
Dr Matthew Pelletier
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biomechanical engineering, Medical devices, Orthopaedics, Surgery, Haematology, Biomaterials, Materials engineering, Biochemistry and cell biology, Medical biotechnology
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biomechanical engineering, Medical devices, Orthopaedics, Surgery, Haematology, Biomaterials, Materials engineering, Biochemistry and cell biology, Medical biotechnology
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Associate Professor Fatemeh Vafaee
Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Artificial intelligence, Systems biology, Bioinformatics and computational biology, Genomics and transcriptomics, Machine learning, Deep learning
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Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Artificial intelligence, Systems biology, Bioinformatics and computational biology, Genomics and transcriptomics, Machine learning, Deep learning
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Professional Experience:
2023 - Present: Associate Professor, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences (BABS), UNSW

Scientia Professor Gary David Housley
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases, Animal Physiology - Cell, Central Nervous System, Peripheral Nervous System, Autonomic Nervous System, Rehabilitation and Therapy: Hearing and Speech, Receptors and Membrane Biology, Neurogenetics, Sensory Systems
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases, Animal Physiology - Cell, Central Nervous System, Peripheral Nervous System, Autonomic Nervous System, Rehabilitation and Therapy: Hearing and Speech, Receptors and Membrane Biology, Neurogenetics, Sensory Systems
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Research Interests: Gary Housley, PhD, holds the Chair of Physiology and is director of the Translational Neuroscience Facility, School of Biomedical Sciences, UNSW Sydney.

Dr Felix Aplin
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Biomedical engineering, Neural engineering, Sensory systems
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Biomedical engineering, Neural engineering, Sensory systems
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Felix Aplin is a postdoctoral fellow at the Translational Neuroscience Facility, Faculty of Medicine & Health at UNSW Sydney.

Dr Xiaotao Jiang
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Medical Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Microbial Systematics, Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Software
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Medical Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Microbial Systematics, Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Software
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My Current Research Interests:
1. Microbiome in health and diseases
2. Antimicrobial resistance
3. Virome
Dr Furqan Maulvi
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biomaterials, Opthalmology and Vision Science
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biomaterials, Opthalmology and Vision Science
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As a Pharmaceutical Scientist with expertise in ophthalmic drug delivery systems, I am dedicated to developing innovative solutions to address eye diseases such as dry ey

Dr Huu Matthew Nguyen
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Pathology (excl. oral pathology), Biochemistry and cell biology, Medical biochemistry and metabolomics, Nutrition and dietetics, Medical genetics (excl. cancer genetics), Metabolic medicine, Autoimmunity, Immunology, Curriculum and pedagogy
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Pathology (excl. oral pathology), Biochemistry and cell biology, Medical biochemistry and metabolomics, Nutrition and dietetics, Medical genetics (excl. cancer genetics), Metabolic medicine, Autoimmunity, Immunology, Curriculum and pedagogy
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Dr Angelica Ly
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Optometry and Ophthalmology, Vision Science, Optical Technology
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Optometry and Ophthalmology, Vision Science, Optical Technology
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Clinician-scientist and Senior Lecturer in Posterior Eye Therapeutics at UNSW, awarded her PhD thesis on the 'Multimodal evaluation of Macular Structure and Function in Age-related Macular Dege

Dr Lisa Nivison-Smith
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Vision science, Ophthalmology and optometry, Sensory systems
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Vision science, Ophthalmology and optometry, Sensory systems
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Dr Gregory Redpath
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and cell biology, Receptors and membrane biology, Protein trafficking
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and cell biology, Receptors and membrane biology, Protein trafficking
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Dr Sameera Ansari
Faculty: Medicine & Health
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
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I am an emerging research leader with over 19 years of experience

Dr Wilson Luu
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Ophthalmology and optometry, Vision science, Virtual and mixed reality, Sensory processes, perception and performance, Neurosciences
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Ophthalmology and optometry, Vision science, Virtual and mixed reality, Sensory processes, perception and performance, Neurosciences
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Dr Wilson Luu graduated from UNSW with a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Optometry (Hons) and received an award in research in 2015.

Scientia Professor Fiona Jane Stapleton
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Optometry and Ophthalmology, Clinical Microbiology
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Optometry and Ophthalmology, Clinical Microbiology
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ABOUT ME
Biography
Scientia Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney

Professor Alexander Swarbrick
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Therapy (excl. Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy), Tumour Immunology, Genomics, Pathology, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Bioinformatics
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Therapy (excl. Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy), Tumour Immunology, Genomics, Pathology, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Bioinformatics
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Professor Tracie Barber
Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Biomedical fluid mechanics, Fundamental and theoretical fluid dynamics, Bio-fluids, Experimental methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer , Computational methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer (incl. computational fluid dynamics) , Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering, Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering not elsewhere classified
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Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Biomedical fluid mechanics, Fundamental and theoretical fluid dynamics, Bio-fluids, Experimental methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer , Computational methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer (incl. computational fluid dynamics) , Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering, Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering not elsewhere classified
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TRACIE BARBER

Adjunct Professor Peter Karuso
Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Proteomics and intermolecular interactions (excl. medical proteomics), Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry, Organic chemistry, Molecular targets
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Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Proteomics and intermolecular interactions (excl. medical proteomics), Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry, Organic chemistry, Molecular targets
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Peter Karuso completed a PhD in 1985 from the Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Sydney and postdoced at the University of Auckland (Dame Patricia Bergquist) and the University of

Associate Professor Carsten Schmitz-Peiffer
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cell Metabolism, Signal Transduction
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cell Metabolism, Signal Transduction
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Carsten Schmitz-Peiffer undertook his PhD with Professor Dick Denton at Bristol University (UK), where he investigated insulin signal transduction and the regulation of fat cell metabolism.

Dr Jeremy David Henson
Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Diagnosis, Cancer Therapy (excl. Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy)
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Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Diagnosis, Cancer Therapy (excl. Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy)
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Dr Henson’s first scientific interest was theoretical physics and he initially chose a university degree that allowed him to study both theoretical physics and medicine.

Associate Professor Julia Lappin
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Psychiatry, Mental Health, Epidemiology, Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Psychiatry, Mental Health, Epidemiology, Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)
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I AM A PSYCHIATRIST who studies psychosis spectrum illness and bipolar disorder.

Associate Professor David James Heslop
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Public Health and Health Services, Simulation and Modelling, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Health Policy, Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Defence Studies, Operations Research, Natural Hazards, Infectious Diseases, Software Engineering, Analysis of Algorithms and Complexity, Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics, Computer Gaming and Animation, Quality Management, Risk theory
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Public Health and Health Services, Simulation and Modelling, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Health Policy, Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Defence Studies, Operations Research, Natural Hazards, Infectious Diseases, Software Engineering, Analysis of Algorithms and Complexity, Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics, Computer Gaming and Animation, Quality Management, Risk theory
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Dr David Heslop is an Associate Professor at the School of Population Health at UNSW Sydney, and a practicing vocationally registered General Practitioner (FRACGP), an Occupational and Environmenta

Professor Elgene Lim
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer Cell Biology, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Medical and Health Sciences
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer Cell Biology, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Medical and Health Sciences
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Elgene was awarded his medical degree from the University of Melbourne.

Dr Jake Arish Rance
Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Sociology of health, Social theory, Public health
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Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Sociology of health, Social theory, Public health
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Jake joined the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH) following nearly a decade working in harm reduction services in Sydney’s Kings Cross. This included outreach work with the Kirketon

Associate Professor Cristan Herbert
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Respiratory Diseases, Innate Immunity
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Respiratory Diseases, Innate Immunity
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I am an Education Focussed academic in the School of

Professor Glenda Halliday
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
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I am the Professor of Neuroscience at the University of New South Wales with a major reputation in the area of pathology of neurodegenerative diseases.

Dr Karen Mather
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Genetics, Genomics, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Epigenetics (incl. Genome Methylation and Epigenomics)
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Genetics, Genomics, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Epigenetics (incl. Genome Methylation and Epigenomics)
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