South West Sydney Research brings together healthcare, research and health education entities in South West Sydney as a co-ordinated Hub.
MORE ABOUT SWSRSouth West Sydney Research facilitates world-class research by supporting multi‑professional and multi‑centre collaboration, working to improve our competitiveness, and reducing barriers to research conduct and translation.
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READ OUR LATEST NEWSRead @ConcertTcrc's Paper of the month on 'Targeting the HGF/c-MET pathway in advanced pancreatic cancer: a key element of treatment that limits primary tumour growth and eliminates metastasis' https://bit.ly/3aABoal
An interesting read from @InghamInstitute's Dr Tim Churches arguing the case for a short, sharp lockdown.
Our SWS colleague Dr Tim Churches, along with others from UNSW and Flinders University, writes in The Conversation on the case for a short, sharp lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia https://theconversation.com/regaining-control-the-case-for-a-short-sharp-lockdown-rather-than-the-slow-trickle-weve-had-so-far-135203
Dr Stefanie Leung – Hub Manager
Ms Linda Music – Communications Officer
Our elected Chair is Professor Kathryn Refshauge. The Council is supported by a six member Executive,
tasked with providing advice to the Council and progressing Council initiatives.
Ms Nolene Walker
Community Rep
Ms Melissa Williams*
CEO
Ms Deborah Munro
GM Program Management Office
A/Prof Friedbert Kohler
Medical Director
Prof Les Bokey AM
Research Director
A/Prof Greg Kaplan
COO
Ms Grainne O’Loughlin*
CE
Ms Karen Edwards
Director, Clinical & Corp Governance
Ms Heather Sharman
Director of Operations
Ms Rina Upadhyay
SWS Clinical Trials Coordinator
Mr Jorge Aroche
CE
Dr Shakeh Momartin
Research Team Leader
Prof Josephine Chow*
Director, Strategy and Partnerships
Prof Bin Jalaludin
Director of Epidemiology
Ms Marija Moretti
Research and Evaluation Coordinator
Ms Amy Prince
Director, Planning & Performance
Mr Darryl Wright AM
CE
Prof Kathryn Refshauge OAM (Chair)*
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
Prof Joshua Burns
Associate Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
Prof Alison Jones
Executive Dean
Prof Anatoly Rozenfeld
Director
Prof Michael Barton OAM*
Cancer Research Theme Principal
Prof Minoti Apte OAM
Director, 2025 Research Strategy
Prof Janette Perz
Director, Translational Health Research Institute
A/Prof David Mahns
Director, Research Engagement
Dr Stefanie Leung
Hub Manager
* These representatives also contribute to the South West Sydney Research Executive Committee.
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