Our people

Head of Department

Prof Patricia Desmond

Deputy Head

Prof Peter Mitchell

Academic Staff

Prof Oliver Hennessy

A/Prof Leigh Johnston

A/Prof Alexandria Taylor

A/Prof Elaine Lui

Dr Chris Steward

Dr Vijay Venkatraman

Dr Bradford Moffat

Dr Wayland Wang

Dr John Bui

Dr Amir Fazlollahi

Dr Myrte Strik

Dr Warda Syeda

Partner Hospital Leads

Royal Melbourne Hospital – A/Prof Elaine Lui

Austin Hospital – A/Prof Natalie Yang

St Vincents Hospital – A/Prof Peter Brotchie

Royal Childrens Hospital – Dr Padma Rao

Peter MacCallum Hospital – Dr Stephen Stuckey

Mercy Hospital – Dr Virginia Saxton

Royal Women's Hospital – A/Prof Clair Shadbolt

Northern Hospital – A/Prof Terry Kok

Professional Staff

Michelle Sundakov

Georgia Giannakis

Current PhD Students

Mercy Kataike

Ramin Ghasemishayan

Numan Kataiba

Yining Chen