Contact Details
| Organization: | Medicine - St Vincent's Hospital |
| Position: | SENIOR LECTURER |
| Email: | |
| Homepage: | www.medstv.unimelb.edu.au |
| Work: | 9288 3045 |
| Fax: | 9288 2581 |
| Level: | 05 |
| Building: | Daly Wing |
| Campus: | St Vincents Hospital |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Surgery | University of Otago | 31-Dec-1988 | |
| Bachelor of Medicine | University of Otago | 31-Dec-1988 | |
| Masters of Public Health | University of Otago | 31-Dec-1998 | |
| Doctor of Philosophy - Public Health | Massey University | 31-Dec-2008 |
Memberships
| Membership Type | Membership Body | Description | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Asia-Ocieania Epilepsy Congress Epidemiology Subcommittee for developing Research Priorities in the Asia-Oceania Region | Chair | 31-Dec-2007 | |
| Member | Asia-Oceania Epilepsy Congress Public Health/Psychosocial/Quality of Life Subcommittee for developing Research Priorities in the Asia-Oceania Region | Member | 31-Dec-2007 | |
| Member | American Neurology Association | Member | 31-Dec-2000 | |
| Member | American Epilepsy Society | Member | 31-Dec-2008 | |
| Member | Scientific Advisory Committee for the Australian Pregnancy Register of Antiepileptic Drugs for Women in Pregnancy with Epilepsy and Allied Conditions | Member | 31-Dec-2008 | |
| Member | Steering Committee for the Epilepsy Pharmacogenomics Collaborative Research Group | Member | 31-Dec-2004 | |
| Member | Steering Committee for the National Parkinson's Disease Collaborative Research Group | Member | 31-Dec-2005 | |
| Member | Australian Association of Neurologists | Member | 31-Dec-1999 | |
| Member | Epilepsy Society Society of Australia | Member | 31-Dec-2001 | |
| Senior Member | Tasmanian Epilepsy Register | Director | 31-Dec-2002 | |
| Senior Member | Victorian Epilepsy Centres | Appointed Chair | 31-Dec-2007 | 31-Dec-2009 |
| Member | Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand | Member | 31-Dec-1993 | 31-Dec-1995 |
| Member | New Zealand Steering Committee for the International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Children (ISAAC) | Member | 31-Dec-1994 | 31-Dec-1995 |
| Member | Wellington Residents' Doctors Association | President | 31-Dec-1989 | 31-Dec-1990 |
Fellowships
| Fellowship | Date Awarded |
|---|---|
| Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) | 31-Dec-2001 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Genome Structure (GENETICS) (270202)
- Allergy (IMMUNOLOGY) (320201)
- Cellular Immunology (IMMUNOLOGY) (320202)
- Medical Biochemistry: Nucleic Acids (MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL CHEMISTRY) (320304)
- Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES) (320503)
- Central Nervous System (NEUROSCIENCES) (320702)
- Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321013)
- Paediatrics (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321019)
- Radiology and Organ Imaging (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321022)
- Respiratory Diseases (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321027)
- Epidemiology (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321202)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- Immune system and allergy (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730102)
- Nervous system and disorders (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730104)
- Inherited diseases (incl. Gene therapy) (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730107)
- Respiratory system and diseases (incl. Asthma) (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730110)
- Organs, diseases & abnormal conditions not elsewhere classified (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730118)
- Preventive medicine (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730213)
- Diagnostic methods (HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES) (730305)
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Scheme | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMON SUSCEPTIBILITY GENES UNDERLYING THE IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSIES (IGE) ? A GENOME-WIDE SCANNING APPROACH | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Australia Fellowship | 01/01/2009 |
Additional Grant and Contract Information
Asthma Foundation of New Zealand Research Fellow 1990Wellington Medical Research Foundation Research Fellow 1991
Health Research Council of New Zealand Research Fellow in Public Health 1992-93
Pfizer Electrophysiology-Epilepsy Fellowship 2001 RACP GlaxoSmithKline Fellowship in Neurology 2002 NHMRC Capacity Building Grant Fellowship Menzies Research Institute 2003-08 Epilepsy Society of Australia Annual Scienfitic Meeting Scientific Merit Award 2008 NHMRC Post Doctoral Fellowship 2009-12
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.