School of Clinical Sciences staff
Head of School
Professor Lisa Nissen is an experienced pharmacy practitioner, researcher and educator having worked in hospital and community pharmacy in metropolitan and rural areas. Her focus is on improving the Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) in the wider community and across the healthcare continuum, with a focus on health service development and factors that influence the prescribing of medicines.
Lisa is a strong believer in the benefits that multidisciplinary healthcare teams can bring to patient care. She takes this passion into the classroom, with a commitment to the development and implementation of innovative inter-professional education for health students.

Senior management team
- Academic Lead, Education: Professor Pamela Rowntree
- Academic Lead, Indigenous Health: Dr Jo Stephens
- Academic Lead, Industry & Community Engagement: Professor Debbie Turner
- Academic Lead, International Engagement: Professor Gregory Kyle
- Academic Lead, Postgraduate Research: Professor Scott Wearing
- Academic Lead, Research: Professor Vivienne Tippett
- Senior School Coordinator: Mrs Sarah Robinson
Partnership appointments
- Professor Katie McMahon: Deputy Director of Herston Imaging Research Facility (HIRF)
- Professor Michael Schuetz: Director & Chair, Jamieson Trauma Institute
- Professor Kevin Laupland: Professor of Intensive Care and Director of Research, Intensive Care Services
Discipline leaders
- Medical Radiation Sciences: Associate Professor Debbie Starkey
- Paramedic: Dr Scott Devenish
- Pharmacy: Professor Gregory Kyle
- Podiatry: Professor Scott Wearing
- Radiation Therapy: Mrs Julie Burbery
Course coordinators
- Bachelor of Medical Imaging: Mr Cameron Moore
- Bachelor of Medical Imaging (honours): Associate Professor Debbie Starkey
- Bachelor of Radiation Therapy: Mrs Julie Burbery
- Graduate Diploma in Medical Ultrasound: Mr Christopher Edwards
- Graduate Diploma in Cardiac Ultrasound: Ms Chrissy Thomson
- Bachelor of Paramedic Science: Dr Kerri-Ann Woodbury
- Bachelor of Pharmacy (honours): Dr Esther Lau
- Bachelor of Podiatry: Mr Matthew Triggs
- Bachelor of Podiatry (honours): Professor Scott Wearing
- Graduate Certificate in Podiatric Therapeutics: Professor Scott Wearing
Academic staff
Medical Radiation Sciences
- Associate Professor Debbie Starkey: Discipline Leader in Medical Radiation Sciences
- Mr Cameron Moore: Senior Lecturer in Medical Imaging
- Associate Professor Davide Fontanarosa: Senior Lecturer in Medical Radiation Sciences
- Mrs Vicki Braithwaite: Senior Lecturer in Medical Imaging
- Mr Christopher Edwards: Lecturer in Medical Ultrasound
- Ms Christine Thomson: Lecturer in Cardiac Ultrasound
- Ms Heather Allen: Lecturer in Medical Ultrasound
- Dr Chandeep Bakshi: Lecturer in Medical Ultrasound
- Mrs Therese Gunn: Lecturer in Medical Imaging
- Mrs Kate Marriott: Lecturer in Cardiac Ultrasound
- Mr Ajesh Singh: Lecturer in Medical Imaging
Radiation Therapy
- Mrs Julie Burbery: Discipline Leader in Radiation Therapy
- Ms Natalie Pollard: Senior Lecturer in Radiation Therapy
- Mr Crispen Chamunyonga: Lecturer in Radiation Therapy
- Mr Peter Caldwell: Associate Lecturer in Radiation Therapy
- Mrs Peta Rutledge: Associate Lecturer in Radiation Therapy
Paramedic
- Dr Scott Devenish: Discipline Leader in Paramedicine
- Mr Peter Horrocks: Senior Lecturer in Paramedicine
- Dr Kerri-Ann Woodbury: Lecturer in Paramedicine
- Dr Jo Stephens: Lecturer in Paramedicine
- Ms Shonel Hall: Lecturer in Paramedicine
- Dr Stephen Bartlett: Lecturer in Paramedicine
- Mr Ryan Barker: Associate Lecturer in Paramedicine
- Mr Daniel Degoey: Associate Lecturer in Paramedicine
Pharmacy
- Professor Gregory Kyle: Discipline Leader in Pharmacy
- Dr Esther Lau: Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Mr Anthony Hall: Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Dr Enoch Chan: Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Dr Trudi Collet: Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Dr Nazrul Islam: Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Dr Yasmin Antwertinger: Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Ms Kylie Birkinshaw: Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Dr Selena Boyd: Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Dr Katherine Gillette: Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Dr Arjun Poudel: Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Dr Annalese Semmler: Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Dr Judith Singleton: Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Dr Wendy Thompson: Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Mr Hung Tran: Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Ms Kristen Thessman: Associate Lecturer in Pharmacy
Podiatry
- Professor Scott Wearing: Discipline Leader in Podiatry
- Professor Debbie Turner: Professor in Podiatry
- Mr Matthew Triggs: Senior Clinical Lecturer in Podiatry
- Dr Paul Bennett: Senior Lecturer in Podiatry
- Dr Tom Walsh: Associate Lecturer in Podiatry
- Dr Sheree Hurn: Lecturer in Podiatry
- Dr Aaron Wholohan: Lecturer in Podiatry
- Ms Natalie Lisignoli: Associate Lecturer in Podiatry
- Mr Matthew Rixon: Associate Lecturer in Podiatry
- Mr Aaron Robertson: Associate Lecturer in Podiatry
Interprofessional Education
- Dr Marea Patounas: Lead, Interprofessional Education
- Mr Adam Rolley: Senior Lecturer
- Dr Christine Percy: Lecturer
- Dr Manuel Serrano Santos: Lecturer
- Ms Karen Bettenay: Associate Lecturer
- Ms Josephine Martelli: Associate Lecturer in Pharmacy
Clinical Sciences research staff
- Professor Selena Bartlett: Professor (Research Intensive)
- Dr Cathy Hargrave: Senior Research Fellow, Radiation Therapy
- Dr Arnauld Belmer: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Dr Lynda Cardiff: Project Manager
Honorary appointments
Adjunct Professors
- Adjunct Professor Rhonda White
- Adjunct Professor Bruce Annabel
- Adjunct Professor Alan Borthwick
- Adjunct Professor Graham Galloway
- Adjunct Professor Kathryn Steadman
- Adjunct Professor Darryl Burstow
- Adjunct Professor Julie Cichero
- Adjunct Professor Michele Clark
- Adjunct Professor Alexander Crandon
- Adjunct Professor Beverley Glass
- Adjunct Professor Stephen Gough
- Adjunct Professor Wayne Hall
- Adjunct Professor Vernon Heazlewood
- Adjunct Professor Sue Hooper
- Adjunct Professor Sailesh Kumar
- Adjunct Professor Christian Langton
- Adjunct Professor Mark Pinkham
- Adjunct Professor Jane Sheridan
- Adjunct Professor Julia Williams
- Adjunct Professor Terry White
- Adjunct Professor Alan Borthwick
- Adjunct Professor Paul Thomas
- Adjunct Professor Werner Klingler
- Adjunct Professor Nancy Waite
Adjunct Associate Professors
- Adjunct Associate Professor Michael Barras
- Adjunct Associate Professor Helen Kastrissios
- Adjunct Associate Professor Christian Micheloni
- Adjunct Associate Professor Lloyd Reed
- Adjunct Associate Professor Gorane Santamaria Hormaechea
- Adjunct Associate Professor James Smeathers
- Adjunct Associate Professor Ryan Windish
- Adjunct Associate Professor Craig Winter
- Adjunct Senior Lecturer Tony Forshaw
Clinical Associate Professors
- Dr Elizabeth Brown
- Dr Andrew Hale
- Ms Liza-Jane McBride
- Mrs Debbie Rigby
Clinical Associates
- Mr Mark Egan
- Ms Rhiannon Kearney
Clinical Fellows
- Ms Bonita Anderson
- Ms Amy Brown
- Mr Chris Campbell
- Ms Katheryn Churcher
- Mrs Carolyn Clementson
- Ms Anne Connell
- Mr Tim Deegan
- Dr Karen Dobeli
- Ms Katherine Hall
- Ms Karen Love
- Dr Elaine Lum
- Mr Jason McLellan
- Mr Michael Neep
- Ms Nikki Newman
- Ms Katrina O’Keefe
- Mr Tristan Reddan
- Lt Shreyans Shah
- Mr Tom Steffens
- Ms Kate Stewart
- Mrs Bridget Totterman
- Ms Allison Vautin
- Mrs Amy Woodward
Industry Fellows
- Mr Robert Allen
- Mr Simon Ball
- Dr Nadia Barozzi
- Ms Lyn Baucia
- Dr Angelo De Gioannis
- Ms Leanne Elich
- Dr Stefanie Hennig
- Ms Adrienne Josefski
- Mrs Brooke Katsanevas
- Mr Wayne Loudon
- Dr Brett MacFarlane
- Mrs Sharon Millhouse
- Dr Abdur Rashid
- Dr Matthew Twining
- Dr Sarah Willis
- Dr Robert Zietal