Furness Lab ~ Staff Profiles
Researchers
John B Furness - Head of Laboratory
j.furness@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Romke Bron - Research Fellow, Deputy Head of Laboratory
r.bron@unimelb.edu.au
Kulmira Nurgali - Research Fellow
k.nurgali@unimelb.edu.au
Daniel Poole - Research Fellow
pooled@unimelb.edu.au
Major Collaborators
Ernest Jennings - Senior Research Officer
e.jennings@unimelb.edu.au
Dr James Brock - Spinal Injuries Research Centre, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
j.brock@unsw.edu.au
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
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
kdoi@unimelb.edu.au
Hayoto Matsuyama - Visiting Academic
Yasutake Shimizu - Visiting Academic
Support Staff
Tina Cardamone - Manager, Australian Phenomics Network (APN)
tinac@unimelb.edu.au
Dorota Ferens - Research Assistant
d.ferens@unimelb.edu.au
Dr 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
Michelle Thacker - Research Assistant
mthacker@unimelb.edu.au
Ms Kirsty Turner – Research Assistant
k.turner@unimelb.edu.au
Trung Van Nguyen - Research Assistant
tvnguyen@unimelb.edu.au
Lei Yin - Research Assistant
l.yin@unimelb.edu.au
Emma James- Administrative Assistant
emma.james@unimelb.edu.au
Students
Hima Abeysinghe – Honours Student
h.abeysinghe@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au
Hyun-Jung Cho - PhD Student
hjcho@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Xiaoxia Dong - PhD Student
x.dong5@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Chris Fowler - PhD Student
c.fowler1@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au
James Johnston – Honours Student
j.johnston2@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au
Leni Rivera - PhD Student
l.rivera@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au