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Since 1998, the Perkins has grown to become one of the nation's leading adult medical research centres, where a close-knit team of more than 450 research and clinical staff work together to defeat the major diseases that impact our community.
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Perkins researchers focus on some of the major diseases that affect our community. In particular we focus on cancer, diabetes, heart disease and neuromuscular diseases.
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OUR PEOPLE

Board Of Directors

John Barrington AM
Chair
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Professor Peter Leedman AO
Director and Chief Executive Officer
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Professor Tim Colmer
Director
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Frank Cooper AO
Director
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Lorraine Driscoll
Director
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Jennifer Lawrence
Director
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Hon Ben Morton
Director
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Val Raubenheimer
Director
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Yannick Spencer
Director
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Professor Joseph Trapani AO
Director
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Executive Team

Professor Peter Leedman AO
Director and Chief Executive Officer
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Professor Moira Clay
Deputy Director
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Peter Dolnik
Chief Operating Officer
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Paige Gibbs
Chief Engagement Officer
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Mimli Kulshreshtha
Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary
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Deva North
Chief People Officer
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Research Executive Team

Professor Peter Leedman AO
Director and Chief Executive Officer
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Professor Moira Clay
Deputy Director
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Professor Alistair Forrest
Systems Biology and Genomics (Associate Director Scientific, Co-Chair Research Leadership Team)
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Associate Professor Andrew Redfern
Translational Oncology (Associate Director Clinical, Co-Chair Research Leadership Team)
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Research Leadership Team

Professor Alistair Forrest
Systems Biology and Genomics (Associate Director Scientific, Co-Chair Research Leadership Team)
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Associate Professor Andrew Redfern
Translational Oncology (Associate Director Clinical, Co-Chair Research Leadership Team)
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Professor Moira Clay
Deputy Director
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Associate Professor Pilar Blancafort
Cancer Epigenetics (Program Head - Cancer)
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Professor Girish Dwivedi
Advanced Clinical and Translational Cardiovascular Imaging (Joint Program Head - Cardiovascular Science and Diabetes)
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Professor Shirley Jansen
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Research (Joint Program Head - Cardiovascular Science and Diabetes)
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Professor Ryan Lister
Epigenetics and Genomics (Program Head - Genome Biology and Genetic Diseases)
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Theodore Ng
Research Development Manager
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Professor Kevin Pfleger
Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology
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Hanane Belhoul-Fakir
PhD student (Chair EMCR Committee)
Jevin Parmar
PhD Student (Chair Student Committee)

Laboratory / Research Group Leaders

Associate Professor Andrew Redfern
Translational Oncology (Associate Director Clinical, Co-Chair Research Leadership Team)
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Professor Alistair Forrest
Systems Biology and Genomics (Associate Director Scientific, Co-Chair Research Leadership Team)
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Professor Peter Leedman AO
Director and Chief Executive Officer
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Associate Professor Pilar Blancafort
Cancer Epigenetics (Program Head - Cancer)
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Associate Professor Aron Chakera
Translational Renal Research
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Professor Girish Dwivedi
Advanced Clinical and Translational Cardiovascular Imaging (Joint Program Head - Cardiovascular Science and Diabetes)
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Professor Daniel Fatovich
Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine
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Professor Ruth Ganss
Cancer Microenvironment
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Associate Professor Juliana Hamzah
Targeted Drug Delivery, Imaging and Therapy
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Associate Professor Evan Ingley
Cell Signalling
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Professor Shirley Jansen
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Research (Joint Program Head - Cardiovascular Science and Diabetes)
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Associate Professor Elena Juan Pardo
T3mPLATE (Translational 3D Printing Laboratory for Advanced Tissue Engineering)
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Professor Brendan Kennedy
BRITElab (Bioimaging Research and Innovation for Translational Engineering Laboratory)
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Emeritus Professor Nigel Laing AO
Preventive Genetics
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Professor Ryan Lister
Epigenetics and Genomics (Program Head - Genome Biology and Genetic Diseases)
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Professor Grant Morahan
Centre for Diabetes Research
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Professor Kevin Pfleger
Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology
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Professor Gina Ravenscroft
Rare Disease Genetics and Functional Genomics
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Professor Alexey V. Terskikh
Chromatin and Ageing
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Emeritus Professor George Yeoh
Liver Disease and Carcinogenesis
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Scientific Advisory Committee

Professor Sue Clark
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
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Professor Gemma Figtree AM
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
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Professor Nadia Rosenthal
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
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Professor Joseph Trapani AO
Director
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Professor Naomi Wray
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
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