Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR)


http://www.waimr.uwa.edu.au

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

Peter Klinken Professor Peter Klinken

WAIMR Director & Head, Leukaemia and Blood Disorders

Research: leukaemia and blood disorders; haemopoiesis; erythropoiesis

Peter Leedman Professor Peter Leedman

WAIMR Deputy Director, Director of Translational Research & Head, Hormone-Dependent Cancers

Research: hormone action in breast and prostate cancers; thyroid disease

Peter Thompson Professor Peter Thompson

WAIMR Deputy Director

Research: cardiovascular disease

Our Senior Researchers

Simon Brown Professor Simon Brown

Head, CCREM

Research: immunology (allergy/anaphylaxis); venom immunotherapy (desensitisation); toxinology (snake and spider envenoming)

Aron Chakera Dr Aron Chakera

Head, Translational Renal Research Group

Research: transplantation; autoimmune diseases

Kathy Davern Kathy Davern

Head, Monoclonal Antibody Facility

Research: monoclonal antibodies

Aleksandra Filipovska A/Professor Aleksandra Filipovska

Head, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology

Research: mitochondrial RNA-binding proteins, mitochondrial gene expression, mitochondrial translation, mitochondrial dysfunction in disease

Archa Fox Dr Archa Fox

Head, Cancer Gene Regulation

Research: control of gene expression; sub-nuclear bodies; paraspeckles

Lin Fritschi Professor Lin Fritschi

Head, Epidemiology Group

Research: occupational causes of cancer; exposure assessment in epidemiological studies

Ruth Ganss Professor Ruth Ganss

Head, Angiogenesis and Tumour Immunology

Research: angiogenesis; multistage tumorigenesis; tumour immunology

Evan Ingley A/Professor Evan Ingley

Head, Cell Signalling

Research: Lyn signalling complexes and pathways; cell signalling

Luba Kalaydjieva Professor Luba Kalaydjieva

Head, Molecular Genetics and Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank - WA Laboratory

Research: genetics of neurological and psychiatric disorders; founder populations

Nigel Laing Professor Nigel Laing

Head, Neuromuscular Diseases

Research: genetic muscular disorders

Vance Matthews A/Professor Vance Matthews

Head, Metabolic Dysfunction

Research: type 2 diabetes

Michael Millward Professor Michael Millward

Head of Cancer Trials

Research: early clinical trials and pre-clinical research; drug resistance; clinical pharmacology

Grant Morahan Professor Grant Morahan

Head, The Centre for Diabetes Research

Research: genetics of type 1 diabetes; systems genetics; diabetic kidney disease

Kevin Pfleger A/Professor Kevin Pfleger

Head, Molecular Endocrinology - GPCRs

Research: G-protein coupled receptors; bioluminescence resonance energy transfer

Oliver Rackham A/Professor Oliver Rackham

Head, Synthetic Biology and Drug Discovery

Research: synthetic biology; RNA-protein interactions

Tom Ratajczak Professor Tom Ratajczak

Head, Molecular Endocrinology - Cell Growth

Research: mechanism of steroid hormone action; disorders of calcium metabolism

George Yeoh Professor George Yeoh

Head, Liver Disease and Carcinogenesis

Research: hepatocyte development; liver progenitor cells

Our Research Fellows and Senior Lecturers

Shane Colley 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

Rachael Duff Dr Rachael Duff

Fellow, Neuromuscular Diseases

Research: genetic muscular disorders

Juliana Hamzah A/Professor Juliana Hamzah

Fellow, Angiogenesis and Tumour Immunology

Research: chronic inflammatory diseases; local therapeutic intervention and in vivo imaging

Fang-Xu Jiang Dr Fang-Xu Jiang

Head, Islet Cell Development Program

Research: insulin-secreting cell development and regeneration; pancreatic progenitor/stem cells

Bharti Morar Dr Bharti Morar

Fellow, Molecular Genetics

Research: molecular genetics of schizophrenia; population genetics

Kristen Nowak A/Professor Kristen Nowak

Fellow, Neuromuscular Diseases

Research: neuromuscular disease genetics; actin proteins; recombinant protein production

Gina Ravenscroft A/Professor Gina Ravenscroft

Fellow, Neuromuscular Diseases

Research: genetic muscular disorders

Alison Reid A/Professor Alison Reid

Research Associate Professor

Research: the health of migrant workers; asbestos-related disease in women

Robin Scaife Dr Robin Scaife

BPH Chief Scientist, Cancer Drug Discovery

Research: regulation of cell proliferation by cancer drugs

Shelley Stone A/Professor Shelley Stone

Research Fellow, CCREM

Research: immunology; allergy/anaphylaxis and critical illness in the Emergency Department

Bryan Ward Dr Bryan Ward

Fellow, Molecular Endocrinology - Cell Growth

Research: calcium receptors and homeostasis; hormonally controlled cancers

Louise Winteringham 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 John Fitzgerald

Director of Strategic Research

Lesley Hooper Lesley Hooper

Director of Fundraising

Carolyn Monaghan Carolyn Monaghan

Communications Manager

Richard Solomon Richard Solomon

Finance Manager

Tony Spezzacatena Tony Spezzacatena

Chief Financial Officer

Peter Taylor Peter Taylor

Manager, People & Performance

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