Meet the team

Our Research Leadership Team

This team is comprised of the Institute’s major grant holders. They work with the Institute’s management team to manage research programs, select and prioritise projects, develop and oversee postgraduate research and hold responsibility for the quality and delivery of the Institute’s research.
The team includes:

• Professor Simon Mallal Director, BMedSc(Hons), MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA
• Professor Ian James Deputy Director, BSc(Hons), PhD, AStat.
• Associate Professor Mina John MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA
• Associate Professor David Nolan MBBS, FRACP, PhD
• Associate Professor Silvana Gaudieri BSc, PhD
• Professor Elizabeth Phillips BSc, MD, FRCPC, FRACP

Postdoctoral Researchers

Our postdoctoral scientists work with strategic and clinical guidance from the leadership team within the broad mission of the Institute to improve the clinical care of patients with infectious or immunologically medical diseases.

• Dr. Mark Watson BSc Hon PhD
• Dr. Elizabeth McKinnon BSc(Hons) PhD MD
• Dr. Michaela Lucas MD
• Dr. Abha Chopra PhD
• Dr. Coral-Ann Almeida BSc PhD
• Dr. Niamh Keane Bsc H Dip Ed, PhD
• Dr. Andrew Lucas BSc PhD
• Dr. Monica Tschochner BSc PhD

Our Core Operations Team

This team is a mixture of postdoctoral, management, computing, quality and technical staff that oversee the core operational activities of the Institute.  They support the Research Leaders and Clinical and Postdoctoral staff as well as maintain the quality standards of the istitute.

• Laboratory Manager Dr. Mark Watson
• Quality Manager Dr. Paul Egan
• Head of Research and Development Dr. Abha Chopra
• HLA Specialist Dr David Dunn
• Specimen Receptionist Ms Linda Choo
• Senior Programmers (Mr Shay Leary, Mr Don Cooper)
• Junior Programmers (Mr Daniel Piccoli, Ms Verina Hartono)
• IT Manager Mr Iain Bradley
• Laboratory Staff (Ms Kiloshni Hahn, Mr Dahiva Sri-Ranjan, Ms Emma Demaine)

Our Clinical Management Team

This team of practising clinicians work within the Western Australian tertiary hospital system. They lead the clinical, operational and scientific components of the Institute’s research projects which all have the objective of improving patient management.

• Professor Simon Mallal Director, BMedSc(Hons), MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA
• Associate Professor Mina John MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA
• Associate Professor David Nolan MBBS, FRACP, PhD
• Professor Elizabeth Phillips BSc, MD, FRCPC, FRACP
• Dr Michaela Lucas MD Australian College of Physicians Trainee,
• Ms Susan Herrmann RN, BSc, MSc.