Brock and Furness Labs ~ Staff Profiles
Researchers
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| James Brock - Co-director jbrock@unimelb.edu.au |
John B Furness - Co-director j.furness@unimelb.edu.au |
Daniel Poole - Research Fellow
pooled@unimelb.edu.au
Tony Frugier - Research Fellow
tony.frugier@unimelb.edu.au
Romke Bron - Research Fellow
r.bron@unimelb.edu.au
Trung Nguyen- Research Fellow
tvnguyen@unimelb.edu.au
Trent Reardon - Research Fellow
treardon@unimelb.edu.au
Major Collaborators
Professor Doug Brown - Director, Victorian Spinal Cord Service, Austin Health
douglasj.brown@austin.org.au
Professor Albert Frauman - Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Repatriation and Austin Hospitals
albertf@unimelb.edu.au
Professor Peter McIntyre - Head, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne
pmci@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Chris O'Callaghan - Department of Medicine, Repatriation and Austin Hospitals
cjocal@unimelb.edu.au
Professor Norman Saunders - Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne
n.saunders@unimelb.edu.au
Professor Bob Jones - Surgery, Austin Hospital
Dr Adam Testro - Surgery, Austin Hospital
Dr Mehrdad Nikfarjan - Surgery, Austin Hospital
Associates
Maria Bagyanszki - Visiting Academic
Patricia Castelucci - Visiting Academic
Roberto Chiocchetti - Visiting Academic
Nadine Clerc - CNRS Principal Research Fellow
clerc.n@jean-roche.univ-mrs.fr
Katsuyo Doi - Visiting Academic
Haruko Hirayama - Visiting Academic
Alan Lomax- Visiting Academic
Hayoto Matsuyama - Visiting Academic
Yasutake Shimizu - Visiting Academic
Domenico (Mimmo) Russo – Visiting Academic
Norifumi Matsuda – Visiting Academic
matsudan@unimelb.edu.au
Purnima Sharma – Visiting Academic
sharmap@unimelb.edu.au
Support Staff
Tina Cardamone - Manager, Australian Phenomics Network (APN)
tinac@unimelb.edu.au
Dorota Ferens - Research Assistant
d.ferens@unimelb.edu.au
Joanna Gajewski – Program Manager, VNI Program Grant
joannag@unimelb.edu.au
Billie Hunne - Research Assistant
blhunne@unimelb.edu.au
Louise Pontell - Research Assistant
l.pontell@unimelb.edu.au
Hyun-Jung Cho - Research Assistant
hcho@unimelb.edu.au
Brid Callaghan- Research Assistant
bridc@unimelb.edu.au
Emma James- Administrative Assistant
emma.james@unimelb.edu.au
Steven Pouniotis – Research Assistant
spou@unimelb.edu.au
Gene Venables – Research Assistant
veg@unimelb.edu.au
Students
Leni Rivera - PhD Student
l.rivera@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au
Hussain Al Dera – PhD Student
h.aldera@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Niloufer Johansen – PhD Student
n.johansen@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Michelle Thacker – PhD Student
m.thacker@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au

