Staff, Students and Monash Collaborators
Meet the Bone and Muscle Research Group
Researchers
Professional and Academic Support Staff
Executive Assistant Ms Ruth Fantozzi provides high-level Executive Assistant support to Professor Peter Ebeling in his role as the Head of the Department of Medicine, as well as for his role as Chair of the Division of Medicine at Monash Health. In 2017 she was recognised for her outstanding work – winning the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Administration. Find out more about Ms Ruth Fantozzi |
Research Co-ordinator Mx Cat Shore-Lorenti completed a Master of Philosophy in endocrinology and epidemiology in 2015 whilst also working part-time as a Research Assistant on projects centred around musculoskeletal health in older adults – community members and hospital patients. She is the Clinical Trials
Coordinator for the Bone and Muscle Research Group.
Mx Shore-Lorenti also manages the Clinical Imaging Service, providing access to inexpensive DXA, HR-pQCT and pQCT for researchers external to our group. If you would like to incorporate the Service into your research, email: med-bmrg@monash.edu |
Research Assistant Mr Colin Chen |
Research Assistant Ms Vanessa Gan |
Research Assistant Mr Chen Wang |
Students
PhD Students
Ms Lucy Collins |
Dr Gabrielle Stokes is a final year endocrinology trainee at Monash Health and a PhD candidate under A/Prof Frances Milat with the Bone and Muscle Research Group at Monash University. Her research focuses on the assessment and management of osteoporosis following an ischaemic stroke, focusing on clinical interventions to prevent fractures and disability. |
Dr Simon Zhang |
Honours student
- Mystica Jude
Alumni
- Ms Carol Alonso
- Ms Mavil Cervo
- Ms Anoohya Gandham
- Dr Amar Lakhani
- Dr Lachlan McMillan
- Mr Jakub Mesinovic
- Ms Carrie-Anne Ng
- Dr Eleanor Thong
- Mr Theo Di Pauli von Treuheim
Visiting Scientists
- Carol Daniela Alonso Gonzalez (2019): National University of Colombia
- Juan Diego Pena Rodriguez (2019): National University of Colombia
- Luisa Fernanda Rubio Pachon (2022): National University of Colombia
- Camila Andrea Rodriguez Gaitan (2022): National University of Colombia
- Cristian Andres Pena Rodriguez (2022): National University of Colombia
- Prof Dominik Schulte (2023) - University of Kiel, Germany
Monash Health Collaborators
- Professor Peter Fuller, AM NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow
- Associate Professor Amanda Vincent Adjunct Research Fellow
- Dr Phillip Wong NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow
- Dr Anne Trinh Monash Health Endocrinologist
- Dr Wei-Ling Chiu PhD student
National Collaborators
- Dr Shoshana Sztal-Mazer, Alfred Health
- Associate Professor Christopher Yates, University of Melbourne
- Professor Richard Sinnott, University of Melbourne
- Associate Professor Rory Clifton-Bligh, University of Sydney
- Dr Christian Girgis, University of Sydney
- Professor Louise Maple-Brown, Menzies Institute of Medical Research, Darwin
International Collaborators
- Professor M Carola Zillikens, Erasmus University
- Professor Rajesh Thakker, May Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford
- Associate Professor Kate Ward, University of Southampton
- Professor Bo Abrahamsen, University of Southern Denmark