Join us at the Westmead Research Showcase 2026
Hub Council and Executive
Westmead Research Hub Council
Professor Jeremy Chapman AC
Chair, Westmead Research Hub Council
Professor David Brown
Local Pathology Director, Western Sydney; Director of Immunopathology, NSW Health Pathology
Vanessa Janissen
Chief Executive, NSW Health Pathology
Professor Roger Reddel AO
Lorimer Dods Professor and Director, Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI)
Michael Rose AM
Independent
Lani Attwood
Acting Director, Research, The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network
Cathryn Cox PSM
Chief Executive, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (SCHN)
Professor Frank Martin AO AM
Board President, CMRI; Clinical Professor and Ophthalmologist
Professor Phillip O’Connell
Executive Director, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research
Rebecca Sedicol
Non-voting Member
Council Secretariat; Manager, Westmead Research Hub
Professor Katherine Belov
Pro-Vice Chancellor, Global & Research Engagement, The University of Sydney
Distinguished Professor Annemarie Hennessy AM
Deputy Dean Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
Professor Mark McLean
Executive Director of Research, Western Sydney Local Health District Research and Education Network
Professor John Prins
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
Alison Zecchin
Chief Executive, Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD)
Westmead Research Hub Executive
Professor Roger Reddel AO
Chair; Lorimer Dods Professor and Director, Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI)
Professor Golo Ahlenstiel
Chair of Medicine at Blacktown Clinical School, Western Sydney University
Mel Grand
Acting Associate Director, Research Operations, The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network
Kate O’Sullivan
Associate Director, Western Sydney (Baludarri) Precinct, Faculty Strategy & Partnerships, FMH Western Sydney, The University of Sydney
Dr Andrew Sloane
Chief Operating Officer, Children’s Medical Research Institute
Professor Phillip O’Connell
Co-Chair
Executive Director, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research
Simon Hall
Chief Operating Officer, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research
Professor Simon Ringer
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure), The University of Sydney
Dr Nalini Swaminathan
Head of the Director’s Office, Children’s Medical Research Institute
Helene Abouyanni
Operations Manager, Research and Education Network, Western Sydney Local Health District
Professor Russell Dale
Professor of Paediatric Neurology, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney
Professor Mark McLean
Executive Director of Research, Western Sydney Local Health District Research and Education Network
Rebecca Sedicol
Non-voting Member
Secretariat; Manager, Westmead Research Hub
Professor Antoine van Oijen
Interim Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Enterprise), NHMRC Leadership Fellow, FMH, University of Sydney
Management Committee Leadership
Operations Management
Simon Hall
Chair; Chief Operations Officer, WIMR
Rebecca Sedicol
Secretariat; Marketing and Communications Manager, Westmead Research Hub
Grants and Investments
Dr Maggie Wang
Chair; Director of Scientific Operations, WIMR
James Curnow
Co-Chair; Head of Operations, CMRI
Leia Tria
Secretariat; Admin and Communications Officer, Westmead Research Hub
Major Equipment
Professor Tony Cesare
Chair; Head of the Genome Integrity Unit, CMRI
Vacant
Secretariat
Early-Mid Career Research
Dr Alexandra O’Donohue
Chair; Research Officer, SCHN and WIMR and Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney
Dr Nick Norris
Secretariat; Postdoctoral Research Associate, WIMR
Commercialisation
TBD