Meet our panel of medical specialists
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.
Dr Barnes is an academic gastroenterologist with the inflammatory bowel disease unit at Flinders Medical Centre and works privately with IBD SA. Dr Barnes trained at Flinders Medical Centre and the Royal Adelaide Hospital, completing an IBD fellowship at Flinders Medical. He has completed a Masters of Public Health and
Adam Spinks (he/him), MNursPrac, is a Nurse Practitioner specialising in Sexual Health, HIV, and Viral Hepatitis at the Ipswich Sexual Health and BBV Service. He is a member of the Australasian Society of HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM), Australasian Sexual Health and HIV Nurses Association (ASHHNA), Australian
Adam is a Senior Staff Specialist Haematologist at Liverpool Hospital in South West Sydney and is proud to be affiliated as a Conjoint Senior Lecturer with the University of New South Wales. More broadly, Adam is current Treasurer and NSW Councillor of the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand,
Dr Gareth Weston completed medicine with honours from Melbourne University in 1996. He transferred to Monash University for training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He completed a PhD in reproductive medicine and molecular biology in 2003, spending time performing studies at Cambridge University UK, and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute in
Grace Thompson is a consultant clinical immunologist and immunopathologist at Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital and Pathwest. Grace graduated with honours from the University of Western Australia in 2009, completed her immunology training in Perth in 2017 and has worked in her current appointments since that time. Grace is also the
Dr Matthew Krummenacher is a Consultant Clinical Immunologist and Immunopathologist with current appointments at PathWest, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Royal Perth Hospital. He graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2012 and completed his Immunology advanced training in Perth, having also undertaken part of his training in Adelaide.
Dr Michael Allen is a Senior Staff Specialist in medical oncology at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Queensland. He completed his oncology training in south-east Queensland before pursuing a clinical research fellowship in upper gastrointestinal malignancies at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Canada. Dr Allen has a Master
Dr Ashleigh Scott is a senior BMT Physician at the RBWH and visiting scientist at QIMR Berghofer. His PhD examined novel PET imaging biomarkers in gastrointestinal graft versus host disease. His research interests include GVHD biology and management, aplastic anaemia and bone marrow failure syndromes, and translational PET applications in
Dr Brendan Dias is a Consultant Urologist and Renal surgeon at Western Health, Melbourne. He is also a visiting medical officer at Epworth Healthcare, Healthscope, Ramsay healthcare and St Vincents Private Hospitals Melbourne. Dr Dias holds a professional academic appointment at the University of Melbourne as a senior clinical lecturer.
Associate Professor Arun Azad is a medical oncologist and translational researcher based at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and University of Melbourne with a subspecialist interest in urological malignancies.
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