Associate Professor Konrad Pesudovs
Flinders University Konrad is Deputy Director of the NHMRC Centre for Clinical Eye Research. His main research interest is ophthalmology outcomes research; incorporating optical, visual and patient-centred measurement into the holistic measurement of outcomes in ophthalmology. Konrad’s other key area of research is in the optics of the eye and visual performance which includes evaluating…
Read More »Dr Beverly Muhlhausler
University of South Australia Beverly investigates the effects of being exposed to an increased supply of nutrients before birth on the development of fat cells and of this appetite-regulating system before and after birth. Understanding the mechanisms by which obesity occurs will make it possible to identify potential strategies which will allow clinicians of the future…
Read More »Dr Craig Williams
University of South Australia Craig’s research concerns public health, specifically relating to vector-borne disease. The overall aim of his work is to ‘improve the health of people and places’. Chief amongst his research is the development of predictive models for mosquito nuisance and arbovirus epidemics (e.g. Ross River virus) in South Australia, in a software…
Read More »Dr Emma Parkinson-Lawrence
University of South Australia Emma has an interest in two areas of health and medical research, the structure and function of proteins and the pathogenesis of disease. Linking these two research areas has allowed her to focus on the mechanisms of disease in a group of genetic disorders called lysosomal storage disorders. Lysosomal storage disorders are…
Read More »Dr Frank Grutzner
University of Adelaide Frank’s general research interest is to understand how the genetic material of different species is organised in the cell. This reveals how the genome has changed over time and identifies the bits that have been maintained over millions of years, which therefore must have an essential function, also in humans. Dr Grützner…
Read More »Dr Janet Coller
University of Adelaide Janet is using her research in clinical pharmacology and pharmacogenomics to develop our knowledge to enable the use of genetic testing for identifying patients at higher risk for drug toxicity &/or poor therapeutic outcomes. Her research has been within various fields of clinical pharmacology including breast cancer, opioid dependence, cardiology and solid-organ transplantation….
Read More »Dr Natasha Harvey
The Hanson Institute IMVS Natasha’s specific research focus is to identify genes and molecular events that are important for construction of the lymphatic vascular network. Despite the integral role that lymphatic vessels play in diseases that impact on a significant proportion of the human population, we know very little about the signals that regulate normal lymphatic…
Read More »Dr Reg Nixon
Flinders University Reg’s research is in the area of clinical psychology, specifically acute stress disorder (ASD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), serious anxiety disorders that can develop after traumatic experiences. One project that is underway is testing an early intervention that is delivered in the first month after trauma. It is hoped that if individuals…
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