of researchers. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal Pediatric Anesthesia and will shortly take up a positon as an Editor […]
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 Karen Simmer
Karen Simmer is the Professor of Newborn Medicine at the University of Western Australia. She is the Director of the Neonatal ICUs in Perth and Co-Director of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence for preterm infants. She established the first Human Milk Bank in Australia. Prof Simmer has published over 170 original research manuscripts and […]
Professor David Le Couteur
David Le Couteur is a geriatrician and clinical pharmacologist who was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (2016), awarded the Rand Medal, Australasian Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (2015) and Abrams award, American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2013) for his contributions to geriatric pharmacology, ageing research and drug regulatory affairs. […]
Professor Carol Bower
Carol is highly regarded nationally and internationally for her leadership in birth defects research, providing population-based evidence for prevention, diagnosis, management and development of policy and practice. Outstanding examples are her research and advocacy on neural tube defects (such as spina bifida) and their prevention with folic acid and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and their […]
Professor Gordon Parker
Professor Gordon Parker AO has received international recognition for his pioneering work in psychopathology, in particular research models to differentiate principal mood disorders (melancholia and bipolar II disorder) with diagnostic precision so that their causes and optimal treatments can be pursued. He has also carried out seminal work on parenting style and other psychosocial factors […]
Professor Jacob George
Jacob George is the Robert W. Storr Professor of Hepatic Medicine, University of Sydney and Director of the Storr Liver Centre, Westmead Institute for Medical Research and Westmead Hospital. His research is focussed on liver disease, with specific themes in liver cancer, viral hepatitis, host genetics and liver disease, liver fibrosis, fatty liver disease and […]
Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson
Professor Peter Gibson is a world leading authority in asthma, a respiratory physician (John Hunter Hospital), an active clinical researcher, a Director of the University of Newcastle’s Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, and a leader of the Hunter Medical Research Institute’s Viruses, Infections/Immunity, Vaccines and Asthma program. He successfully combines his skills as a […]
Professor Dale Godfrey
Dale Godfrey is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at The Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne. He is an NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and Immediate Past President of the Australasian Society for Immunology. Over the past 25 years, working in the field of Immunology, Godfrey has defined and studied new […]
Professor John Furness
Professor Furness is a leading authority on digestive physiology, especially the neural control of the digestive tract. He has been strongly involved in evaluation of therapeutic drugs and has run clinical trials of candidate drugs. He is currently the leader of a program to develop vagal nerve stimulation for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. […]