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Meet the SALSA-SGC team

Queensland

Laboratory manager: 
Leanne Wallace

Research nurses: 
Susan Heggie
Kathryn Thorpe
Robyn Tuffley

Professor Naomi Wray

Co-Principal Investigator
University of Queensland

Professor Pete Visscher

Chief Investigator
University of Queensland

Professor Pamela McCombe

Chief Investigator
University of Queensland

Dr Shyuan Ngo

Key researcher
University of Queensland

A/Professor Robert Henderson

Chief Investigator
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital

Anjali Henders

Project Manager
University of Queensland

New South Wales

Laboratory manager: 
Sarah Furlong

Research nurses: 
Susan D’Silva
Lorel Adams
Elizabeth Highton-Williamson
Nicollete Thornton
Julie Ryder
Linda Mekhael

Professor Ian Blair

Co-Principal Investigator

Professor Matthew Kiernan

Chief Investigator
University of Sydney

Professor Garth Nicholson

Chief Investigator
ANZAC Research Institute

Professor Dominic Rowe

Chief Investigator
Macquarie University

Professor Steve Vucic

Chief Investigator
Westmead Hospital

Dr Kelly Williams

Chief Investigator
Macquarie University

Professor Roger Pamphlett

Chief Investigator
University of Sydney

Victoria

Research nurses: 
Ruth Krasniqi
Emma Windebank
Hanne Files
Susan Calwell
Charmaine Hovey
Yana Wu

Professor Susan Mathers

Chief Investigator
Calvary Care, Bethlehem Hospital

Professor Paul Talman

Chief Investigator
Barwon Health

Western Australia

Laboratory manager: 
Elyshia McNamara

Research nurses: 
Mandi Mac Shane

Professor Nigel Laing

Chief Investigator
University of Western Australia

Rob Adais

Key researcher
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Merrilee Needham

Key researcher
Harry Perkins Institute

Phillipa Lamont

Key researcher
Fiona Stanley Hospital

South Australia

Research nurses: 
Marie Toubia
Jessica Zuvela
Susan Hopkins

Dr David Schultz

Chief Investigator
Flinders Medical Centre

Dr Beben Benyamin

Chief Investigator
University of South Australia

International

Professor Amar Al-Chalabi

Associate Investigator
King's College London, UK

Professor Leonard van den Berg

Associate Investigator
Utrecht Medical Centre, Netherlands

Professor Jan Veldink

Associate Investigator
Utrecht Medical Centre, Netherlands