Steering committee members and Principal Investigators
Co-director: Professor Peter Jones
Department of Physiology
Research expertise
Cellular mechanisms of heart disease: Molecular and cellular cardiovascular biology
Jones Laboratory
Co-director: Dr Kate Thomas
Department of Surgical Sciences
Research expertise
Exercise physiology and prescription, heat therapy, peripheral arterial disease, venous disease, healthy brain ageing, ultrasound.
Dr Chris Baldi
Department of Medicine
Research expertise
Diabetic heart disease:Integrative physiology and intervention
Dr Abby Bland
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Research expertise
Cancer drug targets and chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity
Dr Sean Coffey
Department of Medicine
Research expertise
Cardiac imaging and clinical trials: Clinical cardiovascular biology
Professor Jim Cotter
School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences
Research expertise
Exercise and environmental stress: Integrative physiology and intervention
Dr Emily Grey
Department of Physiotherapy
Research expertise
Improving access to cardiac rehabilitation and empowering people to engage in physical activity
Dr Regis Lamberts
Department of Physiology
Research expertise
Ex vivo cardiac function Molecular and cellular cardiovascular biology
Lamberts Laboratory
Professor Daryl Schwenke
Department of Physiology
Research expertise
Pulmonary hypertension and hormone signalling: Molecular and cellular cardiovascular biology
Schwenke Laboratory
Dr Luke Wilson
Department of Medicine
Research expertise
Human integrative physiology: Integrative physiology and intervention
Principal Investigators
Associate Professor Azam Ali
Department of Food Science and Centre for Bioengineering and Nanomedicine
Research expertise
Biomaterials: Devices and Regeneration - Molecular and cellular cardiovascular biology
Dr Zoe Ashley
Department of Physiology
Research expertise
Vascular biology, particularly atherosclerosis
Associate Professor Jeff Erickson
Department of Physiology
Research expertise
Cellular mechanisms of heart disease:Molecular and cellular cardiovascular biology
Erickson Laboratory
Associate Professor Martin Fronius
Department of Physiology
Research expertise
Blood vessel biology: Molecular and cellular cardiovascular biology
Fronius Laboratory
Dr Allan Gamble
School of Pharmacy
Research expertise
Drug discovery:Drug discovery and trials
Dr Joanne Harrison
Department Pharmacology and Toxicology
Research expertise
Cellular mechanisms of heart disease Drug discovery and trials
Professor Alison Heather
Department of Physiology
Research expertise
Signalling: Blood vessel disease and hormone signalling
Heather Laboratory
Professor Greg Jones
Department of Surgical Sciences
Research expertise
Vascular risk factors Epidemiology and public health
Associate Professor Lynnette Jones
School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences
Research expertise
Exercise oncology Integrative physiology and intervention
Associate Professor Rajesh Katare
Department of Physiology
Research expertise
Signalling: Cellular mechanisms of heart disease
Katare Laboratory
Associate Professor Niels Kjærgaard
Department of Physics
Research expertise
Optical physicsDevices: Molecular and cellular cardiovascular biology (devices)
Professor David Larsen
Department of Chemistry
Research expertise
Organic chemistry: Drug discovery and trials
Professor Sally McCormick
Department of Biochemistry
Research expertise
Metabolism and proteomics: Signalling
Professor Rachael McLean
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine
Research expertise
Nutrition and public health: Epidemiology and public health
Dr Michelle Munro
Department of Physiology
Research expertise
Cardiac cell ultrastructure: Molecular and cellular cardiovascular biology
Munro Laboratory
Professor Ivan Sammut
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Research expertise
Cellular mechanisms of heart disease: Drug discovery and trials
Professor Gillian Whalley
Department of Medicine
Research expertise
Cardiovascular risk factors Epidemiology and public health
Professor Gerry Wilkins
Department of Medicine
Research expertise
Interventional cardiology and clinical trials: Clinical cardiovascular biology
Professor Michael Williams
Department of Medicine
Research expertise
General and interventional cardiology and clinical trials:Clinical cardiovascular biology
Research staff
- Ingrid Fomison-Nurse – Assistant Research Fellow
- Jaya Papannarao – Assistant Research Fellow
- Rachel Wallace – Assistant Research Fellow
- Willow de Jonge – Assistant Research Fellow
- Ute Zellhuber-McMillan – Assistant Research Fellow
- Emily He – Assistant Research Fellow
- Luke Worthington – Postdoctoral Fellow
- Hamish Aitken-Buck – Postdoctoral Fellow
- Helen Waddell – Postdoctoral Fellow
- Abby Bland – Postdoctoral Fellow
- Dhananjie Chandrasekera – Postdoctoral Fellow
- Shubhra Sinha – Postdoctoral Fellow
- Rachel Augustine – Research Fellow
- Shane Ohline – Research Fellow
- Xinhuai Liu – Research Fellow
Postgraduate students
- Valeria Mereacre, PhD finalist
- Chris Veich, PhD finalist
- Steph Thwaite, PhD student
- Elliot Sibbles, PhD student
- Rishi Shah, PhD student
- Fergus Payne, PhD student
- Shalini Paul, PhD student
- Matt Reily-Bell, PhD student
- Kyra Bingham, PhD student
- Elena Cruz, PhD student
- Joan Chan, PhD student
- Lijo Varghese, PhD student
- Devin Tokin, PhD student
- Swati Rana, PhD student
- Kane Cocker, PhD student
- Jekkhan Khan, PhD student
- Ariel Pons, MB ChB/PhD student
- Alisha Dabb, Master's finalist
- Sam Nie, Master's
- Parnia Naeimasa, BMedSci
- Mathew Shuen, BMedSci
- Alycia Kinns, BSc(Hons)
- Adeline Chau, BSc(Hons)
- Amalia Tristao Cruz, BSc(Hons)
- Lakshmi Thillaikkannan, BSc(Hons)
- Eknoor Singh, BSc(Hons)
- Georgia Keelty, BSc(Hons)
- Hayley Ryan, BSc(Hons)
- Katie Baxter, BBioMed(Hons)
- Katya Sewell, BBioMed(Hons)
- Borson Wong
- Brenna Leong
- Laura Woolf
- Muhammad Mann
- Sarah Yap
- Tandia Gooch
- Dhairya Thakkar
- Kate O'Reilly
- Joshua Wypych