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Research Review New Zealand works with hundreds of local medical specialists to select and advise on the most important research from around the world. They advise on what really matters, what impact it has on local healthcare and what we need to do in our daily practice to accommodate new skills and knowledge. Select a category below to see more about each of our expert advisors.
Prof Peter Wark is a senior staff specialist in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia and a conjoint Professor with the University of Newcastle. In addition, he is a senior investigator with the Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs and the Vaccines Immunology Viruses and Asthma
Peter Hersey is an honorary Professor of Immuno Oncology in the University of Sydney and a faculty member of the Melanoma Institute Australia. He has conducted a number of phase I to III trials of immunotherapy in melanoma, including use of modified peptide antigens and dendritic cell vaccines. He has
Dr Pei Ding is a medical oncologist and trialist at Westmead Hospital Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre and Nepean Hospital Cancer and Wellness Centre, with clinical expertise in managing lung and gastrointestinal cancers. She completed her fellowship and PhD study in lung cancer liquid biopsy research at the Ingham Institute
Paul Bird is a rheumatologist in private practice and Conjoint Professor at the University of New South Wales. In addition to his clinical duties, he is the Director of Optimus Clinical Research, a clinical research center undertaking phase 2, 3 and 4 trials of novel agents for the treatment of
Professor Nick Freezer is a Paediatric Respiratory Physician and the Medical Director of the Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne at Monash Health. He is also a Professor of Paediatrics at Monash University, and until recently the Leader of the Children’s Health research theme of Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre and
Nicholas Alexander Keks is Professor of Psychiatry at Monash University, a psychiatrist in private practice at Delmont Private Hospital, Honorary psychiatrist at Monash Health, Executive Director of the Centre of Mental Health Education and Research at Delmont, and Professorial Fellow at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. He
Professor Niall Corcoran is a urological surgeon and translational scientist based in Melbourne. He is Head of the Urology Unit at Western Health and a visiting surgeon at Royal Melbourne and Frankston Hospitals. His group in the University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research investigates molecular drivers of prostate cancer
Dr Minh Cuong Duong (MD, MMed, PhD), an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist, is a Lecturer at the School of Population Health, University of New South Wales. Minh teaches epidemiology and infectious disease control and is convenor of the courses, PHCM2001 Epidemiology and PHCM9784 Communicable Disease Control in Global Heath.
Dr Michael Krasovitsky is a medical oncologist at The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. He specialises in geriatric oncology, as well as the management of breast, lung, liver, and thyroid malignancies.
Michael A Henderson is professor of surgery in the University of Melbourne and head of the multidisciplinary Melanoma and Skin Service at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and after obtaining a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Dr Matthews graduated from medicine at the University of Melbourne in 2010 and spent her junior doctor years at the Austin and Northern Hospitals in Melbourne. Melanie participated in both the John Flynn Scholarship Scheme and the Pre-vocational GP Placement Programs in remote Northern Territory which cemented her desire to
Dr Matthew Burge, is a medical oncologist and staff specialist at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and a visiting specialist at the Rockhampton Base Hospital. He undertook his undergraduate training in Manchester, UK before moving to Australia in 1996. After obtaining his FRACP in 2004 he moved back to the UK
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