Our people
Our research and education excellence is a reflection of the people behind it. We have research group leaders who are world experts in their field, in addition to many talented researchers, educators and postgraduate students.
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Leadership in the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology
| Head of Department | Professor Helen Abud T:+61 3 9902 9113 E: helen.abud@monash.edu W: Abud Laboratory |  |
| Personal Assistant to Head of Department | Liz Rowell T: +61 3 9902 9100 E: elizabeth.rowell@monash.edu | |
| Deputy Head of Department (Research) Co-Head, Development and Stem Cells Program | Professor Karla Hutt T: +61 3 9905 0725 E: karla.hutt@monash.edu W: Hutt Lab |  |
| Director, Centre for Human Anatomy Education | Professor Michelle Lazarus T: +61 3 9905 0732 E: michelle.lazarus@monash.edu W: Lazarus Research Group |  |
| Head of Teaching and Learning | Dr Chantal Hoppe T: +61 3 9905 9096 E: chantal.hoppe@monash.edu |
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| Graduate Research Coordinator | Professor Roger Pocock T: +61 3 990 50654 E: roger.pocock@monash.edu W: Pocock Lab | 
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| Honours Convenor | Associate Professor Tracy Heng T: +61 3 9905 0629 E: tracy.heng@monash.edu W: Heng Lab |
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| Honours Co-Convenor | Associate Professor Craig Smith T: +61 3 9905 0203 E: craig.smith@monash.edu W: Smith Lab |
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Our academic and research staff
Our Lab Heads and Group Leaders are listed below. The lab information (click on the links to visit their laboratory websites) showcases the incredible research each of them are doing.
| Name | Lab information | Program membership |
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| Professor Helen Abud | Abud Laboratory Epithelial regeneration | Development & Stem Cells; Cancer; Immunity |
| Associate Professor Justin Adams | Adams Laboratory Integrated morphology and palaeontology | Development & Stem Cells |
| Dr Senthil Arumugam | Arumugam Laboratory Cellular physiology | Development & Stem Cells; Neuroscience |
| Professor John Bertram | Bertram Laboratory Kidney development, programming and disease research group | Development & Stem Cells; Cardiovascular Disease |
| Dr Wei Cao | Cao Group Somatic-germline communication in development | Development & Stem Cells |
| Professor John Carroll | Carroll Laboratory Oocyte and embryo development | Development & Stem Cells; Cancer; Metabolism, Diabetes & Obesity |
| Dr Alex Combes | Combes Laboratory Development and disease | Development & Stem Cells; Cancer |
| Associate Professor Luca Fiorenza | Fiorenza Laboratory Palaeodiet research | Development & Stem Cells |
| Associate Professor Luc Furic | Prostate Cancer Research Group Prostate Cancer | Development & Stem Cells |
| Dr David Gonsalvez | ||
| Professor Kieran Harvey | Harvey Laboratory Organogenesis and cancer | Development & Stem Cells; Cancer |
| Associate Professor Tracy Heng | Heng Laboratory Stem cells and translational immunology | Immunity; Development & Stem Cells |
| Professor Karla Hutt | Hutt Laboratory Ovarian biology | Development & Stem Cells |
| Dr Thierry Jarde | Cancer | |
| Dr Anja Knaupp | Knaupp Group Regulatory Genomics and Cell Identity | Development & Stem Cells; Cancer |
| Dr Mitchell Lawrence | Lawrence Group Prostate cancer research | Cancer; Development & Stem Cells |
| Professor Michelle Lazarus | Lazarus Research Group | Development & Stem Cells |
| Associate Professor Daniela Loessner | ||
| Dr Jason Massey | Massey Laboratory Morphology, Ontogeny & Evolution | Development & Stem Cells |
| Professor Roger Pocock | Pocock Laboratory Brain development, neuroplasticity and stem cells | Development & Stem Cells; Neuroscience; Metabolism, Diabetes & Obesity |
| Professor José Polo | Polo Laboratory Epigenetics and reprogramming | Development & Stem Cells; Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease |
| Professor Gail Risbridger | Prostate Cancer Research Group Prostate cancer research | Cancer; Development & Stem Cells |
| Associate Professor Craig Smith | Smith Laboratory Comparative development and evo-devo | Development & Stem Cells |
| Professor Ian Smyth | Smyth Laboratory Kidney development and disease | Development & Stem Cells; Metabolism, Diabetes & Obesity |
| Dr Amy Winship |
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Our education-focussed academics
| Name | Area of research |
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| Dr Kim Catania | |
| Dr Chantal Hoppe | |
| Dr Sonja McKeown | |
| Dr Julia Young |