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The WAIMR Team
Since WAIMR began in March 1998, it has grown rapidly and now consists of more than 200 highly skilled staff and students. WAIMR has successfully recruited numerous overseas and interstate researchers to Perth.
Our Executive Group
Professor Peter Klinken
WAIMR Director & Head, Leukaemia and Blood Disorders
Research: leukaemia and blood disorders; haemopoiesis; erythropoiesis |
Professor Peter Leedman
WAIMR Deputy Director, Director of Translational Research & Head, Hormone-Dependent Cancers
Research: hormone action in breast and prostate cancers; thyroid disease |
Professor Peter Thompson
WAIMR Deputy Director
Research: cardiovascular disease |
Professor John Olynyk
WAIMR Deputy Director & Head, Centre for Iron Metabolism and Liver Disease Research
Research: liver disease, haemochromatosis |
Our Senior Researchers
Professor Simon Brown
Head, CCREM
Research: immunology (allergy/anaphylaxis); venom immunotherapy (desensitisation); toxinology (snake and spider envenoming) |
Kathy Davern
Head, Monoclonal Antibody Facility
Research: monoclonal antibodies |
Professor Aleksandra Filipovska
Head, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology
Research: mitochondrial RNA-binding proteins, mitochondrial gene expression, mitochondrial translation, mitochondrial dysfunction in disease |
Dr Archa Fox
Head, Cancer Gene Regulation
Research: control of gene expression; sub-nuclear bodies; paraspeckles |
Professor Lin Fritschi
Head, Epidemiology Group
Research: occupational causes of cancer; exposure assessment in epidemiological studies |
Professor Ruth Ganss
Head, Angiogenesis and Tumour Immunology
Research: angiogenesis; multistage tumorigenesis; tumour immunology |
A/Professor Evan Ingley
Head, Cell Signalling
Research: Lyn signalling complexes and pathways; cell signalling |
Professor Luba Kalaydjieva
Head, Molecular Genetics and Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank - WA Laboratory
Research: genetics of neurological and psychiatric disorders; founder populations |
Professor Nigel Laing
Head, Neuromuscular Diseases
Research: genetic muscular disorders |
Professor Michael Millward
Head of Cancer Trials
Research: early clinical trials and pre-clinical research; drug resistance; clinical pharmacology |
Professor Grant Morahan
Head, The Centre for Diabetes Research
Research: genetics of type 1 diabetes; systems genetics; diabetic kidney disease |
A/Professor Kevin Pfleger
Head, Molecular Endocrinology - GPCRs
Research: G-protein coupled receptors; bioluminescence resonance energy transfer |
Professor Oliver Rackham
Head, Synthetic Biology and Drug Discovery
Research: synthetic biology; RNA-protein interactions |
A/Professor Tom Ratajczak
Head, Molecular Endocrinology - Cell Growth
Research: mechanism of steroid hormone action; disorders of calcium metabolism |
Professor David Ravine
Head, Medical Genetics
Research: Rett syndrome; autism; inherited kidney disease |
Professor George Yeoh
Head, Liver Disease and Carcinogenesis
Research: hepatocyte development; liver progenitor cells |
Our Research Fellows and Senior Lecturers
Dr Shane Colley
Fellow, Hormone-Dependent Cancers
Research: nuclear receptors and their co-regulators; SLIRP in breast and prostate cancer; SLIRP in regulating energy and lipid metabolism |
Dr Rachael Duff
Fellow, Neuromuscular Diseases
Research: genetic muscular disorders |
Dr Ross Graham
Fellow, Liver Disease and Haemochromatosis
Research: iron metabolism; transferrin receptor 2; regulation of genes involved in iron homeostasis |
Dr Fang-Xu Jiang
Head, Islet Cell Development Program
Research: insulin-secreting cell development and regeneration; pancreatic progenitor/stem cells |
A/Professor Vance Matthews
NHMRC CDA Fellow
Research: diabetes; obesity; inflammation |
Dr Bharti Morar
Fellow, Molecular Genetics
Research: molecular genetics of schizophrenia; population genetics |
A/Professor Kristen Nowak
Fellow, Neuromuscular Diseases
Research: neuromuscular disease genetics; actin proteins; recombinant protein production |
A/Professor Gina Ravenscroft
Research Associate
Research: genetic muscular disorders |
A/Professor Alison Reid
Research Associate Professor
Research: the health of migrant workers; asbestos-related disease in women |
Dr Alka Saxena
NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellow, Medical Genetics
Research: Cell biology; Rett syndrome; Epigenetics |
Dr Robin Scaife
BPH Chief Scientist, Cancer Drug Discovery
Research: regulation of cell proliferation by cancer drugs |
A/Professor Shelley Stone
Research Fellow, CCREM
Research: immunology; allergy/anaphylaxis and critical illness in the Emergency Department |
Dr Bryan Ward
Fellow, Molecular Endocrinology - Cell Growth
Research: calcium receptors and homeostasis; hormonally controlled cancers |
Dr Louise Winteringham
Fellow, Leukaemia and Blood Disorders
Research: haemopoietic commitment and differentiation; molecules affecting the development of leukemia |
Our Senior Support Staff
John Fitzgerald
Director of Strategic Research |
Lesley Hooper
Director of Fundraising |
Carolyn Monaghan
Communications Manager |
Richard Solomon
Finance Manager |
Tony Spezzacatena
Chief Financial Officer |
Peter Taylor
Manager, People & Performance |
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