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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Physiology Department leadership
| Head of Department (Interim) | Professor Marcello Rosa T:+61 3 9905 2522 E: marcello.rosa@monash.edu W: Rosa Laboratory |  |
| Executive Assistant to the Head of Department | Mandy Curd T: +61 3 990 52062 E: mandy.curd@monash.edu | |
| Director, Monash BDI Graduate School Deputy Associate Dean, Research Training | Associate Professor Belinda Henry T: +61 3 9905 2500 E: belinda.henry@monash.edu W: Henry Laboratory |  |
| Head of Research | Professor Katherine Denton T: +61 3 9905 9553 E: katherine.denton@monash.edu W: Denton Laboratory |  |
| Head of Teaching and Learning | Professor Craig Harrison |  |
| Master of Biomedical Health Science Convenor | Professor Ramesh Rajan T: +61 3 9905 2525 E: ramesh.rajan@monash.edu W: Rajan Laboratory |  |
| Graduate Research Co-ordinator | Associate Professor Siew Chai T: +61 9905 2515 E: siew.chai@monash.edu W: Chai Laboratory |  |
| Honours Co-convenor | Dr Denuja Karunakaran T: +61 3 9905 2560 E: denuja.karunakaran@monash.edu |  |
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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 Zane Andrews | Andrews Laboratory Neural Control of Energy Homeostasis | Metabolism, Diabetes & Obesity; Neuroscience |
| Dr Nafiseh Atapour | Atapour Group Neural diversity and brain plasticity | Neuroscience |
| Dr Kirsten Bubb | Cardiovascular Disease | |
| Professor Julia Choate | Development & Stem Cells | |
| Professor Michael Cowley | Cowley Laboratory Metabolic neurophysiology | Metabolism, Diabetes & Obesity; Cardiovascular Disease; Neuroscience |
| Associate Professor Siew Chai | Chai Laboratory Insulin-regulated aminopeptidase (IRAP) | Neuroscience; Cardiovascular Disease; Metabolism, Diabetes & Obesity |
| Dr Katrina Mirabito Colafella | Mirabito Colafella Laboratory Molecular and integrative mechanisms of vascular biology | Cardiovascular Disease |
| Professor Kate Denton | Denton Laboratory Hypertension research | Cardiovascular Disease; Development & Stem Cells; Neuroscience |
| Dr Claire Foldi | Foldi Laboratory Neural mechanisms of eating disorders | Metabolism, Diabetes & Obesity; Neuroscience |
| Dr Maureen Hagan | Hagan Group Neural mechanisms of visual behaviour and cognition | Neuroscience |
| Professor Craig Harrison | Harrison and Walton Laboratory Growth factor therapeutics | Metabolism, Diabetes & Obesity; Development & Stem Cells |
| Dr Belinda Henry | Henry Laboratory Metabolic neuroendocrinology | Metabolism, Diabetes & Obesity |
| Associate Professor Wendy Imlach | Imlach Laboratory Pain mechanisms | Neuroscience |
| Lucinda Krause | ||
| Associate Professor Farshad Mansouri | Mansouri Laboratory Cognitive neuroscience | Neuroscience |
| Dr Lee Fletcher | ||
| Dr Joanne Caldwell Odgers | Exercise physiology and environmental health | Cardiovascular Disease |
| Professor Helena Parkington | Neuroscience; Cardiovascular Disease; Metabolism, Diabetes & Obesity | |
| Associate Professor Nicholas Price | Price Laboratory Neural coding for perception | Neuroscience |
| Professor Ramesh Rajan | Rajan Laboratory Sensory information and the brain | Neuroscience; Cardiovascular Disease |
| Associate Professor Remy Robert | Robert Laboratory Therapeutic antibodies for inflammation | Immunity |
| Professor Marcello Rosa | Rosa Laboratory Structure, function and plasticity of the cerebral cortex | Neuroscience |
| Dr Daisuke Shimaoka | Shimaoka Laboratory Constructive approaches to systems neuroscience | Neuroscience |
| Dr Leon Smyth | Leon Smyth Laboratory Neuro-Immune Interactions | Cancer, Neuroscience and Immunity |
| Professor David Spanswick | Spanswick Laboratory Obesity and metabolic neurophysiology | Metabolism, Diabetes & Obesity; Neuroscience |
| Dr Romana Stark | Stark Laboratory Brain glucose regulation group | Metabolism, Diabetes & Obesity |
| Professor Greg Stuart | Neuroscience | |
| Professor Renea Taylor | Prostate cancer research group Prostate cancer research | Cancer; Development & Stem Cells; Metabolism, Diabetes & Obesity |
| Professor Stephen Williams |
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Our education focussed academics
| Name | Area of research |
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| Dr Simone Carron | |
| Associate Professor Julia Choate | Work Integrated Learning (WIL), Embedding professional development in the curriculum, assessment |
| Dr Christine Lee | |
| Dr Michael Leung |