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Our Team

STAREE Investigators

School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria

Steering Committee:
Professor Sophia Zoungas, Professor John McNeil, Professor Andrew Tonkin, Professor Rory Wolfe, Professor Christopher Reid, Professor Mark Nelson, Professor Lawrie Beilin, Professor Stephen Nicholls, Associate Professor Trevor Chong, Professor Geoffrey Cloud, Dr Stephanie Ward and Professor Anthony Wierzbicki

Chief Investigators:
Professor John McNeil
Professor Andrew Tonkin
Professor Rory Wolfe
Professor Elsdon Storey
Dr Stephanie Ward

Associate Investigators:
Associate Professor Robyn Langham
Dr Andrea Curtis

Other Institutes

Chief Investigator, University of Western Australia:
Professor Lawrie Beilin

Chief Investigator, Australian National University:
Professor Walter Abhayaratna

Chief Investigator, University of Tasmania:
Professor Mark Nelson

Chief Investigator, Curtin University:
Professor Christopher Reid

STAREE Staff

Monash University, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine – Melbourne

Senior Clinical Trial Manager:
Dr Simone Spark

Research and Governance Manager:
Dr Andrea Curtis

Operations Manager:
Zachary Flanagan

Administration Managers:
Kate Vaughan

Medical Officers:
Dr Lavanya Gupta and Dr Chloe Dawson

GP Engagement Officers:
Rhiannon Helson

Participant Engagement Officers:
Rhiannon Helson, Conor Tuke, Marcus Macklin and Sandra Saad

Data Officers/Analyst/Monitoring:
Liudmyla Olenko

Research Support Officers:
Lucy Petric, Lachlan Clyne,  Amily Kolomoisky, Bridget Hollibone, Shavini Ratnayake, Tiffany Huynh, Nhu Cam Nguyen and Ethan Edgar-Jamieson

Administrative Support:
Josephine Tan

Endpoint Officers:
Meghna Bhatt and Rebecca Orth

Monash University, School of Rural Health – Victoria

GP and Participant Engagement Officers:
Emma Silberstein

Monash University, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine – Queensland

Site Lead:
Dr Gary Deed

GP and Participant Engagement Officers:
Claudia Auschra, Jacqueline Amadi, and Merin Paul

University of Tasmania, Menzies Institute for Medical Research

GP and Participant Engagement Officer:
Kym Spathonis

Curtin University, School of Public Health, Western Australia

GP and Participant Engagement Officers:
Sue Critchley, Alison Hodge, and Karen French.

University of Newcastle, School of Medicine and Public Health, New South Wales

Site Lead:
Professor Andrew Boyle

GP and Participant Engagement Officers:
Jodie Lynch and Caroline Hill