Scientific Advisory Committees
Westmead Research Hub Scientific Advisory Committees meet regularly to make scientific recommendations related to core Westmead technologies. These are:
- Biobanking
- Imaging and Electron Microscopy
- Flow Cytometry
- Genomics
Role of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)
SAC members are responsible for the following tasks:
- advise on strategies, tools and techniques needed to keep the Facilities current with technological developments;
- represent and communicate users’ views regarding the satisfactory operation of the Facility;
- provide advice to ensure that the Facilities’ strategic plans align primarily with the planning of the MRIs, the Westmead Research Hub, and secondarily to other collaborative partnerships or other funding requirements as appropriate;
- advise on study designs, when required by users;
- advise on equipment grant applications, if required;
- advise on promoting awareness of the Facilities;
- advise on partnerships and collaborations to improve or expand the Facilities; and
- monitor agreed KPIs or grant funding compliance.
SAC Membership
Biobanking
Prof Christine Clarke (Chair) | USYD | christine.clarke@sydney.edu.au |
Prof Anna deFazio | WIMR | anna.defazio@sydney.edu.au |
Prof Jennifer Byrne | NSWHP | jennifer.byrne@health.nsw.gov.au |
A/Prof Elizabeth Salisbury | NSWHP | Elizabeth.Salisbury@health.nsw.gov.au |
Jane Carpenter | NSWHP | Jane.Carpenter1@health.nsw.gov.au |
Prof Jonathan Iredell | WIMR | jonathan.iredell@sydney.edu.au |
A/Prof Ruby Lin | WIMR | ruby.lin@sydney.edu.au |
Philip O’Connell | WIMR | philip.oconnell@sydney.edu.au |
Prof Sandra Cooper | KR | sandra.cooper@sydney.edu.au |
Prof Mark Rees | USYD | mark.rees@sydney.edu.au |
James Curnow | CMRI | jcurnow@cmri.org.au |
Dr Kim Fung | CSIRO | kim.fung@csiro.au |
Karena Pryce (Secretary) | WIMR | karena.pryce@wimr.org.au |
Dr Maggie Wang | WIMR | xin.wang@sydney.edu.au |
Mark Pinder | WRH | mark.pinder@wrh.org.au |
Imaging and Electron Microscopy
A/Prof Tony Cesare (Chair) | CMRI | tcesare@cmri.org.au |
A/Prof Hilda Pickett | CMRI | hpickett@cmri.org.au |
A/Prof Natasha Rogers | WIMR | Natasha.Rogers@wimr.org.au |
A/Prof Seo-Kyung Chung | KR | seokyung.chung@sydney.edu.au |
Dr Anai Gonzalez Cordero | CMRI | agonzalez-cordero@cmri.org.au |
Dr Belal Chami | USYD | belal.chami@sydney.edu.au |
Dr Frances Evesson | KR | frances.evesson@sydney.edu.au |
Dr Monica Miranda Saksena | WIMR | monica.saksena@sydney.edu.au |
Dr Yuan Ming Wang | KR | yuanmin.Wang@health.nsw.gov.au |
Yashar Seyed Razavi | WIMR | yashar.seyedrazavi@wimr.org.au |
Thomas Tran | WSLHD | thomas.tran@health.nsw.gov.au |
Suat Dervish | WIMR | suat.dervish@sydney.edu.au |
Hui Zhang (Secretary) | WIMR | hui.zhang@wimr.org.au |
James Curnow | CMRI | jcurnow@cmri.org.au |
Will Hugh | WIMR | will.hughes@wimr.org.au |
Hong Yu | WIMR | hong.yu@wimr.org.au |
Mark Pinder | WRH | mark.pinder@wrh.org.au |
Flow Cytometry
Prof Scott Byrne (Chair) | USYD | scott.byrne@sydney.edu.au> |
A/Prof Fabienne Brilot-Turville | KR | fabienne.brilot@sydney.edu.au |
A/Prof Karen MacKenzie | CMRI | kmackenzie@cmri.org.au |
Dr William Hughes | CMRI | whughes@cmri.org.au |
Dr Christopher Nelson | CMRI | cnelson@cmri.org.au; |
Dr Kavitha Gowrishankar | WIMR | kavitha.gowrishankar@sydney.edu.au |
Dr Kirstie Bertram | WIMR | kirstie.bertram@sydney.edu.au |
Dr Marian Fernandez | NSWHP | marian.fernandez@health.nsw.gov.au |
Dr Min Hu | WIMR | min.hu@sydney.edu.au |
Dr Nicole Fewings | WIMR | nicole.fewings@sydney.edu.au |
Dr Edwin Lau | WIMR | edwin.lau@sydney.edu.au |
Dr Maggie Wang | WIMR | xin.wang@sydney.edu.au> |
Mark Pinder | WRH | mark.pinder@wrh.org.au |
Suat Dervish (Secretary) | WIMR | suat.dervish@sydney.edu.au |
Genomics
A/Prof Ruby Lin (Chair) | WIMR | ruby.lin@sydney.edu.au |
A/Prof Benjamin Tang | WIMR | benjamin.tang@sydney.edu.au |
Dr Dinny Graham | WIMR | dinny.graham@sydney.edu.au |
Dr John-Sebastian Eden | WIMR | js.eden@sydney.edu.au |
Dr Kate Giles | CMRI | kgiles@cmri.org.au |
Dr Leszek Lisowski | CMRI | llisowski@cmri.org.au |
Dr Lisa Riley | KR | lisa.riley@sydney.edu.au |
Dr. Pablo Galaviz Vilchis | CMRI | pgalaviz@cmri.org.au |
Dr Joey Lai (Secretary) | WIMR | joey.lai@sydney.edu.au |
Dr Maggie Wang | WIMR | xin.wang@sydney.edu.au |
Mark Pinder | WRH | mark.pinder@wrh.org.au |
Joshua Studdert | CMRI | jstuddert@cmri.org.au |