About me
1997 Research Assistant: Department of Medical Biochemistry, Flinders University
1998-1999 Research Assistant at the Department of Cytogenetics, Women’s and Children’s Hospital. South Australia
2004-2011 Postdoctoral Researcher: Cell Growth and Differentiation Laboratory, Department of Human Immunology, Centre for Cancer Biology, Adelaide.
2012- Head, Cancer Cell Signalling Unit, Molecular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Human Immunology, Centre for Cancer Biology, Adelaide. Laboratory Head: Professor Stuart Pitson
2017- Associate faculty member of the Center of Cancer Biology
2011-2021 Affiliate Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide
2016-2019 Adjunct Senior research fellow, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia
2018- Member of the executive committee, South Australian Cancer Biobank (SACRB) 2019- Member of the Australian patient derived xenograph consortium
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Examining the pathogenic bone marrow microenvironment, HSC stress, and targeting clonal evolution to prevent development of leukaemia in predisposed individuals, Leukaemia Foundation - Grant in Aid (National Research Program), 01/07/2023 - 30/06/2025
Stereotactic alignment and injection system for the generation of xenografts of human brain tumours into the brains of mice for pre-clinical testing of new and existing therapeutics, Neurosurgical Research Foundation, 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2018
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
4
|
| 2022 |
Open access
5
6
9
|
| 2022 |
Open access
10
9
3
|
| 2022 |
Open access
11
6
78
|
| 2022 |
Open access
2
1
|
| 2022 |
Open access
4
3
90
|
| 2019 |
Open access
16
15
5
|
| 2019 |
Open access
9
9
|
| 2019 |
Open access
7
8
1
|
| 2018 |
Open access
44
48
1
|
| 2017 |
Open access
52
51
60
|
| 2017 |
Open access
27
26
|
| 2016 |
Open access
49
47
|
| 2015 |
Open access
56
52
|
| 2014 |
Open access
61
57
|
| 2013 |
Open access
13
13
1
|
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Harvard University | UNITED STATES |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
| SA Pathology | AUSTRALIA |
| St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research | AUSTRALIA |
| Stanford University | UNITED STATES |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | UNITED STATES |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Texas | UNITED STATES |
| Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research | AUSTRALIA |
| Westmead Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| 110188-Enhancing therapy of acute myeloid leukaemia by predicting drivers of relapse | Current |
| Targeting sphingosine kinase 1 to improve acute myeloid leukaemia chemotherapy. | Current |
| Targeting sphingosine kinase 1 in acute myeloid leukaemia | Completed |
