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

Honorary Senior Fellow

Andrew McCallum

Research Advisory Group

Evdokia Dimitriadis- Head, Embryo Implantation

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 (Co-head)

Peter Stanton - Male Fertility Regulation

Kaye Stenvers - Reproductive Development & Cancer

Andrew Stephens - Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

Morag Young - Head, Cardiovascular Endocrinology

NHMRC Career Development Fellow
Kristy Brown - Metabolism & Cancer

L'Oreal Paris Research Fellow
Simon Chu - Steroid Receptor Biology

Lalor Foundation Fellow
Ellen Menkhorst - Embryo Implantation

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

Witchery Research Fellow
Adam Rainczuk - Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

OCRF Research Fellow
Andrew Stephens - Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

Andrology Fellow

Dr Bianca St. John

Clinical Research Fellows

Carolyn Allan - Clinical Andrology

Kati Matthiesson - Clinical Andrology

Clinical Research Nurses

Nicole Fairweather - Witchery/Madison OCRF Research Nurse, Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

Elise Forbes - Clinical Andrology

Judi Hocking - Endometrial Remodelling

Yulia Roif - Clinical Andrology

Dionne Sroczynski - 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

Ashwini Chand - Cancer Drug Discovery

Anne Corbould - Metabolism & Cancer

Ann Drummond - Ovarian Biology / Steroid Receptor Biology

Tracey Edgell - Endometrial Remodelling

Jemma Evans - Endometrial Remodelling

Karla Hutt - Ovarian Biology

Vicky Kartsogiannis - Bone, Joint & Cancer

Kevin Knower - Metabolism & Cancer / Cancer Drug Discovery

Liza O'Donnell - Male Fertility Regulation

Sarah Paule - Implantation & Placental Development

Julian Quinn - Bone, Joint & Cancer

Harmeet Singh - Implantation & Placental Development

Kelly Walton - Growth Factor Signalling

Research Officers

Sara Al-Musawi - Growth Factor Signalling

Vanessa Cheung - Cancer Drug Discovery

Kevin Knower - Metabolism & Cancer/Cancer Drug Discovery

Rowena Lavery - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Jason Liew - Ovarian Biology

Chantal Magne Nde - Cancer Drug Discovery

Peter Nicholls - Growth Factor Signalling/Male Fertility Regulation (Overseas Biomedical Training Fellow)

Makoto Ono - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Jyosthna Rao -Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

Michelle Van Sinderen - Embryo Implantation

Preetinder Singh - Bone, Joint & Cancer

Kate York - (RO/PA) - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Honorary Senior Research Associates

Jeff Kerr - Ovarian Biology

Sarah Meachem - Metabolism & Cancer

Helena Sim - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Honorary Research Associates

Davina Cossigny - Ovarian Biology

Natalie Hannan - Endometrial Remodelling

Senior Research Assistants

Maria Alexiadis - Steroid Receptor Biology

Francine Brennan - Steroid Receptor Biology

Maria Docanto - Metabolism and Cancer/Cancer Drug Discovery

Caroline Foo - Male Fertility Regulation

Ying Li - Implantation & Placental Development

James Morgan - Cardiovascular Endocrinology

Research Assistants

Karen Chan - Growth Factor Signalling

Rhiannon Coulson - Cancer Drug Discovery

Carly Cuman - Embryo Implantation

Nadine Duffield - Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

Thilini (Upi) Gamage - Ovarian Biology

Jimmy Ham - Metabolism & Cancer

Tamara Howard - Cancer Drug Discovery

Yanqui Hu - Sex determination and Gonadal Development

Billie Hunne - Metabolism & Cancer

Emily Kelly - Growth Factor Signalling

Josie Lawrence - Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

Angela Morgan - Endometrial Remodelling

Enid Pruysers - Reproductive Hormones

Kate Rainczuk - Male Fertility Regulation

Janelle Ryan - Sex determination and Gonadal Development

Jimmy Shen - Metabolism and Cancer

Wendy Yang - Metabolism & Cancer

Yizhou Yao - Steroid Receptor Biology

Nadeen Zerafa - Ovarian Biology

Laboratory Technicians

Robin Leuba

Susan Taleh

Mphil Student

Ann Winter - Endometrial Remodelling

PhD Students

Dimuthu Alankarage - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Laura Bienvenu - Cardiovascular Endocrinology

Justin Chen - Growth Factor Signalling

Daniel Czech - Brain & Gender

Damien Eeles - Bone, Joint & Cancer

Elizabeth Fletcher - Cardiovascular Endocrinology

Jenna Haverfield - Metabolism & Cancer

Sophea Heng - Implantation & Placental Development

Huiting Ho - Implantation & Placental Development

Kyren Lazarus - Cancer Drug Discovery

Michael Mond - Steroid Receptor Biology

Quynh Nguyen - Ovarian Biology

Justine Olcorn - Male Fertility Regulation

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

Amy Winship - Embryo Implantation

Lixian Wang - Metabolism & Cancer

Phillip Wong - Steroid Receptor Biology

Jun Yang - Cardiovascular Endocrinology

Masters Students

Cherie Au - Sex Determination & Gonadal Development

Wenxin Chen - Steroid Receptor Biology

Dilys Leung - Steroid Receptor Biology

Paolo Pinares-Garcia - Brain & Gender

Rahini Ragavan - Cancer & Metabolism

Zhe (Kimmy) Zhao - Cancer Drug Discovery

Kavitha Vaithiyanathan - Ovarian Biology

Honours Students

Jeanne Correia - Brain & Gender

Alexander Cowcher - Cardiovascular Endocrinology/Cancer Drug Discovery

Harriet Fitzgerald - Endometrial Remodelling

Katharine Johnson - Growth Factor Signalling

Laura Knott - Endometrial Remodelling

Hannah Loke - Brain & Gender

Sadiqa Musqadi - Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

Edwina Oliver - Steroid Receptor Biology

Jessica Riseley - Implantation & Placental Development

Edris Sayed - Cancer Drug Discovery

Medina Taletovic - Steroid Receptor Biology

Luke Terella - Steroid Receptor Biology

Administrative Support

Chief Financial Officer

Peter Murray FCA BSc (Econ) (Hons)

Grants & Commercialisation Manager

Neil Owens PhD

Laboratory & Technical Services Manager/OHS Officer

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

Laboratory & Technical Support Officer/Technician

Hsien Teh

Marketing & Communications Officer

Laura Watson

Accounts Officer

Jennifer Watson

Biomedical Engineer

Leon Moussa BSc (Hons)

Graphic Communications

Sue Panckridge DipArt

Human Resources Officer

Christina Matisons MAHRI, Prof DipHR

HR/Payroll Officer

Lesley Bowyer

Purchasing and Facilities Officer

Henry Wos

Sequencing Manager, The Gandel Charitable Trust Sequencing Centre

Vivien Vasic BSc

Administrative Assistants

Executive Assistant

Roseline Acker

Personal Assistants / Administrative Officers

Dianne Arnold BSc

Jackie Harrison, BN, DPGCertNSc(IntCare)

Claudette Thiedeman

Jeana Thomas