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Meet the Team

See all of the local and national WAACHS team members.

Collaborators

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Artist

Kelly Savietto, a freelance graphic designer based in Perth, Western Australia, draws inspiration from her Nyikinaand Yawuru heritage from the Kimberly, infusing her work with cultural pride. With a deep passion for Indigenous representation, she masterfully blends authenticity and innovation in both print and digital realms.

WAACHS

Investigators

Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community Wellbeing

Stephen Zubrick

FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD

Honorary Emeritus Research Fellow

Professor Helen Milroy AM

MBBS; FRANZCP; CATCAP

Honorary Research Fellow

Juli Coffin

Juli Coffin

Murdoch University

Sharynne Hamilton

Sharynne Hamilton

Senior Research Fellow

Liz Davis

MBBS FRACP PhD

Theme Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases; Clinical Lead, Diabetes and Obesity Research

Peter Richmond

MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP

Head, Vaccine Trials Group

Dr Hayley Passmore

BCrim, BAPsych(Hons), PhD

Honorary Research Associate

Stefanie Schurer

Stefanie Schurer

University of Sydney

Associate Professor Glenn Pearson

BA (Education) PhD Candidate

Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership; Co-Head, Strep A Translation

Alex Brown

BMed, MPH, PhD, FRACP (hon.), FCSANZ, FAAHMS

Professor of Indigenous Genomics

Professor Asha Bowen

BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD FAHMS OAM

Head, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention

Kate Conigrave

Kate Conigrave

University of Sydney

Associate Professor Melissa O'Donnell

BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD

Honorary Research Associate

Dr Matt Cooper

BCA Marketing, BSc Statistics and Applied Statistics, PhD

Manager, Biostatistics

Co-Head, Children's Lung Health

Bep Uink

BPsych(Hons.), MAppPsy(Clinical), PhD

Honorary Research Associate

Professor Pete Azzopardi

PhD, FRACP, MEpi, MBBS, GDipBiostats, BMedSci

Head, Adolescent Health and Wellbeing

Professor Jenny Downs

BApplSci (physio) MSc PhD

Program Head, Development and Disability

WAACHS

Linked Data Study Project Team

Sarah Johnson

BA, PostGradDip; PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Aboriginal Community Engagement Coordinator

Senior Research Officer

Zac Dempsey

Zac Dempsey

Biostatistician

Tahera Ahmed

Tahera Ahmed

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Data Analyst