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Scientific Advisory Committees

Westmead Research Hub Scientific Advisory Committees meet regularly to make scientific recommendations related to core Westmead technologies. These are:

  • Biobanking
  • Cytometry
  • Genomics
  • Imaging Technology
  • Proteomics
  • Bioresources
  • Bioinformatics

Role of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)

SAC members are responsible for the following tasks:

  • advise on strategies, tools and techniques needed to keep the Facilities current with technological developments;
  • represent and communicate users’ views regarding the satisfactory operation of the Facility;
  • provide advice to ensure that the Facilities’ strategic plans align primarily with the planning of the MRIs, the Westmead Research Hub, and secondarily to other collaborative partnerships or other funding requirements as appropriate;
  • advise on study designs, when required by users;
  • advise on equipment grant applications, if required;
  • advise on promoting awareness of the Facilities;
  • advise on partnerships and collaborations to improve or expand the Facilities; and
  • monitor agreed KPIs or grant funding compliance.

SAC Membership

Biobanking

Prof Christine Clarke (Chair)USYDchristine.clarke@sydney.edu.au
Prof Anna deFazioWIMRanna.defazio@sydney.edu.au
Prof Jennifer Byrne  NSWHPjennifer.byrne@health.nsw.gov.au
A/Prof Elizabeth SalisburyNSWHPElizabeth.Salisbury@health.nsw.gov.au
Jane CarpenterNSWHPJane.Carpenter1@health.nsw.gov.au
Prof Jonathan IredellWIMRjonathan.iredell@sydney.edu.au
A/Prof Ruby Lin WIMRruby.lin@sydney.edu.au
Philip O’ConnellWIMRphilip.oconnell@sydney.edu.au
Prof Sandra CooperKRsandra.cooper@sydney.edu.au
Prof Mark Rees USYDmark.rees@sydney.edu.au
James Curnow CMRIjcurnow@cmri.org.au
Fran EvessonUSYDfrances.evesson@sydney.edu.au
Wieland Meyerw.meyer@wi.knaw.nl
Sean LalUSYDsean.lal@sydney.edu.au
Dr Kim FungCSIROkim.fung@csiro.au
Dr Maggie WangWIMRxin.wang@sydney.edu.au
Mark PinderWRHmark.pinder@wrh.org.au

Cytometry

Dr Kirstie Bertram (Chair)WIMRkirstie.bertram@sydney.edu.au
A/Prof Fabienne Brilot-TurvilleKRfabienne.brilot@sydney.edu.au
A/Prof Karen MacKenzieCMRIkmackenzie@cmri.org.au
Dr William HughesCMRIwhughes@cmri.org.au
Dr Christopher NelsonCMRIcnelson@cmri.org.au;
Dr Kavitha GowrishankarWIMRkavitha.gowrishankar@sydney.edu.au
Dr Marian FernandezNSWHPmarian.fernandez@health.nsw.gov.au
Dr Min HuWIMRmin.hu@sydney.edu.au
Dr Nicole FewingsWIMRnicole.fewings@sydney.edu.au
Dr Edwin Lau (Secretary)WIMRedwin.lau@sydney.edu.au
Dr Maggie WangWIMRxin.wang@sydney.edu.au>
Mark PinderWRHmark.pinder@wrh.org.au
Suat Dervish WIMRsuat.dervish@sydney.edu.au

Genomics

A/Prof Ruby Lin (Chair)WIMRruby.lin@sydney.edu.au
A/Prof Benjamin TangWIMRbenjamin.tang@sydney.edu.au
Dr Dinny GrahamWIMRdinny.graham@sydney.edu.au
Dr John-Sebastian EdenWIMRjs.eden@sydney.edu.au
Dr Kate GilesCMRIkgiles@cmri.org.au
Dr Leszek LisowskiCMRIllisowski@cmri.org.au
Dr Lisa RileyKRlisa.riley@sydney.edu.au
Dr. Pablo Galaviz VilchisCMRIpgalaviz@cmri.org.au
Dr Joey Lai (Secretary)WIMRjoey.lai@sydney.edu.au
Dr Maggie WangWIMRxin.wang@sydney.edu.au
Mark PinderWRHmark.pinder@wrh.org.au
Joshua StuddertCMRIjstuddert@cmri.org.au

Imaging Technology

A/Prof Tony Cesare (Chair)CMRItcesare@cmri.org.au
A/Prof Hilda PickettCMRIhpickett@cmri.org.au
A/Prof Natasha RogersWIMRNatasha.Rogers@wimr.org.au
A/Prof Seo-Kyung ChungKRseokyung.chung@sydney.edu.au
Dr Anai Gonzalez CorderoCMRIagonzalez-cordero@cmri.org.au
Dr Belal ChamiUSYDbelal.chami@sydney.edu.au
Dr Frances EvessonKRfrances.evesson@sydney.edu.au
Dr Monica Miranda SaksenaWIMRmonica.saksena@sydney.edu.au
Dr Yuan Ming WangKRyuanmin.Wang@health.nsw.gov.au
Yashar Seyed Razavi WIMRyashar.seyedrazavi@wimr.org.au
Thomas TranWSLHDthomas.tran@health.nsw.gov.au
Suat Dervish WIMRsuat.dervish@sydney.edu.au
Hui Zhang (Secretary)WIMRhui.zhang@wimr.org.au
James CurnowCMRIjcurnow@cmri.org.au
Will HughWIMRwill.hughes@wimr.org.au
Hong YuWIMRhong.yu@wimr.org.au
Mark PinderWRHmark.pinder@wrh.org.au

Proteomics

Mark Graham (Chair)CMRImgraham@cmri.org.au
Josh Studdert (Secretary)CMRIjstuddert@cmri.org.au
James CurnowCMRIjcurnow@cmri.org.au
Maggie WangWIMRxin.wang@sydney.edu.au
Yuyan ChenKRyuyan.chen@health.nsw.gov.au
Hilda PickettCMRIhpickett@cmri.org.au
Monica Saksena MiranaWIMRmonica.saksena@sydney.edu.au
Russell DaleKRrussell.dale@health.nsw.gov.au
Pablo Fernandez PenasWIMRpablo.fernandezpenas@sydney.edu.au
Stephen AlexanderKRstephen.alexander@health.nsw.gov.au
Noa Lamm-ShalemCMRIn.lamm-shalem@cmri.org.au
Eve DiefenbachWIMReve.diefenbach@wimr.org.au
Johannes AlfenaarUSYDjohannes.alfenaar@sydney.edu.au
Mark PinderWRHmark.pinder@wrh.org.au

Bioresources

Monica Miranda Saksena (Chair)WIMRmonica.saksena@sydney.edu.au
Caitlin Finney (Co-Chair)WIMRcaitlin.finney@wimr.org.au
Kim Hewitt (Secretary)WIMRkim.hewitt@wimr.org.au
Alex WykesKRalexander.wykes@sydney.edu.au
Shelley DimechCMRIshelley.dimech@cmri.org.au
Ross MatthewsWHross.matthews@health.nsw.gov.au
Stephen SchibeciWSLHDstephen.schibeci@health.nsw.gov.au
Leszek LisowskiCMRIllisowski@cmri.org.au
Mark PinderWRHmark.pinder@wrh.org.au

Bioinformatics

Denis Bauer (Chair)CSIROdenis.bauer@csiro.au
Nader Aryamanesh (Co-Chair)CMRInader.aryamanesh@cmri.org.au
Laurence Wilson (Secretary)CSIROlaurence.wilson@csiro.au
Jason RossCSIROjason.ross@cmri.org.au
Rebecca PoulosCMRIrebecca.poulos@cmri.org.au
Brian GlossWIMRbrian.gloss@wimr.org.au
Grant ParnellWIMRgrant.parnell@sydney.edu.au
Eva ChanNSWHPeva.chan@health.nsw.gov.au
Benat Oliveira BravoWSLHD RENbenat.olivierabravo@health.nsw.gov.au
Ellis PatrickUSYDellis.patrick@sydney.edu.au
Thomas BishopUSYDthomas.bishop@sydney.edu.au
Jennifer LiUSYDjennifer.li@sydney.edu.au
Mark PinderWRHmark.pinder@wrh.org.au