Clinical Research Team

Directors

  • Associate Professor Sean F. Mungovan
  • Dr John D. Breckenridge

Research Associates

  • Victoria Elias: Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Lauren Nicola: Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Paula J. Peralta: High Performance Sport
  • Daniel Vukovic: Musculoskeletal and Men’s Health
  • Samantha Delahay (nee Rand): Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Emma K. Ho: Neurosciences
  • Samantha Khanna: Continence
  • Steven Huang: Musculoskeletal

Clinical Research Fellows

  • Professor Greg G. Gass: University of Jamestown, Fargo, USA
  • Professor Neil A. Smart: University of New England, Armidale, Australia
  • Associate Professor Doa El-Ansary: Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Administration

  • Sarah Beshay

Collaborative Academic and Research Clinicians

  • Associate Professor Manish I. Patel: Westmead Private Hospital and The University of Sydney, Australia
  • Dr Petra L. Graham: Macquarie University, Australia
  • Dr Jaspreet Sandhu: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, USA
  • Dr Oguz Akin: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, USA
  • Dr Sigrid Carlsson: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New Your, USA
  • Associate Professor Richard Chard: Westmead Private Hospital, Australia
  • Dr Aaron Scanlan: Central Queensland University, Australia
  • Associate Professor Hong Koo Ha: Pusan University Hospital, Busan, South Korea
  • Dr Joel Fuller: Macquarie University Australia

PhD Students

  • 2010: Andrew D. Hirschhorn: Thesis Title: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Exercise Testing and Prescription in the Acute Preoperative Phase

International Research Students

  • 2017: Henk B. Luiting: Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • 2015: Bryan James: Physical Therapy Division, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.
  • 2014: John W Lockhart: Physical Therapy Division, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.
  • 2012: Bregtje P. Huijbers: Center for Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Center, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Former Research Associates & Research Students

  • Susie B. Stinton: Musculoskeletal
  • Preetraj Singh: Cardiothoracic Clinical Research Stream
  • Dr Andrew D. Hirschhorn: Cardiothoracic Surgery and Men’s Health
  • Dr Elizabeth Dylke: Musculoskeletal
  • Amanda Thomas: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Dr Henk Luiting, International Research Student 2017