Committee members
President | Vice President | Secretary | Treasurer | Ex-officio Members |
President 
Name:Assoc Prof Michael Hickey (michael.hickey@med.monash.edu.au)
Qualifications: BSc, PhD
Position: NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases,
Monash University Department of Medicine Monash Medical Centre
Research Interests: Dr. Michael Hickey is an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow. His laboratory examines leukocyte recruitment in inflamed tissues, a process which underlies the pathogenesis of most inflammatory diseases. His research examines the control of leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions and leukocyte migration in the inflamed microvasculature, using intravital (in vivo) microscopy to examine the functional microvasculature in models of inflammation. Current diseases examined include contact sensitivity, glomerulonephritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, arthritis and cerebral inflammation. An additional focus is human endothelial cell biology.
Vice President
Name: Dr Lyn Wise (lyn.wise@stonebow.otago.ac.nz)
Qualifications: BSc(Hons) PhD(Otago)
Position: Research Fellow, Dept of Microbiology and Virology, Otago University, New Zealand
Research Interests: Viral virulence and pathogenicity: multi-component manipulation of host physiology. Vascular endothelial growth factor: functional mapping of receptor 1 binding determinants
Past President
Name: Dr Shaun Sandow (Shaun.Sandow@unsw.edu.au)
Qualifications: BSc, PhD
Position: Senior Research Fellow (NHMRC RD Wright Fellow), Department of Pharmacology, University of New South Wales
Research Interests:
Endothelial dysfunction is a primary characteristic of cardiovascular disease. Studies focus on determining mechanisms of endothelial function in health and disease, with a particular emphasis on small resistance vessels. Studies correlate anatomy and function to identify the fundamental pathways that underlie blood vessel function.
Specifically, ultrastructural and confocal immunohistochemistry and electrophysiology, pressure myography and calcium imaging, and Western blotting are used to determine mechanisms that underlie vascular function in health and disease. The overall aim of the lab is to identify novel vascular bed specific drug targets.
Secretary
Name: Associate Professor Colin Carati (colin.carati@flinders.edu.au)
Qualifications: BSc Hons, PhD
Position: , Dept of Anatomy and Histology, School of Medicine, Flinders University
(http://som.flinders.edu.au/FUSA/Anatomy/staff/ColinCarati.htm).
Research Interests:Research interests include the exchange processes between the microcirculation, interstitium and lymphatics and the role of the microcirculation and lymphatics in inflammation and lymphoedema
(http://som.flinders.edu.au/FUSA/Anatomy/MicrocirculationLab/MicrocirculationHome.htm).
Treasurer
Name: Associate Professor James Brock (J.Brock@unsw.edu.au)
Qualifications: BSc Hons, D Phil
Position: NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Research Interests: Investigation is nerve injury induced changes in blood vessel function. Both traumatic injury and disease (e.g. diabetes) can produce partial or complete denervation of the vasculature. These changes are associated with altered tissue perfusion but changes in the reactivity of partially denervated or reinnervated vessels to neural activation are poorly understood. Currently I am using physiological and pharmacological techniques to document and to investigate the changes in vascular function following well-defined nerve injuries.
Ex-officio Members
Name: Associate Professor Michael Perry (m.perry@unsw.edu.au)
Qualifications: BSc, PhD
Position: Associate Professor, University of New South Wales
Research Interests: Gastrointestinal Microcirculation and Inflammation
Name: Professor Tailoi Chan-Ling (tailoi@anatomy.usyd.edu.au)
Qualifications: M Optom, PhD, FAAO
Position: NHMRC Senior Research Fellow & Head, Retinal Biology Lab, Bosch Institute, University of Sydney
Research Interests: Stemming vision loss with heamatopoietic stem cells, Developmental biology of human fetal neural stem cells in regenerative medicine, angiogenesis and vasculogenesis in the formation of human retinal and choroidal vessels, pericyte and smooth muscle cell biology, Pathogenesis of Retinopathy of Prematurity.
Name: Associate Professor Chris Jackson cjackson@med.usyd.edu.au
Qualifications: BSc, PhD
Position: Associate Professor Chris Jackson, PhD, Director, Sutton Arthritis Research Laboratories
Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney
Research Interests:
General committee members
Keren Abberton (abberton@unimelb.edu.au)
Marianne Tare (marianne.tare@med.monash.edu.au)
Alyson Miller (Alyson.Miller@med.monash.edu.au )
New Zealand & State Representatives
NZ: |
Lyn Wise |
ACT: |
Caryl Hill |
NSW: |
Tailoi Chan-Ling |
QLD: |
David Adams |
SA: |
Colin Carati |
VIC: |
Jane Girling |
WA: |
Steve Cringle |
