Fields of Research

Medical biochemistry - proteins and peptides (incl. medical proteomics)
Surgery
Oncology and carcinogenesis
Transplantation immunology
Autoimmunity
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Cellular immunology

Research Objectives

Clinical health
Treatment of human diseases and conditions

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Analysis of the breast cancer proteome and protein characterization of the disease state; Annual Scientific Meeting
ANZ Journal of Surgery; ANZ Journal of Surgery
Aromatase Inhibitors; Annual Scientific Congress Joint Meeting with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Current status of sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer: Reply; ANZ Journal of Surgery
Principles of Surgical Practice (Book Review)
Proteomic Analysis of Selected Prognostic Factors of Breast Cancer; Proteomics
Proteomic technology and the search for new diagnostic and therapeutic targets in breast cancer; Annual Scientific Congress Joint Meeting with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Radioimmunohistochemistry of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Breast Cancer; Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Red Blood cell autoimmunity following cardiopulmonary bypass surgery; Annual Scientific Meeting
RHH Foundation Seeding Grants
The Surgical Research Society of Australasia; Annual Scientific Meeting

Research Projects

Analysis of Breast Cancer Using Proteomics; Cancer Council of Tasmania (CCT)
Breast Cancer Analysis via Proteomics ; Paul Mackay Bolton Foundation (PMBF)
Characterisation of the Immunosuppressive Protein (LSF-1); Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Erythrocyte autoimmunity following cardiopulmonary bypass surgery; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Isolation and Identification of the Proteins Involved in Early Onset Breast Cancer; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Proteome Analysis of Breast Cancer; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
The Use of Proteomics for Protein Characterisation of the Diseased State; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)

Research Candidate Supervision

Analysis of Human Semen Proteins in Prostate Cancer
Analysis of the Breast Cancer Proteome
Further characterisation of the Th1-Th2 cytokine profiles during the development of experimental autoimmune myocarditis
High Heritability of Central Corneal Thickness- The Twins Eye Studies
Identification of potential genetic risk markers in familial primary open-angle Glaucoma in Tasmania
Proteomic Analysis of Breast Cancer
The inadequacies of the currently available soft tissue sarcoma staging systems