Scientists and staff

Centre Head

• Associate Professor Ron Firestein

Research Group Heads

• Associate Professor Elizabeth Algar
• Dr Jason Cain
• Associate Professor Ron Firestein
• Dr Daniel Gough
• Dr George Grigoriadis
• Dr Andrew Stephens
• Dr Jim Vadolas
• Professor Bryan Williams
• Dr Wilson Wong
• Dr Minni Änkö

Research Scientist

• Dr Afsar U. Ahmed
• Dr Maree Bilandzic
• Dr Daniel Garama
• Dr Sara Khan
• Dr Christine White
• Dr Nataliya Zhukova, My Room Clinical Research Fellow

Postdoctoral Scientist

• Dr Yiqian Chen
• Dr Paul Daniel, Children's Cancer Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow
• Dr Marius Dannappel
• Dr Joseph Kang
• Laura Moffitt
• Dr Tiwaporn (Tiwa) Nualkaew
• Dr Vijesh Vaghjiani
• Dr Chunhua Wan
• Dr Amy Wilson
• Dr Madara Ratnadiwakara

Distinguished Scientist

• Emeritus Professor Alan Trounson

Administrative Support

• Steph Forman, PA to A/Prof Ron Firestein

Honorary Fellows

• Dr Vinod Ganju, Clinical Translational Research Unit
• Dr Claire McCoy

Honorary Clinical Associates

• Dr Jane Fox, Clinical Translational Research Unit
• Dr Beena Kumar, Clinical Translational Research Unit
• Dr David Pook, Clinical Translational Research Unit
• Dr Shakher Ramdave, Clinical Translational Research Unit
• Dr Joanne Lundy, Clinical Translational Research Unit

Honorary Research Associates

• Dr Raffi Gugasyan
• Zdenka Prodanovic, Clinical Translational Research Unit
• Dr Adam Rainczuk
• Die Wang, Principal Scientist/Project Director
• Professor Neil Watkins, Clinical Translational Research Unit

Laboratory Manager

• Hui Kheng Chua, Research Assistant, Interim Lab Manager

Research Support Staff

• Bashirah Basri, Research Assistant
• Dr Gabrielle Bradshaw, Senior Research Assistant
• Hui Kheng Chua, Research Assistant, Interim Lab Manager
• Rhiannon Dudley, Senior Technical Assistant
• Dr Aleks Guanizo, Senior Research Assistant
• Dr Samantha Jayasekara, Senior Research Assistant
• Elnaz Rasouli, Research Assistant
• Sonia Reshma, Senior Technical Assistant
• Fathima Yoosuf, Senior Technical Assistant
• Tyra Fraser
• Hui (Claire) Shi, Children's Cancer Foundation PhD Student

PhD Students

• Saleh Almasabi
• Jia Bian
• Wai Chin Chong
• Brittany Doran
• Dasun Fernando
• Shaye Game
• Nazanin Karimnia
• Quinton Luong
• Sarah Parackal, Children's Cancer Foundation PhD Student
• Maria Petraki
• Hui (Claire) Shi, Children's Cancer Foundation PhD Student
• Christie Sun
• Hsin Yee (Cindy) Tee
• Motahhareh (Flora) Tourchi
• Shahla Vilcassim
• Danxi Zhu
• Zileena Zahir
• Dr Sara Khan

Masters Students

• Jay Yang
• Jason Long

Honours Students

• Eilidh Cameron
• Jennie Do
• Hoang (Thy) Nguyen
• Monica Suehiro

Visiting Scholar

• Mia Pörksen, Intern

Hudson Monash Paediatric Precision Medicine Program

• Shazia Adjumain, Research Intern
• Dr Gabrielle Bradshaw, Senior Research Assistant
• Dr Jason Cain
• Nicole Chew, Children's Cancer Foundation Senior Organoid Specialist
• Janelle Cooke, HMPPMP Program Manager
• Dr Paul Daniel, Children's Cancer Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow
• Dr Peter Downie, Head of Clinical Enterprise and Chief Investigator, Hudson Monash Paediatric Precision Medicine Program
• Caroline Drinkwater, Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation Biobank Specialist
• Associate Professor Ron Firestein
• Steph Forman, PA to A/Prof Ron Firestein
• Ma'ayan Geffen, HMPPMP Program Manager
• Dr Daniel Gough
• Rajithri (Dilru) Habarakada, Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation Senior Biobank Specialist (maternity leave appointment)
• Melissa Loi, Children's Cancer Foundation Technical Sequencing Specialist
• Naama Neeman, Children's Cancer Foundation Administrative Director
• Hoang (Thy) Nguyen
• Sarah Parackal, Children's Cancer Foundation PhD Student
• Mia Pörksen, Intern
• Hui (Claire) Shi, Children's Cancer Foundation PhD Student
• Dr Xin (Claire) Sun, Children’s Cancer Foundation Bioinformatician
• Motahhareh (Flora) Tourchi
• Professor Bryan Williams
• Dr Paul Wood, Paediatric Oncologist, Hudson Monash Paediatric Precision Medicine Program
• Jay Yang
• Dr Nataliya Zhukova, My Room Clinical Research Fellow

Australian and New Zealand Children’s Haematology/Oncology Group

• Sarah Baxter, ANZCHOG Quality/Trial Coordinator
• Michelle Carr, ANZCHOG Quality Manager/Clinical Trial Monitor
• Sara Field, ANZCHOG Adminstrative Assistant
• Dr Janelle Jones, ANZCHOG Program and Grants Manager
• Dr Kathryn Kinross, ANZCHOG Senior Clinical Trial Coordinator
• Kylie May, ANZCHOG Project and Grants Officer
• Rosie Newman, ANZCHOG Clinical Trial Coordinator
• Catherine Nguyen, ANZCHOG Clinical Trials Assistant
• Sharina Omerovic, ANZCHOG Clinical Trial Coordinator / Start-Up Specialist
• Carley Purcell, ANZCHOG Clinical Trial Coordinator
• Robyn Strong, ANZCHOG Executive Officer
• Karli Williamson, ANZCHOG Clinical Trial Coordinator