PROJECT AIR - Key Persons


Aidan Sims

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Senior Professor Aidan Sims

Ailie Perich

Job Titles:
  • Strategy Implementation Officer ( Queensland )

Aimee Wall

Job Titles:
  • Senior Integrity & Ethics Officer
Advice on complex integrity and human ethics issues; integrity and ethics policy development; investigation of allegations of research misconduct.

Ainslie Tweedie

Job Titles:
  • Relationship and Systems Coordinator

Alex Reszelska

Job Titles:
  • Media & Public Relations Specialist

Alison Soutter

Job Titles:
  • Manager Regional Psychological Services, FACS - CS ( 2013 - 14 ) Professor Jane Stein - Parbury, Professor of Nursing, UTS ( 2010 - 11 )

Anastasia Korlimbinis

Job Titles:
  • Officer

Anna Morris

Job Titles:
  • Director, Child Wellbeing, Dept Education & Communities ( 2013 - 14 ) Professor Louise O'Brien, Academic Advisor ( 2009 - 2013 )

Anthony Wotring

Job Titles:
  • Training and Development Support

Ben Long

Job Titles:
  • Media & Public Relations Manager

Bo Zheng

Job Titles:
  • Candidate Liaison Coordinator

Bradley Morgan

Job Titles:
  • Director, COPMI, National Initiative

Brin Grenyer

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Carla Wiehahn

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Research Operations Coordinator

Caroline McCulley

Job Titles:
  • Ethics Officer / Executive Support to Health and Medical and Social Sciences Human Ethics Committees, Contact for Issues and Applications

Catherine Brown

Job Titles:
  • Candidate Liaison Officer ( Mid - Candidature )

Chris Willcox

Job Titles:
  • Specialist Service Advisor, Hunter New England ( 2010 - 2013 ) Professor Kay Wilhelm, Psychiatry UNSW and St Vincent 's Hospital ( 2010 - 13 )

Christine Russell

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Research Operations Coordinator

Clair Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Director of Nursing & Deputy Director of Mental Health Services, Sydney LHD ( 2014 - 15 )

David Coyne

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Clinical Governance and Innovation, FACS - ADHC ( 2013 - 14 )

David Malins

Job Titles:
  • Education and Learning Coordinator

Debbie Marriott

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Senior Executive

Deborah Loveday

Job Titles:
  • Commercial Contracts Officer
As Commercial Contracts Officer, Deborah is responsible for the contractual administration of all routine commercial research activities at UOW including Contract Research, Consultancy and Collaborative Research activities. Deborah works closely with UOW Researchers to provide advice and guidance on University policies and procedures, and facilitates the negotiation of contract terms that are mutually beneficial to both the Industry Partner and the University.

Denny Nesbitt

Job Titles:
  • Entrepreneurship Learning Specialist

Dr Aaron Burton

Job Titles:
  • Researcher: Health and Society

Dr Adrian Keller

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Director, Justice Health ( 2008 - 2013 )

Dr Amanda Gigliotti - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Dr Amy Chan

Job Titles:
  • Community Member

Dr Anna Sidis

Job Titles:
  • Researcher: Clinical Psychology

Dr Anthony McKnight

Job Titles:
  • Researcher: Education

Dr Benjamin Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Researcher: Microbiology

Dr Caitlin Keighley

Job Titles:
  • Researcher: Clinical Psychology

Dr Cammi Webb-Gannon

Job Titles:
  • Pastoral Member

Dr Della Maneze

Job Titles:
  • Pastoral Member

Dr George Tomka

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Senior Manager Business Development
  • Senior Manager, Innovation & Commercial Research
  • Senior Manager, Innovation & Commercial Research Unit
George taps into over 25 years of international experience achieving successful outcomes across business, government and research, to ensure that UOW's innovative capabilities have lasting value and are accessible to companies. George leads ICRU, engaging with researchers and our networks to maximise the opportunities and build mutually beneficial relationships.

Dr Hassan Hosseinzadeh

Job Titles:
  • Researcher: Dubai, Nursing

Dr Ibrahim Alananzeh

Job Titles:
  • Researcher

Dr Jennifer Algie

Job Titles:
  • Researcher: Education

Dr Jeri Childers


Dr Judy Pickard

Job Titles:
  • Researcher: Public Health

Dr Kara Vine-Perrow

Job Titles:
  • WHS Representative

Dr Lynette Cronin

Job Titles:
  • Researcher: Education

Dr Lynn Sheridan

Job Titles:
  • Researcher: Media Arts, Digital Media, and Media Communications

Dr Malcolm France

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Institutional Biosafety Committee

Dr Marcia Fogarty

Job Titles:
  • Representative of Mental Health Clinical Advisory Council ( 2010 - 13 )

Dr Monica Birrento

Job Titles:
  • Manager - NHMRC & Medical Grants / Co
Co-ordinate external and internal health and medical research funding initiatives. Strategic advice to clients applying for research funds. Post-award grant management.

Dr Natalia Hanley

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Chair
  • Research Integrity Advisor Network Representative

Dr Nicholas Deutscher

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee

Dr Paul Di Pietro - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Associate Deans Research ( or Delegate )

Dr Sandra Sujic

Job Titles:
  • Drug and Alcohol Service Advisor

Dr Scott Clark

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Director, Mental Health Drug & Alcohol Service, Western NSW LHD ( 2014 - 15 )

Dr Smriti Jaiswal

Job Titles:
  • Researcher

Dr Tamantha Stutchbury

Job Titles:
  • Accelerate Director

Dr Thomas Griffiths

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Major Research Investments
Coordination and management of strategic and major research investments. Strategic advice for applications to specialist and strategic research programs from the ARC, NHRMC, MRFF, government and international funders. Post-award grant management.

Eileen McDonald

Job Titles:
  • Carer Representative and Advocate

Elizabeth Brooks

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Research Operations Coordinator

Elizabeth Dale

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Elizabeth Rowe

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Research Operations Coordinator

Emily Keough

Job Titles:
  • Training and Development Coordinator

Eric Winch

Job Titles:
  • Aboriginal Employment Strategy Advisor

Erin Smith

Job Titles:
  • Scholarships and Progression Coordinator

Francine Cox

Job Titles:
  • Thesis Examination Officer

Gandhi Jayanti

Gandhi Jayanti is an event celebrated in India to mark the birthday of famous freedom fighter, Mahatma Gandhi. It is celebrated annually on 2 October, and is one of the three national holidays of India.

Genevieve Gatt

Job Titles:
  • Media & Public Relations Specialist

Gurleen Kaur

Job Titles:
  • Research Grants and Development Officer

Hilena Allen

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Research Operations Coordinator

India Glyde

Job Titles:
  • Media & Public Relations Specialist

Jane Davis

Job Titles:
  • Media & Public Relations Specialist

Janice Carroll

Job Titles:
  • Director Intensive Support Services, FACS - CS ( 2013 - 14 )

Jo O'Brien

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Senior Executive

Joanna Harrison

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to Director

John Kerr

Job Titles:
  • Program and Community Manager

Jonathan Harms

Job Titles:
  • CEO Mental Health Carers ARAFMI NSW

Julie Evans

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the Director

Karina Whitehurst

Job Titles:
  • Consumer Advisor, SES LHD

Karla House

Job Titles:
  • Administration Officer

Kate Kang

Job Titles:
  • Candidate Liaison Officer ( Commencement & Mid - Candidature )

Kate Mayhew

Job Titles:
  • Media & Public Relations Specialist

Kerry Duff

Job Titles:
  • Intellectual Property Administration Officer
Kerry provides support to the Technology Transfer Office as well as assisting the ICR team with administration, record management services. Kerry supports UOW commercialisation and commercial research business development activities, which includes patent administration and intellectual property workflow.

Kevin Harris

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Chief Executive, Operations, Juvenile Justice ( 2013 - 14 )

Kim Gray

Job Titles:
  • Major Research Investments Officer
Support for major funding bids for specialist and strategic research programs from the ARC, NHRMC, MRFF, federal and state governments and international funders. Support for internal major research programs and funding initiatives. Post-award grant management for ongoing administration of funded projects.

Kim Noble

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to Director

Kirsty Greatz

Job Titles:
  • Officer

Kylie Pillon

Job Titles:
  • Consumer Advisor, NSW Consumer Advisory Group

Lara Duggan

Job Titles:
  • Scholarship and Progression Officer

Laura Chekli

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Research Operations Coordinator

Lauren Milner

Job Titles:
  • Candidate Liaison Officer ( Commencement )

Lil Miller

Job Titles:
  • Ethics Admin Officer
General ethics enquiries, provides administrative support to the weekly HREC meetings, maintains ethics database, filing and document tracking systems.

Lisa Slater

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Lisa Speelman

Job Titles:
  • Research Grants Administrator
This position's primary purpose is to provide administrative assistance and support to the Research Grants and Development Team and academic staff in the submission of grant and fellowship applications and post-award administration of grants and fellowships

Liz Ragen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to Directors

Louise Vandenberg

Job Titles:
  • Research Grants and Development Officer

Lucas Hughes

Job Titles:
  • Manager ARC & Non - Medical Grants
Responsible for the pre- and post-award management of grants including coordinating critical submission processes, negotiation of grant agreements with funding agencies, industry partners and other organisations, and ensuring that grant holders meet funding agency reporting requirements. Identification and promotion of funding opportunities and providing strategic advice to UOW staff on the development of their research proposals.

Lucky Wuwung


Mabo Day

Mabo Day marks the anniversary of the High Court of Australia's judgement in 1992 in the Mabo case. This is a day of particular significance for Torres Strait Islander Australians. Eddie ‘Koiki' Mabo's name is synonymous with native title rights. His story began in May 1982 when he and fellow Murray (Mer) Islanders David Passi, Sam Passi, James Rice and Celuia Salee instituted a claim in the High Court for native title to the Murray (Mer) Islands in the Torres Strait. The decision overturned a legal fiction that Australia was terra nullius (a land belonging to no one) at the time of British colonisation.

Maree Glancy

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant Support to Paul Di Pietro
Maree provides Executive Assistant support to Paul Di Pietro and Tamantha Stutchbury, as well as assisting with the iAccelerate team and operations.

Megan Powley


Melanie Randle

Job Titles:
  • Senior Professor

Melissa Clements

Job Titles:
  • Director, Disability, Learning and Support, Dept Education & Communities ( 2013 - 14 )

Mia Fedele

Job Titles:
  • Candidate Liaison Officer ( Project Support )

Michael Lerch

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Senior Professor Michael Lerch

Mirella Dottori

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, UOW / ISLHD Human Research Ethics Committee ( Social Sciences )
  • Professor

Monika Oakman

Job Titles:
  • Research Systems Analyst

Mr Abhilash Vijayan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • System Reporting & Analytics Coordinator, GRS
  • Systems, Reporting and Analytics Coordinator

Mr Ben Hession

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer

Mr Blake Preston

Job Titles:
  • Facilities Management Division

Mr Brad Dixon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Associate Director, Infrastructure Services, IMTS

Mr Craig Muller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Associate Director, Research & Learning, Library

Mr Dylan Bardsley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Senior Manager, Data Culture & Transformation, DnA

Mr Matthew Perry

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Chief Information Digital Officer, IMTS
  • Director, Graduate Research School
  • UOW Global Enterprises Representative As Invited by the DVC ( RSF )

Mr Ray Coury

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Chief Data & Analytics Officer, DnA

Mr Steffan Bale

Job Titles:
  • Information Management and Technology Services ( IMTS ) Representative

Mr Stuart Creal

Job Titles:
  • Director, Science Space

Mr Timothy Llewellyn

Job Titles:
  • Researcher

Mr William Daley

Job Titles:
  • Professional Carer

Ms Ann Hollifield

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Research Business Applications Manager
  • Research Business Applications Manager, RSO

Ms Carolynne Macdonald

Job Titles:
  • Community Member

Ms Claire Carter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Associate Director, Research Analytics & Systems Chair
  • Associate Director, Research Analytics, Systems and Support

Ms Della Carmichael

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Research Reporting & Analytics Manager, RSO

Ms Eve Steinke

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Research Integrity & Ethics
  • Higher Degree Research ( HDR ) Student Representative
Strategic direction of Research Integrity and Ethics unit activities; Integrity and Ethics policy and training development; Research Integrity queries and investigations; Defence Export Controls and Sanctions permit applications.

Ms Jaymee Beveridge

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Indigenous Strategy and Engagement

Ms Jennifer Brodie

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Portfolio Manager, Infrastructure, Research & Library, IMTS

Ms Karen Lovasz

Job Titles:
  • Manager Strategic Projects
  • Manager Strategic Projects, Research Services Office
Support the strategic activities of the Director, Research Services Office and Deputy-Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation), and provide high level support in the management, strategy and administration of the Research Services Office.

Ms Kathleen Packer

Job Titles:
  • Facilities Management Division ( FMD ) Representative

Ms Katie Cicero

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Chair
  • Nominee

Ms Leanne Webster

Job Titles:
  • Finance and Infrastructure Committee ( FIC ) Representative

Ms Lia Sherwood

Job Titles:
  • Director, Research Services Office
  • Research Development and Impact Manager

Ms Linda Wright

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer

Ms Lisa Kilgariff

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, UOW / ISLHD Human Research Ethics Committee ( Health & Medical )

Ms Lisa Simmons

Job Titles:
  • Research Services Office ( RSO )
  • Senior Manager, Faculty Research Operations

Ms Penny Cross

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Chairman of the Research Data Management Working Group
  • Research Data Management Project Manager

Ms Rochelle Waren

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer
  • Ethics Officer / Executive Support to Ethics Committees. First Contact for: Animal Ethics Committee and Institutional Biosafety Committee
All correspondence for the IBC is to be sent to: uow-biosafety@uow.edu.au

Ms Sharon Martin

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Chair of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Director of the Research Services Office or Delegate
  • Director, Research Services Office
  • Director, Research Services Office ( or Nominee )
  • Manages Research Grants and Data Information. Strategic Research Planning, Promotion and Reporting. Executive Support to University Research Committee
  • Manages Research Grants, Ethics and Data Information. Strategic Research Planning, Promotion and Reporting. Executive Support to University Research Committee

Ms Sunny Skipp

Job Titles:
  • Director, Governance Unit ( or Nominee )

Ms Tammy Small

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Graduate Research

Ms Tanya Barton-Saad

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to Dean, Researcher Development
  • Minutes Secretary

Murray Green

Job Titles:
  • Research Performance Analyst
  • Vacant - Research Reporting and Analytics Manager

Myra Craig

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Statewide Services, FACS - CS ( 2013 - 14 )

Narelle Badger

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support
  • Assistant to Director

Natalie Asquith


Natalie Watson

Job Titles:
  • Consumer Representative

Nicole Murfitt

Job Titles:
  • Research Grants and Development Officer

Nicole Smith

Job Titles:
  • Campus Manager

Nikolina Panovski

Job Titles:
  • Major Research Investments Officer
Support for major funding bids of large, specialist and strategic research programs from the ARC, NHRMC, MRFF, federal and state governments and international funders. Support for internal major research programs and funding initiatives. Post-award grant management for ongoing administration of funded projects.

Noha Sutton

Job Titles:
  • Family Focussed Recovery Program Manager, MH - Children & Young People ( 2014 - 15 )

Pat Frencham

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer

Patricia M. Davidson

Job Titles:
  • UOW Vice - Chancellor
  • Watch Vice - Chancellor
UOW Vice-Chancellor Professor Patricia M. Davidson said everyone in the UOW community and people all around the world have the right to live and work in environments free from discrimination and persecution. "UOW is committed to providing a respectful workplace where everyone feels safe, valued and respected," Professor Davidson said.

Pauline Kelly

Job Titles:
  • Director, Community Capacity, Aboriginal Affairs, Dept Education & Communities ( 2013 - 14 )

Pauline McGuirk

Job Titles:
  • Senior Professor

Peter Heggie

Job Titles:
  • Carer Advisor, ARAFMI

Prof David Currow

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Deputy Vice - Chancellor
  • Deputy Vice - Chancellor ( Research and Sustainable Futures )
  • Professor
Professor David Currow FAHMS is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Health and Sustainable Futures) at the University of Wollongong. He is also currently Interim Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation). He is the former Chief Cancer Officer, New South Wales and the Chief Executive Officer of the Cancer Institute, NSW, the state's cancer control agency. The agency responsible for prevention, screening, improved cancer services, and funding of research infrastructure. Before this, David was the foundation Chief Executive Officer of Cancer Australia, the Australian Government's cancer control agency. He is a previous president of Palliative Care Australia and, separately, the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia. In 2015, David received the Tom Reeve National Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cancer Care from the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia. David is a widely published academic with research in symptom control, population burden of symptoms and health services research. He held the chair of Supportive and Palliative Care at Flinders University and more recently of Palliative Medicine at the University of Technology Sydney. David co-founded the Australian National Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (the first point-of-care national data collection for quality improvement in palliative care in the world) and the principle investigator of the national Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (the world's largest phase II and III clinical trials team in palliative care globally).

Prof Guangming Jiang

Job Titles:
  • Associate Prof Guangming Jiang
  • Professor

Prof Haibo Yu

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee

Prof Marijka Batterham

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Researcher

Prof Simon Moss

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair of the HPC Steering Committee
  • Dean of Graduate Research
  • Director, Graduate Research School

Rangika Samaraweera


Rebecca Clark

Job Titles:
  • Tenders and Contracts Officer
As Tenders and Contracts Officer, Rebecca is responsible for supporting researchers in the submission of all tenders processed by the Research Services Office and upon successful award of the tender, ensuring the contracts are completed and executed correctly. Rebecca provides detailed tender advice in conjunction with the Legal Services Unit and Finance to stakeholders in the University, and ensures that tenders submitted meet the contractual requirements to achieve successful outcomes for the University. Rebecca also assists the Commercial Contracts team with processing of Contract Research, Consultancy, Collaboration and other template Agreements as required.

Rebecca Duldig

Job Titles:
  • Business Development and Initiatives Manager

Richard Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor

Ryah Perkiss

Job Titles:
  • Research Integrity Officer

Sabine Holz

Job Titles:
  • Ethics Admin Officer
General ethics enquiries, provides administrative support to the weekly HREC meetings, maintains ethics database, filing and document tracking systems.

Sachi Yasuda

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to Graduate Research Leadership Team

Samuel Green

Job Titles:
  • Engagement and Support Officer

Sarah Lisle

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Research Entities

Sarah Toole

Job Titles:
  • Animal Welfare Officer
Animal welfare issues, veterinary support, compliance issues or concerns, animal welfare training, assistance with animal ethics applications.

Scott Snaidero

Job Titles:
  • Industry and Community Partnership Coordinator
Scott leverages his extensive experience in business development, financial management and stakeholder engagement to identify and assist researchers pursue commercial research tender funding opportunities and build capacity and capability in their own stakeholder engagement approach.

Sharon Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor
  • Senior Professor
Senior Professor Robinson will focus on the research leadership framework, researcher development and recognition, and the equity diversity research agenda.

Stefan Delfgou

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Research Grants & Development
Support for Research Strengths and Centres. Support and development of funding diversification in priority areas (health & medical; international). Strategic advice and support for Fellowship applicants.

Stephanie Leary

Job Titles:
  • Consumer Advisor, SANE

Stuart Kaye

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor

Stuart Parker

Job Titles:
  • Commercial Research Manager
As Commercial Research Manager, Stuart is responsible for management of commercial research activities at UOW. Providing advice and guidance across University policies and procedures, Stuart facilitates contractual negotiations between UOW and Industry Partners for Contract Research, Collaborative Research and Consultancy activities.

Susan Daly

Job Titles:
  • NSW Health Senior Policy Officer

Tania Skippen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, MH - Children & Young People ( 2014 - Current )

Viet Hoang Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Systems, Reporting and Analytics Officer

Vince Ponzio

Job Titles:
  • Director, Integrated Services Program, FACS - ADHC and Justice Health ( 2013 - 14 )

Yogesh Bhatia

Job Titles:
  • Media & Public Relations Specialist

Zahra Shahbazian

Job Titles:
  • Senior Business Initiatives Manager
Zahra leverages her extensive experience with local and NSW industry to identify areas of common strategic research between Industry Partners and UOW staff focussed on translations research and commercialisation. Zahra is specialised in all NSW and Federal funding scheme and is particularly focused on engaging agile SME partners.

Zoe Wulff

Job Titles:
  • Ethics Officer / Executive Support to Health and Medical and Social Sciences Human Ethics Committees, Contact for Issues and Applications