HMRI Affiliated Researchers

HMRI affiliated researchers include all health and medical researchers, students and support staff working across the University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Local Health District. There are more than 1600 researchers in the Hunter, aligned with HMRI's 19 research programs.

Many Hunter researchers are national and international leaders in their field. They work and collaborate across the research spectrum - from basic laboratory science, to developing new drugs and treatments, implementing clinical trials, improving clinical care, health behaviour and prevention, population health, as well as improving health service policy and planning. Together, Hunter researchers continue to improve the health of our community, locally and across the world. 

Dr Meredith Tavener
Research Program :
  • Public Health
Research Topics :
Effective Health Services, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Lifestyles, Stroke and Brain Injury, Women's Health
 
Research Program :
  • Public Health
Research Topics :
Communicable Disease Risks, Effective Health Services, Using Health Data & Statistics
 
Dr Jorge Tolosa
Research Program :
  • Pregnancy & Reproduction
Research Topics :
Pregnancy & Babies
 
Dr Sarah Valkenborghs
Research Program :
  • Active Living and Learning Research Program
Research Topics :
Asthma, Respiratory Diseases & the Immune System, Clinical Cardiovascular, Healthy Lifestyles, Prostate Cancer, Stroke and Brain Injury
 
Project Grant
2022 Project Grant
Dr Anne Vertigan
Research Program :
  • Viruses, Infections / Immunity, Vaccines & Asthma
Research Topics :
Asthma, Respiratory Diseases & the Immune System
 
Project Grant
2004 Project Grant
Dr Amy Waller
Research Program :
  • Public Health
Research Topics :
Clinical Treatment & Palliative Care, Effective Health Services
 
Research Program :
  • Cancer
Research Topics :
Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer
 
Project Grant
2016 Project Grant
Project Grant
2014 Project Grant
Scholarship
2014 Scholarship
Professor Lisa Wood
Research Program :
  • Viruses, Infections / Immunity, Vaccines & Asthma
Research Topics :
Asthma, Respiratory Diseases & the Immune System
 
HMRI Award for Mid Career Research
2018 HMRI Award for Mid Career Research
Equipment Grant
2017 Equipment Grant
Project Grant
2017 Project Grant
Research Program :
  • Viruses, Infections / Immunity, Vaccines & Asthma
Research Topics :
Asthma, Respiratory Diseases & the Immune System
 
Project Grant
2015 Project Grant
Project Grant
2008 Project Grant