School of Biomedical Sciences staff
Head of School
Professor David Waugh is Head of QUT's School of Biomedical Sciences, and Professor of Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics. His primary research interest lies in understanding the importance of inflammatory signals and how they contribute to the initiation and progression of prostate cancers. His work has determined the importance of specific inflammatory chemokine proteins in underpinning the aggressive behaviour of a major population of prostate cancers. His current research focuses on how inhibiting these signals may constitute new opportunities to improve outcomes for patients with advanced prostate cancer.
Deputy Head of School
Prof. Kirsten Spann has more than 20 years of experience in respiratory virus research, including the generation of recombinant vaccine candidates, understanding the interactions between host and viral proteins in viral replication, assembly and immune evasion, and the role of respiratory viruses in chronic diseases such as asthma, COPD and childhood ear infection. She joined the School of Biomedical Sciences in 2014 following a career that includes positions with CSIRO, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the USA, and Brisbane Royal Children’s Hospital.
Senior management team
- Head of School: Professor David Waugh
- Deputy Head of School: Professor Kirsten Spann
- Academic Lead, Education: Dr Mark Plenderleith
- Academic Lead, Indigenous Health: Associate Professor Tony Parker
- Academic Lead, Industry & Community Engagement: Associate Professor Leila Cuttle
- Academic Lead, International Engagement: Associate Professor Tony Kenna
- Academic Lead, Postgraduate Research: Professor Lisa Chopin
- Academic Lead, Research: Professor Dale Nyholt
- Senior Research Advisor: Professor Nathan Subramaniam
- Senior School Coordinator: Jo Innes
School administration
- Personal Assistant to Head of School: Kim Gardner
- School Support Officer: Lisa Farmer
Course coordinators
- Bachelor of Biomedical Science (LS40): Dr Kerry Manton
- Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (LS47): Dr Steven Weier
- Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Honours) (HL53): Associate Professor Pamela Pollock
- Master of Diagnostic Genomics (LS81): Dr Michael Gabbett
- Service Unit Coordinator: Dr Elise Pelzer
Academic and research staff
Professors
- Professor Kenneth Beagley
- Professor Lisa Chopin
- Professor Janet Davies
- Professor Damien Harkin
- Professor Jonathan Harris
- Professor Flavia Huygens
- Professor Murray Mitchell
- Professor Colleen Nelson
- Professor Dale Nyholt
- Professor Ken O'Byrne
- Professor Kirsten Spann
- Professor Nathan Subramaniam
- Professor Derek Richard
- Professor Rik Thompson
- Professor Gene Tyson
- Professor David Waugh
Associate Professor/Principal Research Fellow
- Associate Professor Jyotsna Batra
- Associate Professor Christopher Collet
- Associate Professor Leila Cuttle
- Associate Professor Michael Doran
- Associate Professor Beatrix Feigl
- Associate Professor Laura Gregory
- Associate Professor Larisa Haupt
- Associate Professor Tony Kenna
- Associate Professor Paul Leo
- Associate Professor Peter Molenaar
- Associate Professor Tony Parker
- Associate Professor Pamela Pollock
- Associate Professor Chamindie Punyadeera
- Associate Professor Paul Shield
- Associate Professor Sally-Anne Stephenson
- Associate Professor Makrina Totsika
- Associate Professor Elizabeth Williams
- Clinical Associate Professor Nigel Brown
Senior Lecturer/Senior Research Fellow
- Dr Andrew Battle
- Dr Emma Bolderson
- Dr Daniel Broszczak
- Dr Fatemeh Chehrehasa
- Ms Anne-Marie Christensen
- Dr Stephen Daley
- Dr Jonathan Ellis
- Dr Michael Gabbett
- Dr Perry Hartfield
- Dr Brett Hollier
- Dr Kerry Manton
- Dr Simon McIlroy
- Dr Rachael Murray
- Dr Jonathan Peake
- Dr Natalie Pecheniuk
- Dr Mark Plenderleith
- Dr Neil Richardson
- Dr Aaron Smith
- Dr Heidi Sutherland
- Dr Sonia Troeira Henriques
- Dr Joanne Voisey
- Dr Daniel Wallace
- Dr Steven Weier
- Dr Ben Woodcroft
Lecturer/Research Fellow
- Dr Mark Adams
- Dr Nathalie Bock
- Dr Philip Bond
- Ms Frances Breen
- Dr Alison Carey
- Dr Laura Croft
- Dr Samantha Dando
- Dr Francesca Frentiu
- Dr Jennifer Gunter
- Dr Danica Hickey
- Dr Shivashankar Hiriyur Nagaraj
- Dr Olivia Holland
- Dr Yaoqin Hong
- Dr Honor Hugo
- Dr Penny Jeffery
- Dr Johanna Kenyon
- Ms Christine Knauth
- Dr Arutha Kulasinghe
- Dr Zhixiu Li
- Dr Neven Maksemous
- Dr Lauren Messer
- Dr Elise Pelzer
- Dr Fiona Rae
- Dr Martin Sadowski
- Ms Sally Schaffer
- Dr Nataly Stylianou
- Dr Kai Tang
- Dr Patrick Thomas
- Dr Marianna Volpert
Associate Lecturer/Research Associate
- Dr Beth Addison-Smith
- Dr Saeid Alinezhad
- Dr Maneet Bhatia
- Dr Emily Bryan
- Dr Didier Boucher
- Dr Joshua Burgess
- Dr Bradley Campbell
- Dr Candice Lee
- Dr Allison McInnes
- Dr Andelija Milic
- Dr Rachel Okolicsanyi
- Dr Hassendrini Peiris
- Dr Lisa Philp
- Miss Mikaela Reynolds
- Dr Gautam Rishi
- Dr Anja Rockstroh
- Dr Joan Rohl
- Dr Karsten Schrobback
- Dr Audra Shadforth
- Dr Srilakshmi Srinivasan
- Dr Peter Sternes
- Dr Amila Suraweera
- Dr Jacob Tickner
- Mrs Victoria Timbrell
- Dr Chenwei Wang
- Dr Mei-Chun Yeh
- Dr Tuo Zang
Senior Research Assistant
Research Assistant
- Ms Lisa Anderson
- Ms Erika (Cloe) De Guzman
- Ms Sahana Manoli
- Dr Emma Sweeney
- Ms Kate Zimmermann
- Mr Sam Beard
- Dr Darrell Bessette
- Dr Preeti Chandrashekar
- Ms Divya Dwarakanath
- Mrs Debbie Phillips
- Miss Eriza Secondes
- Mr Logan Trim
- Dr Yunxia Wan
- Dr Nuwan Tharanga Karunathilaka Wicramasingiha Arachchilage
- Dr Louisa Windus
- Mr Xi Zhang
Genomics Research Centre Clinic
Clinical Research Nurse
Technician
Senior Staff Specialist (Urology)
Professional staff
- Ms Lisa Crozier
- Mrs Heather Day
- Dr David Emmett
- Ms Isabelle Krippner
- Ms Tamlyn O'Connor
- Dr David Pennisi
Adjunct Professors
- Adjunct Professor Greg Anderson
- Adjunct Professor John Atherton
- Adjunct Professor Michael Atkinson
- Adjunct Professor Peter Bailey
- Adjunct Professor Scott Bell
- Adjunct Professor Greg Bix
- Adjunct Professor Glen Boyle
- Adjunct Professor Michael Breakspear
- Adjunct Professor Matt Brown
- Adjunct Professor Daniel Chambers
- Dr Derek Chong (Clinical Professor)
- Adjunct Professor Bryan Day
- Adjunct Professor Eske Derks
- Adjunct Professor Emma Duncan
- Adjunct Professor Suzanne Elliott
- Adjunct Professor Christian Engwerda
- Adjunct Professor Robert Flower
- Adjunct Professor Kim Greaves
- Adjunct Professor Nicholas Hayward
- Adjunct Professor Takaaki Hirotsu
- Adjunct Professor John Hooper
- Adjunct Professor Catherine Hyland
- Adjunct Professor Michael Kimlin
- Adjunct Professor Peter Malycha
- Adjunct Professor Nicholas Martin
- Adjunct Professor Phillip Morris
- Adjunct Professor Rachel Neale
- Adjunct Professor John Pearson
- Adjunct Professor Sudha Rao
- Adjunct Professor Mark Smyth
- Adjunct Professor Amanda Spurdle
- Adjunct Professor Clair Sullivan
- Adjunct Professor Zee Upton
- Adjunct Professor Nicola Waddell
- Adjunct Professor Terry Walsh
- Adjunct Professor Huji Xu
Adjunct Associate Professors
- Dr Vladimir Andelkovic (Clinical Associate Professor)
- Adjunct Associate Professor Tobias Bald
- Dr Nigel Brown (Clinical Associate Professor)
- Adjunct Associate Professor Michelle Boyle
- Adjunct Associate Professor Pengfei Cai
- Adjunct Associate Professor Lucia Colodro Conde
- Dr Katharine Cuff (Clinical Associate Professor)
- Adjunct Associate Professor James Daly
- Adjunct Associate Professor Melinda Dean
- Adjunct Associate Professor Gregor Devine
- Adjunct Associate Professor Stacey Edwards
- Adjunct Associate Professor Katja Fischer
- Adjunct Associate Professor David Frazer
- Adjunct Associate Professor Juliet French
- Adjunct Associate Professor Kate Gartlan
- Adjunct Associate Professor Puya Gharahkhani
- Adjunct Associate Professor Dylan Glubb
- Adjunct Associate Professor Harsha Gowda
- Adjunct Associate Professor Ashraful Haque
- Adjunct Associate Professor James Hudson
- Adjunct Associate Professor Amy Jennison
- Adjunct Associate Professor Christine Knox
- Adjunct Associate Professor Olga Kondrashova
- Adjunct Associate Professor Lutz Krause
- Dr Rahul Ladwa (Clinical Associate Professor)
- Adjunct Associate Professor Steven Lane
- Adjunct Associate Professor Matthew Law
- Adjunct Associate Professor Jason Lee
- Adjunct Associate Professor Penelope Lind
- Adjunct Associate Professor Michelle Lupton
- Adjunct Associate Professor Stuart MacGregor
- Adjunct Associate Professor Richard Mills
- Adjunct Associate Professor Andreas Moller
- Adjunct Associate Professor Kyohei Nakamura
- Adjunct Associate Professor Severine Navarro
- Adjunct Associate Professor Mark O'Brien
- Dr Connor O'Leary (Clinical Associate Professor)
- Adjunct Associate Professor Tracy O'Mara
- Adjunct Associate Professor Brendan O'Sullivan
- Adjunct Associate Professor Ann-Marie Patch
- Adjunct Associate Professor Simon Phipps
- Adjunct Associate Professor Kerry Richard
- Adjunct Associate Professor James Roberts
- Adjunct Associate Professor Philip Robinson
- Adjunct Associate Professor Robyn Rodwell
- Adjunct Associate Professor Jacinta Simmons
- Adjunct Associate Professor Corey Smith
- Adjunct Associate Professor Cameron Snell
- Adjunct Associate Professor Nathan Stevenson
- Adjunct Associate Professor Michele Teng
- Adjunct Associate Professor Siok-Keen Tey
- Adjunct Associate Professor Rachel Thomson
- Adjunct Associate Professor Antiopi Varelias
- Adjunct Associate Professor Michael Walsh
- Adjunct Associate Professor Anthony White
- Adjunct Associate Professor Vicki Whitehall
- Dr Benjamin Whitehead (Clinical Associate Professor)
- Dr Wen Xu (Clinical Associate Professor)
Adjunct lecturers
- Dr Ulrich Baumgartner
- Dr Ashwani Kumar Garg
- Ms Donna MacGregor
- Dr Paraic O’Cuiv
- Dr Jodie Painter
- Dr Eileen Roulis
- Dr John-Paul Tung
- Dr Elvina Viennet
Visiting fellows
- Dr Charles Armitage
- Dr Cyril Craven
- Ms Rebecca Dawson
- Dr Sanjay Dutta
- Dr Ken Dutton-Regester
- Dr Helen Faddy
- Dr Timothy Hassall
- Dr Anne Haughton
- Associate Professor Luke Johnson
- Dr Andrew Kassianos
- Dr Jennifer Kricker
- Dr John Lai
- Dr Melanie Lehman
- Dr Danielle Medek
- Dr Alan Munn
- Dr Oliver Neubauer
- Dr Irani Rathnayake
- Dr Phoebe Sarkar
- Dr Ismail Sebina
- Dr Brian Tse
- Dr Haolu Wang
- Dr Yan Xie
- Dr Henry Zhuang