Staff listing - School of Medicine

School executive

Dean Head of School
Gary Rogers

Deputy Head of School
Karen Dwyer

Associate Head of School, Teaching and Learning
Alex Gentle

Associate Head of School (Student Recruitment) & Co -Course Director, Medical Imaging
Janet McLeod

Associate Head of School, Research
Alister Ward

Associate Head of School, Indigenous Strategy
Candice Mckenzie

School Manager
Sally Speirs

Executive Assistant
Lisha Jerome

Academic staff

Professors

Name
Director, Geelong Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases (GCEID) Soren Alexandersen
Professor of Optometry James Armitage
Professor, Infectious Diseases Eugene Athan
Professor of Public Health Colin Bell
Alfred Deakin Professor Michael Berk
Professor Tania De Koning-Ward
Alfred Deakin Professor Wei Duan
Epworth Geelong Chair in Surgery Glenn Guest
Professor of Nutritional and Epidemiological Psychiatry Felice Jacka
Professor of Endocrinology & Diabetes Mark Kotowicz
Professor of Communication & End of Life Care Peter Martin
Professor of Medical Biology Sean Mcgee
St John of God & Barwon Health Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery Richard Page
Professor Julie Pasco
Professor, Viral Immunology John Stambas
Chair in Medicine and Director of Research Peter Vuillermin
Chair in Metabolic Diseases Ken Walder
Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair in Surgery David Watters

Associate professors

Name
Associate Professor, Visual Function Larry Abel
Director Centre Rural Emergency Medicine Tim Baker
Associate Professor, Systems Epidemiology of Infection Alyssa Barry
Director National Centre for Farmer Health Susan Brumby
Head of Optometric Clinical Placements Heather Connor
Professor in Epigenetics and Cell Biology Jeff Craig
Associate Professor in Medical Bioinformatics Tamsyn Crowley
Associate Professor (Research) Olivia Dean
Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences Amardeep Dhillon
Director, Rural Community Clinical School (RCCS) Lara Fuller
Director of Clinical Studies Sue Garner
Associate Professor in Neurobiology Veer Gupta
Associate Professor, Molecular Psychiatry Jee Hyun Kim
Research Development Lead, Medical Imaging Giovanni Mandarano
Associate Professor, Health Ethics and Professionalism Dominique Martin
Associate Head of School (Student Recruitment) & Co-Course Director, Medical Imaging Janet Mc Leod
Director, Clinical Studies, Greater Green Triangle Clinical School, Warrnambool and Director, Western Victoria Regional Training Hub Barry Morphett
Associate Professor (Research) Adrienne O'Neil
Associate Professor, Intensive Care Medicine Neil Orford
Associate Professor Grant Phelps
Associate Professor, Paediatric Neurophysiology Julia Pitcher
Director, MBA (Healthcare Management) Sandeep Reddy
Director, Clinical Studies Geelong Cameron Shaw
Associate Professor, Medical Science Sarah Shigdar
Associate Professor of Surgery Douglas Stupart
Director, Deakin Rural Health (DRH) Vincent Versace
Associate Professor Lana Williams
Associate Professor in Aged Care, Rehabilitation & Palliative Care Mark Yates

Senior lecturers

Name
Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Imaging – Clinical Studies and Clinical Practice Saba Ansari
Senior Lecturer in Human Biology Kathryn Aston-Mourney
Senior Lecturer, Vision Science Simon Backhouse
Theme Leader, Medical Sciences & Clinical Practice Debbie Baldi
Deputy Director, OCPH Meg Chiswell
Senior Lecturer, Clinical Studies (Pathology) Deborah Clarke-Whitley
Senior Lecturer Karen D'Souza
Senior Lecturer in Health Ethics, Law and Professionalism & Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Health Jane Duffy
Deputy Director, Centre for Rural Emergency Medicine Tahnee Dunlop
Senior Lecturer, Academic General Practice Nicole Farrell
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education Stephen Fischer
Deputy Director, Geelong Clinical School Marguerite Fulton
Senior Lecturer, Clinical Medicine (Pathophysiology) Jeremy Furyk
Clinical Skills Senior Lecturer Sue Garner
Course Director, MD Laura Gray
Lecturer in Optometric Clinical Skills Nick Hockley
Regional Academic Coordinator Albert Ip
Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Imaging – Ultrasound Specialisation Chris Jansen
Head of Optometric Clinical Skills Alexandra Jaworski
Regional Academic Coordinator Mark Johnson
Course Director - Advanced Clinical Practice (Paramedicine Practitioner) Kate Kloot
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education (Assessment) Mary Lawson
Medical Director of Simulation – Senior Lecturer Kate McCloskey
Senior Lecturer, Clinical and Communication Skills Claire Mckie
Senior Lecturer in Renal Gastrointestinal Physiology Bryony Mcneill
Senior Lecturer, Medical Education Carl Murphy
Senior Lecturer, Medical Education Kate Murphy
Senior Lecturer, Rural General Surgery Sonal Nagra
Senior Lecturer, Foundation Principles and Application of Medical Imaging Boris Penchev
Academic Support Program Lead Anita Phillips
Senior Lecturer Mike Pickavance
Senior Lecturer, Medical Education Vivienne Collins
Senior Lecturer, Diagnostic Imaging and Medical Physics Peter Riley
Head of Assessment in Clinical Optometry Geoff Sampson
Senior Lecturer, Health Ethics, Law and Professionalism Jacqueline Savard
Senior Lecturer in Medical Imaging, Ultrasound Peter Schenk
Senior Lecturer, Pharmacology and Therapeutics Craig Smith
Senior Lecturer, Clinical Medicine Elyse Stevens
Senior Lecturer, Medical Education Kate Stotskaia
Senior Lecturer Alyna Turner
Senior Lecturer, Medical Biotechnology Richard Williams

Lecturers

Name
Lecturer Lucy Ainge
Lecturer in Medical Imaging Practice and Clinical Learning Johanna Artis
Lecturer, Optometric Clinical Skills and Head, Dispensing Program Serap Azizoglu
Lecturer, Medical Imaging and Clinical Practice James Bainbridge
Lecturer in Medical Imaging Practice and Clinical Learning Luke Barclay
Lecturer in Rural General Practice (Program Development and Support) Jessica Beattie
Lecturer, Optometry and Vision Science Dipesh Bhattarai
Lecturer in Simulation and Clinical Skills Kellie Britt
Lecturer in Health Ethics, Law and Professional Development Tamara Browne
Lecturer in Clinical Skills Sarah Burgess
Lecturer in Optometry and Vision Science Luke Chong
Lecturer in Rural Health and Research Fellow Grade 2 Jacquie Cotton
Dean's Postdoctoral Research Fellow Posh Dhar
Lecturer in Optometry and Vision Science Amanda Douglass
Lecturer in Clinical Skills Helen Doyle
Lecturer in Optometry Amanda Edgar
Lecturer in Health Ethics and Professionalism Cynthia Forlini
Lecturer in Optometric Clinical Skills Moneisha Gokhale
Lecturer in Clinical Skills Michael Gordon
Lecturer in Regional Medical Education (Pathology) Melanie Sullivan
Lecturer, Advanced Clinical Practice Toinette Hutchins
Lecturer in Medical Sciences Greg Kowalski
Lecturer, Public Health Medicine Prabhat Lamichhane
Lecturer in Pathology Malik Quasir Mahmood
Lecturer in Optometry and Vision Science Alissa Maillet
Lecturer in Diagnostic Imaging – Clinical Studies – Computed Tomography Richard Mansfield
Lecturer in Public Health Erik Martin
Lecturer Imran Muhammad
Lecturer in Clinical Skills Lisa Panozzo
Lecturer, Medical Education Elena Pascoe
Lecturer in Medical Education Lam Pham
Lecturer in Indigenous Health Jodi Phillips
Lecturer in Medical Sciences (Anatomy) Kylie Pickles
Lecturer Gail Powe
Lecturer in Medical Sciences Leni Rivera
Lecturer in Optometry Linda Robinson
Lecturer, Medical Biotechnology, Infection and Immunity Garth Stephenson
Lecturer, Anatomy and Physiology Sophie Tobias
Lecturer in Health Ethics, Law and Professionalism Emma Tumilty
Lecturer in Foundation Principles of Medical Imaging Gregory Van Egmond
Lecturer in Medicine Vanessa Vaughan
Lecturer in Vision Science Ryan Wood-Bradley

Associate lecturers

Name
Clinical Skills Instructor Nigel Bellears
Clinical Skills Instructor Jenny Bryce
Clinical Skills Instructor Lisa Calafiore
Clinical Skills Teacher in Optometry Ash Chan
Clinical Skills Teacher in Optometry Kerryn Hart
Associate Lecturer in Optometry Jac Kirkman
Officer for Optometric Business Partnerships and Education Steven Maskell
Teaching Scholar, Anatomy Cailin Mellberg
Teaching Scholar, Pathology Heather Morrison
Teaching Scholar, Medical Biotechnology and Infection and Immunity Liza Raymond
Teaching Scholar Aidan Roberts
Teaching Scholar, Medical Biotechnology and Infection and Immunity Rasika Samarasinghe
Clinical Skills Instructor Rebecca Stengewis
Associate Lecturer, Indigenous Health, Ethics, and Professionalism Alex Wakeley
Associate Lecturer in Optometric Clinical Skills Natalie Watt

Research staff

Name
Research Assistant Zahra Abdul Razook
Associate Research Fellow, CADET Melanie Ashton
Associate Research Fellow, Cell Analysis Faiza Basheer
Associate Research Fellow Hannah Beks
Research Fellow, Digital Interventions Lesley Berk
Research Fellow Amelia Betson
Research Assistant Marley Binder
Research Fellow Chiara Bortolasci
Associate Research Fellow Anthony Chamings
Research Assistant Mrittika Chowdury
Research Officer Timothy Connor
Associate Research Fellow (Infectious Diseases) Darcie Cooper
Research Fellow Natalie Counihan
Research Fellow Stephanie Cowdery
Research Assistant Meagan Craven
Research Assistant Sarah Croce
Associate Research Fellow, Neurobiology Kunal Dhiman
Associate Research Fellow, Rural Health Daniel Drumm
Associate Research Fellow, Public Health Penny Fraser
Senior Research Fellow Stephen Gill
Research Assistant Jo Grimsey
Research Fellow Chris Healey
Dean’s Research Postdoctoral Fellow Andrea Hernan
National Health & Medical Research Council, Early Career Fellow Erin Hoare
Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow Sarah Hosking
Dean’s Research Postdoctoral Fellow Natalie Hyde
Dean’s Research Postdoctoral Fellow Nicholas Jamnick
Associate Research Fellow (Psychiatric Research) Bianca Kavanagh
Senior Research Fellow Alison Kennedy
Research Fellow Kara Kew
Research Officer Jet Phey Lim
Research Fellow Grade 2 Clifford Liongue
Associate Research Fellow, Biomarkers Zoe Liu
Dean's Research Postdoctoral Fellow Mojtaba Lotfaliany Abrand Abadi
Dean’s Research Postdoctoral Fellow Amy Loughman
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Viral Immunology Chunni Lu
Research Assistant Joanna Macdonald
Research Fellow (Grade 2) Mary Malakellis
Research Assistant Ruby Marshall
Research Officer Sheree Martin
Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow Wolf Marx
Associate Research Fellow Kat Matthews
Research Assistant Catherine Mazza
Research Assistant Maddy McCallum
Associate Research Fellow, Trial Coordinator Amelia McGuinness
Deputy Director, Research Kevin Mc Namara
Research Assistant, Clinical Trials Alcy Meehan
Research Assistant Sondita Mein
Associate Research Fellow (Rural Health) Fiona Mitchell
Research Fellow Joyanta Modak
Research Assistant Meg Murray
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biostatistics/Bioinformatics Martin O'Hely
Research Fellow, Dietician Rachelle Opie
Research Fellow, Stem Cells Bruna Panizzutti Parry
Associate Research Fellow, Psychologist Arnie Phillips
Associate Research Fellow (Psychiatric Research) Shae Quirk
Research Officer Briana Randall
Associate Research Fellow Justin Read
Research Fellow, Implementation and Knowledge Exchange Erica Reeve
Research Fellow (Grade 2) Tetyana Rocks
Research Assistant Lucy Saunders
Senior Research Fellow Kate Schlicht
Paediatric Research Fellow Luba Sominsky
Research Fellow Heidi Staudacher
Research Fellow Amanda Stuart
Research Fellow, Viral Neuropathogenesis Vinod Sundaramoorthy
Associate Research Fellow Jingyi Tang
Research Assistant Monica Tembo
ARC DECRA Research Fellow Phuong Tran
Research Fellow (Psychologist) Megan Turner
Research Fellow, Trisno Family Adam Walker
Dean's Research Postdoctoral Fellow Jill Whelan
Associate Research Fellow Yen Wong
Associate Research Fellow, Trial Coordinator Lauren Young

Professional staff

Name
Administrative Officer Kristy Akrigg
Institute Executive Officer Henry De Aizpurua
Administrative Officer Vicky Bairamidis
Technical Officer Uli Bauer
Administrative Assistant Gill Beard
Clinical School Administrative Officer Victoria Caldow
Clinical Schools Manager Narelle Canning
Clinical School Administrative Officer Bonnie Carter
Project Officer Jodie Cram
Clinical School Senior Administrative Officer Debbie Duval
Administrative Coordinator, Curriculum and Assessment Nicole East
Clinical School Senior Administrative Officer & Projects and Executive Officer Cara English
Senior Administrative Officer Alexis Foster-Gerrard
Senior Technical Officer Fiona Fraser
Clinical School Administrative Officer Trudy Glisson
Administrative Officer Elisha Hastie
Technical Officer Realla Jones
Communication Coordinator Lydia Kearney
Administrative Assistant Kylie-Maree Kemp
Senior Administrative Officer Rebecca Kilinski
Laboratory Manager Elizabeth Laidlaw
Administrative Officer Naomi Lane
Clinical School Administrative Officer Kendall Letica
Technical Officer Jet Phey Lim
Administrative Officer (Indigenous Support) Kelsey Love
Administrative Officer Coralee McKenzie
Rural Multidisciplinary Student Support Officer Angela Mclaren
Administrative Coordinator, Selections and Placements Claudia McLean
Candis McLeod Clinical School Administrative Officer & WVRTH Administrative Assistant
Officer, CRE Management Krys Mossop
Technical Officer Alana Neale
Technical Officer Carla Osinski
Counsellor Jacqueline Payne
Senior Administrative Officer Carlie Philp
Clinical School Administrative Officer Anna Raven
Clinical School Administrative Officer Eilidh Rittmeyer
Coordinator, Rural Multidisciplinary Placement Mel Robertson
Clinical School Administrative Officer Lauren Shirlow
Technical Officer Amy Snelling
Clinical School Senior Administrative Officer Colleen Stephens
Technical Officer Paula Stiles
Project Coordinator Megan Sulzberger
Technical Officer – Simulation and Clinical Skills Courtney Swinton
Clinical School Senior Administrative Officer Maxine Trembath
Senior Technical Officer Monique Trengove
Project Coordinator Peta Trinder
Simulation and Clinical Skills Administrative Assistant Beni Turkson
Rural Clinical Student Support Officer & Rural Multidisciplinary Placement Coordinator Amanda Urquhart
Executive Assistant to the Chair of Surgery Anne Vandewater
Clinical School Senior Administrative Officer & Clinical School Administrative Officer Kelli-Jane Vertigan
Senior Administrative Officer Shani Watson
Administrative Coordinator Joanne Wekwerth