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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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OUR PEOPLE

Board Of Directors

John Barrington AM
Chair
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Professor Peter Leedman AO
Cancer Medicine (Institute Director)
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Professor Tim Colmer
Director
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Dr Stephen Davis
Director
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Roger Port
Director
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Val Raubenheimer
Director
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Jan Stewart PSM
Director
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Professor Steve Wesselingh
Director
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Laurence Iffla
Director & Past Chair
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Research Leadership Team

Professor Andrew Redfern
Translational Oncology (Associate Director - Clinical Strategy)
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Professor Alistair Forrest
Systems Biology and Genomics (Associate Director - Scientific Strategy)
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Professor Peter Leedman AO
Cancer Medicine (Institute Director)
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Professor Jonas Nilsson
Melanoma Discovery (and inaugural Perkins Chair of Melanoma Discovery)
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Professor Kevin Pfleger
Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology
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Associate Professor Pilar Blancafort
Cancer Epigenetics (Program Head - Cancer)
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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 Barry Doyle
Vascular Engineering (Joint Program Head - Cardiovascular Science and Diabetes)
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Professor Ryan Lister
Epigenetics and Genomics (Program Head - Genome Biology and Genetics)
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Professor Oliver Rackham
Synthetic Biology and Drug Discovery (Theme Head - Synthetic Biology)
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Dr Brendan Kennedy
BRITElab (Theme Head - Biomed Engineering)
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Associate Professor Juliana Hamzah
Targeted Drug Delivery, Imaging and Therapy (Theme Head - Therapeutic Targeting)
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Professor Daniel Fatovich
Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine (Theme Head - Improved Patient Care)
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Ron Jones
Research Development Manager
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Laboratory / Research Group Leaders

Professor Andrew Redfern
Translational Oncology (Associate Director - Clinical Strategy)
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Professor Alistair Forrest
Systems Biology and Genomics (Associate Director - Scientific Strategy)
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Professor Jonas Nilsson
Melanoma Discovery (and inaugural Perkins Chair of Melanoma Discovery)
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Professor Peter Leedman AO
Cancer Medicine (Institute Director)
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Professor Kevin Pfleger
Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology
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Associate Professor Pilar Blancafort
Cancer Epigenetics (Program Head - Cancer)
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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 Barry Doyle
Vascular Engineering (Joint Program Head - Cardiovascular Science and Diabetes)
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Professor Ryan Lister
Epigenetics and Genomics (Program Head - Genome Biology and Genetics)
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Professor Oliver Rackham
Synthetic Biology and Drug Discovery (Theme Head - Synthetic Biology)
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Dr Brendan Kennedy
BRITElab (Theme Head - Biomed Engineering)
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Professor Aleksandra Filipovska
Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology
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Dr Ankur Sharma
Onco-Fetal Ecosystem
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Associate Professor Juliana Hamzah
Targeted Drug Delivery, Imaging and Therapy (Theme Head - Therapeutic Targeting)
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Associate Professor Aron Chakera
Translational Renal Research
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Associate Professor Debbie Trinder
Iron Metabolism
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Dr Elena Juan Pardo
T3mPLATE Laboratory Head
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Associate Professor Evan Ingley
Cell Signalling
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Dr Gina Ravenscroft
Rare Disease Genetics and Functional Genomics
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Professor Girish Dwivedi
Advanced Clinical and Translational Cardiovascular Imaging
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Professor Nigel Laing AO
Preventive Genetics
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Professor Daniel Fatovich
Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine (Theme Head - Improved Patient Care)
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Professor George Yeoh
Liver Disease and Carcinogenesis
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Professor Grant Morahan
Centre for Diabetes Research
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Professor Peter Thompson AM
Deputy Director, and Laboratory Head - Cardiology Clinical Trials
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Professor Ruth Ganss
Cancer Microenvironment
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Executive Team

Professor Andrew Redfern
Translational Oncology (Associate Director - Clinical Strategy)
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Professor Alistair Forrest
Systems Biology and Genomics (Associate Director - Scientific Strategy)
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Professor Peter Leedman AO
Cancer Medicine (Institute Director)
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Paige Gibbs
Chief Development Officer
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Tony Spezzacatena
Chief Financial Officer
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Donna O'Hara
Chief Operating Officer
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Scientific Advisory Committee

Prof Douglas Hilton AO
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
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Prof Nadia Rosenthal
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
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Prof Joseph Trapani
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
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Prof Steve Wesselingh
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
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