Staff

Director

Matthew Gillespie - Head, Bone, Joint & Cancer

Associate Director

Peter Fuller - Head, Steroid Receptor Biology

Emeritus Director

Henry Burger - Associate Scientist, Reproductive Hormones

Senior Fellow

John Funder - Steroid Receptor Biology

Research Advisory Group

Jock Findlay - Head, Ovarian Biology

Peter Fuller - Head, Steroid Receptor Biology

Matthew Gillespie - Head, Bone, Joint & Cancer

Vincent Harley - Head, Sex Determination and Gonadal Development / Co-Head, Brain & Gender

Rob McLachlan - Head, Clinical Andrology

Guiying Nie - Head, Implantation & Placental Development

David Robertson - Head, Reproductive Hormones

Lois Salamonsen - Head, Endometrial Remodelling

Evan Simpson - Head, Metabolism & Cancer

Laboratory Heads

Kirsty Brown - Metabolism & Cancer (Co-Head)

Colin Clyne - Cancer Drug Discovery

Evdokia Dimitriadis - Embryo Implantation

Jock Findlay - Ovarian Biology

Peter Fuller - Steroid Receptor Biology

Matthew Gillespie - Bone, Joint & Cancer

Vincent Harley - Sex Determination and Gonadal Development / Brain & Gender (Co-Head)

Craig Harrison - Growth Factor Signalling

Joohyung Lee - Brain & Gender (Co-Head)

Rob McLachlan - Clinical Andrology

Guiying Nie - Implantation & Placental Development

David Robertson - Reproductive Hormones

Lois Salamonsen - Endometrial Remodelling

Evan Simpson - Metabolism & Cancer

Peter Stanton - Male Fertility Regulation

Kaye Stenvers - Reproductive Development & Cancer

Andrew Stephens - Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

Morag Young - Head, Cardiovascular Endocrinology

Endeavour Fellow
York Ng

NHMRC Career Development Fellow
Kristy Brown - Metabolism & Cancer

L'Oreal Paris Research Fellow
Simon Chu - Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers / Steroid Receptor Biology

Lalor Foundation Fellow
Ellen Menkhorst - Embryo Implantation

The Michael, John and Phoebe Jones Fellow
Frances Milat - Bone, Joint & Cancer

NHMRC Fellow
Peter Tipping - Bone, Joint & Cancer

Witchery Research Fellow
Adam Rainczuk - Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

NAB OCRF Research Fellow
Andrew Stephens - Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

Andrology Fellow

Le-Wen Sim

Clinical Research Fellows

Carolyn Allan - Clinical Andrology

Kati Matthiesson - Clinical Andrology

Clinical Research Nurses

Nicole Fairweather - NAB/OCRF Research Nurse, Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

Elise Forbes - Clinical Andrology

Judi Hocking - Endometrial Remodelling

Dionne Sroczynski - NAB/OCRF Research Nurse, Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

Anna Zamojska - Clinical Andrology

Senior Research Officers

Anthony Argentaro - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Maree Bilandzic - Reproductive Development & Cancer

Stefan Bagheri-Fam - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Pascal Bernard - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Ashwini Chand - Cancer Drug Discovery

Anne Corbould - Metabolism & Cancer

Ann Drummond - Ovarian Biology / Steroid Receptor Biology

Vicky Kartsogiannis - Bone, Joint & Cancer

Kevin Knower - Metabolism & Cancer / Cancer Drug Discovery

Sarah Meachem - Metabolism & Cancer

Liza O'Donnell - Male Fertility Regulation

Julian Quinn - Bone, Joint & Cancer

Mai Sarraj - Reproductive Development & Cancer

Helena Sim - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Research Officers

Sara Al-Musawi - Growth Factor Signalling

Kemperly Dynon - Implantation & Placental Development

Tracey Edgell - Endometrial Remodelling

Jemma Evans - Endometrial Remodelling

Karla Hutt - Ovarian Biology

Kevin Knower - Metabolism & Cancer/Cancer Drug Discovery

Oliver Latchoumanin - Metabolism & Cancer

Jason Liew - Ovarian Biology

Louisa Ludbrook - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Chantal Magne Nde - Cancer Drug Discovery

Michelle Myers - Ovarian Biology

Sarah Paule - Implantation & Placental Development

Jyosthna Rao -Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

Harmeet Singh - Implantation & Placental Development

Preetinder Singh - Bone, Joint & Cancer

Kelly Walton - Growth Factor Signalling

Visiting Scientist

Makoto Ono - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development (until May 2012)

Honorary Research Associates

Davina Cossigny (nee Rosairo) - Ovarian Biology

Natalie Hannan - Endometrial Remodelling

Senior Research Assistants

Maria Alexiadis - Steroid Receptor Biology

Francine Brennan - Steroid Receptor Biology

Maria Docanto - Cancer Drug Discovery

Ruth Escalona - Reproductive Development & Cancer

Caroline Foo - Male Fertility Regulation

Ileana Kapic (nee Kuyznierwicz) - Ovarian Biology / Steroid Receptor Biology

Ying Li - Implantation & Placental Development

Amanda Rickard - Cardiovascular Endocrinology

Yao Wang - Ovarian Biology; Reproductive Development & Cancer

Research Assistants

Georgia Balourdos - Male Fertility Regulation

Laura Bienvenu - Cardiovascular Endocrinology

Karen Chan - Growth Factor Signalling

Elizabeth Fletcher - Cardiovascular Endocrinology

Caroline Foo - Male Fertility Regulation

Jessica Gathercole - Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

Guy Harris - Reproductive Hormones

Sophy Heng - Implantation & Placental Development

Cassandra Hincks - Endometrial Remodelling

Tamara Howard - Cancer Drug Discovery

Stacey Jamieson - Steroid Receptor Biology

Emily Kelly - Growth Factor Signalling

Natalie Lane - Embryo Implantation

James Morgan - Cardiovascular Endocrinology

Peter Nicholls - Male Fertility Regulation

Enid Pruysers - Reproductive Hormones

Janelle Ryan - Sex determination and Gonadal Development

Amy Winship - Embryo Implantation

Wendy Yang - Metabolism & Cancer

Yizhou Yao - Steroid Receptor Biology

Joanne Yap - Embryo Implantation

Nadeen Zerafa - Ovarian Biology

Laboratory Technicians

Robin Leuba

Susan Taleh

PhD Students

Dimuthu Alankarage - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Justin Chen - Growth Factor Signalling

Vanessa Cheung - Bone, Joint & Cancer

Daniel Czech - Brain & Gender

Damien Eeles - Bone, Joint & Cancer

Jenna Haverfield - Metabolism & Cancer

Amy Herlihy - Clinical Andrology

Huiting Ho - Implantation & Placental Development

Sonay Hussein-Fikret - (lapsed) - Steroid Receptor Biology

Kyren Lazarus - Cancer Drug Discovery

Jason Liew - Ovarian Biology

Michael Mond - Steroid Receptor Biology

Peter Nicholls - Growth Factor Signalling

Justine Olcorn - Male Fertility Regulation

Nirukshi Samarageewa - Metabolism & Cancer

Jimmy Shen - Cardiovascular Endocrinology

Courtney Simpson - Male Fertility Regulation

Rajini Sreenivasan - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Sarah To - Cancer Drug Discovery

Gabrielle Van Der Kraan - Bone, Joint & Cancer

Lixian Wang - Metabolism & Cancer

Phillip Wong - Steroid Receptor Biology

Jun Yang - Cardiovascular Endocrinology

Masters Students

Jimmy Ham - Metabolism & Cancer

Henri Prijanto - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Deborah Romero - (lapsed) - Reproductive Hormones

Janelle Ryan - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Zhe (Kimmy) Zhao - Cancer Drug Discovery

Honours Students

Carly Cuman - Embryo Implantation

Samuel Hawthorne - Endometrial Remodelling

Tara Krishnan - Embryo Implantation

Belinda Quenette - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Victoria Pun - Cancer Drug Discovery

Maria Zaldivia - Reproductive Development & Cancer

Vlad Zuban - Metabolism & Cancer

Administrative Support

Chief Financial Officer

Peter Murray FCA BSc (Econ) (Hons)

Development & Commercialisation Services Manager

Andrew McCallum BE (Met) MEngSc GAICD

Grants and Education Officer

Neil Owens PhD

Laboratory & Technical Services Manager

Steve Bouralexis BSc, B Comp Sc, B Hlth Sc, PhD

Laboratory & Technical Support Officer/Technician

Hsien Teh

OH&S Officer

Ganeema Tokhi MPhil

Marketing & Communications Manager

TBA

Marketing & Communications Officer

Laura Watson

Accounts Officer

Jennifer Watson

Biomedical Engineer

Leon Moussa PhD

Sequencing Manager, The Gandel Charitable Trust Sequencing Centre

Vivien Vasic BSc

Graphic Communications

Sue Panckridge DipArt

Human Resources Officer

Christina Matisons MAHRI, Prof DipHR

HR/Payroll Officer

Lesley Bowyer

Purchasing and Facilities Officer

Henry Wos

Administrative Assistants

Executive Assistant

Roseline Acker

Personal Assistants / Administrative Officers

Dianne Arnold BSc

Sue Elger

Jackie Harrison, BN, DPGCertNSc(IntCare)

Claudette Thiedeman

Jeana Thomas