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

Professor David Brown
Director of NSW Health Pathology’s ICPMR,
Deputy Director of the Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research at WIMR

Simon Hall
Chief Operating Officer, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research

Professor Simon Ringer
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure), The University of Sydney

Professor Kate Stevens
Director, MARCS Institute, Pro Vice-Chancellor, STEM, Professor, Western Sydney University

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

Dr Nalini Swaminathan
Head of the Director’s Office, Children’s Medical Research Institute
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

