Dr Angela Spence
As an exercise and sport scientist, with expertise in how exercise affects the heart and arteries, Dr Angela Spence’s research has reshaped the field of exercise-induced cardiac adaptation. This has led to new ways of thinking and informed clinical practice guidelines and recommendations. Her current research program aims to address the knowledge gap in women’s…
Read More »Dr Brennan Mills
Dr Brennan Mills’ research investigates how novel and emerging immersive digital technologies (like virtual and/or augmented reality) can provide skills and preparation practice to individuals and groups required to work in high-risk environments, particularly for those that it can be difficult to provide realistic training and/or practice. Leveraging multidisciplinary expertise, Dr Mills and his research…
Read More »Dr Kelsey Pool
Endocrine disrupting chemicals, climate change, in-utero stressors – our modern environment challenges our reproductive potential before we are even born! Dr Kelsey Pool’s research investigates the interaction of our rapidly changing climate and environmental stressors on fertility, over multiple generations. Using livestock production systems as a model, her studies use a “cell to system”…
Read More »Dr Liezhou Zhong
Dr Liezhou Zhong’s WA-first research has developed 3D food printing to turn the “dollop” like foods into appealing, tasty, nutrient-dense meals enabling “fine-dining” experiences for people on texture modified foods, while using edible but “ugly’’ F&V (“odd bunches”) to minimise food waste. His lab has produced >50 ready-to-eat, printable dishes, with support from government and…
Read More »Dr Luke Whiley
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, but scientists still don’t know exactly why it occurs. While specific variations in a person’s genetics are known to increase the chance of developing Alzheimer’s, how these genes are connected to disease development remains a mystery. This lack of knowledge is especially important in genes common…
Read More »Dr Danka Sampson
Dysfunction of the microvasculature (the smallest vessels in the human body) can lead to age-related diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and dementia. Diabetes alone impacts the lives of over one million Australians and generates an economic cost of $14 billion per year. When diabetes causes the smallest vessels in our body to malfunction, the result…
Read More »Dr Neil Robinson
Dr Neil Robinson works at the forefront of energy and materials research, where he focuses on a critical family of materials called porous materials. As the name suggests, these materials contain small pores, voids and channels that dictate their properties. They have a wide variety of applications in chemical engineering and energy systems, including the…
Read More »Dr Zoe Bradfield
Dr Zoe Bradfield’s work is challenging the way we care for women and shines a light on the impact of the industrialisation of one of the most fundamental of human experiences – having a baby. The consequences of systems-orientated care is that some will receive health interventions ‘too much, too soon’ and others, ‘too little,…
Read More »Dr Lucy Furfaro
As a microbiologist, Dr Lucy Furfaro’s work involves tiny organisms that have a huge impact on our health. Her research focuses on bacteria that can cause severe infection in our most vulnerable populations, mothers and babies. The bacterium called Group B Streptococcus is a leading cause of these severe infections during pregnancy and early life….
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