Research Opportunities - Victoria

Alfred Hospital/Monash University

Profession of Renal Disease

Chronic Allograft Rejection

Contact:

Professor Napier Thomson, and Drs Alicia Stein-Oakley and Greg Perry
Ph: +61 3 9903 0640
Fax: +61 3 9521 2124
Napier.Thomson@med.monash.edu.au
Alicia.Stein-Oakley@med.monash.edu.au

Monash University

Kidney Development
Basic Research into:

Nephron Number (endowment) and Renal Health

Contact:

Professor John Bertram
Ph: +61 3 9905 2751
Fax: + 61 3 9905 2766
Email: john.bertram@med.monash.edu.au

Austin & Repatriation medical Centre/University Of Melbourne

Regulation of renal function by the AMP-activated protein kinase
Phosphorylation of nitric oxide synthases in the kidney
Proteinuria and the glomerular filtration barrier

Contact:

Professor David Power
Ph: +61 3 9496 5634
Fax +61 3 9496 5123
Email: david.power@armc.org.au

Allograft and Xenograft Tolerance using bone-marrow derived cells
Characterisation and manipulation of murine and porcine dendritic cells

Contact:

Associate Professor Frank Ierino
Ph: +61 3 9496 5634
Fax +61 3 9496 5123
Email: frank.ierino@armc.org.au

Cardiovascular disease and biomarkers in chronic renal failure.

Contact:

Dr Margaret Fraenkel
Ph: +61 3 9496 5634
Fax: +61 3 9496 5123
Email: margaret.fraenkel@armc.org.au

Diabetic nephropathy

Contact:

Professor George Jerums
Ph: +61 3 9496 5489
Fax: +61 3 9496 3365
Email: endo@austin.unimelb.edu.au

Vasopeptidases in renal failure

Contact:

Associate Professor Louise Burrell
Ph: +61 3 9496 5198
Fax: +61 3 9457 5485
Email: ailsa@austin.unimelb.edu.au

Gene Linkage Studies and Mutation Detection in

Contact:

Associate Professor Judy Savige
Ph: +61 3 9496 3598
Fax: +61 3 9457 5485
Email: jsavige@austin.unimelb.edu.au

Monash Medical Centre

Contact:

Professor Robert Atkins
Ph: +61 3 9550 3518
Fax: + 61 3 9550 9530
Email: bob.atkins@med.monash.edu.au

Contact:

Associate Professor Peter Kerr
Ph: + 61 3 9550 3520
Fax: +61 3 9550 3530
Email: peter.kerr@med.monash.edu.au

Contact:

Dr David Nikolic-Paterson
Ph: +61 3 9550 3535
Fax: +61 3 9550 3530
Email: david.nikolic-paterson@med.monash.edu.au

Contact:

Dr Greg Tesch
Ph: +61-3-95943534
Fax: +61-3-95946530
Email: greg.tesch@med.monash.edu.au

Monash University Centre For Inflammatory Diseases
Monash University, Monash Medical Centre

Research into Glomerulonephritis, Coagulation/Inflammation and Renal Fibrosis

The Centre has a team of people working on the immunology of glomerulonephritis, the interface between coagulation/inflammation and renal injury, autoimmunity and inflammatory mediators of renal fibrosis.

Funded PhD positions are available to Renal trainees/physicians and scientists.

Contact:

Professor Stephen Holdsworth
Head, Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology
Director, The Monash Centre for Inflammatory Diseases
Ph: +61 3 9594 5525
Fax: +61 3 9594 6495
Email: stephen.holdsworth@med.monash.edu.au

Associate Professor Peter Tipping
NMMRC Principal Research Fellow
Ph: +61 3 9594 5547
Fax: +61 3 9594 6495
Email: peter.tipping@med.monash.edu.au

Dr Richard Kitching
Senior Lecturer and Nephrologist
Department of Medicine
Ph: +61 3 9594 5520
Fax: +61 3 9594 6495
Email: richard.kitching@med.monash.edu.au

Royal Children's Hospital

Report not received

Contact:

Dr Colin Jones
Ph: +61 3 9345 5054
Fax: +61 3 9345 5611

Royal Melbourne Hospital

Clinical Research:

Basic Research:

Contact:

Professor Gavin Becker
Ph: +61 3 9342 7058
Fax: +61 3 9347 1420
Email: gavin.becker@nwhcn.com.au

Associate Professor Rowan Walker
Ph: +61 3 9342 7053
Email: rowan.walker@nwhcn.org.au

Dr Kathy Nicholls
Ph: +61 3 9342 7119

St Vincent's Hospital

Contact:

Professor Tony d'Apice
Ph: +61 3 9288 3140
Fax: +61 3 9288 3151
Email: dapice@svhm.org.au

Australian And New Zeland Society of Nephrology