Education
- Bachelor of Science (Hons), University of Queensland, Australia (1990)
- Doctor of Philosophy (in the field of Medicine), University of Queensland, Australia (1996)
- Graduate Certificate in Education, University of Queensland, Australia (2000)
Employment history
- 2006-current Griffith University
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- Associate Professor
- 1996-2005 University of Queensland, School of Medicine
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- Lecturer (2004-2005)
- Post-doctoral Fellow (1998-2004)
- Research Officer (1996-1997)
- 1998-2005 Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, Princess Alexandra Hospital
- 2001 Team Leader/Visiting Fellow, Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2006-current Honorary Visiting Research Supervisor, Department of Neurology, Princess Alexandra Hospital
- 2006-current Honorary Scientist in Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Awards and honours
- National Carrick Award for Postgraduate Education (with Dr C Manathunga and Dr P Lant, University of Queensland) (2006)
- University of Queensland Award for the Enhancement of Student Learning (Research Student Virtual Portfolio) (2005)
- University of Queensland Commendation for the Enhancement of Student Learning (Research Student Virtual Portfolio) (2004)
- STINT (Stiftelsen for internationalisering av hogre utbildning och forskning - The Swedish Foundation for International Co-operation in Research and Higher Education) Fellowship (2000)
Memberships and affiliations
- Movement Disorders Society (Australia) (2005-current)
- Associate Member Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists (2004-current)
- Australian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (1992-current)
Community activities
- Board of Management: Parkinson’s Australia (2007-2008)
- President Management Committee: Parkinson’s Queensland Incorporated 2007-2008
- Vice-President Management Committee: Parkinson’s Queensland Incorporated (2000-2006)
- Management Committee: Parkinson’s Queensland Incorporated (1999-2008)
- Participant in the “Theo Murphy High Flyers Think Tank 2008 - Preventative Health: Science and Technology in prevention and early detection of disease” (convened by the Australian Academy of Science, Sydney, Nov 2008)
- Panel Member – Better Practice Awards, The Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Ltd (2005)
- Talking Scientist Programme 2008 (Qld Gov) Invited Community Lecture on Scientific Research
- Judge, Oral and Poster, Australian Society for Medical Research, Queensland Postgraduate Research Conference (2006)
- Judging Panel, Queensland Premier’s Awards for Postgraduate Medical Research, Australian Society for Medical Research (2007)
- Chair of Judging Panel, Queensland Premier’s Awards for Postgraduate Medical Research, Australian Society for Medical Research (2011)
Professional services
- Manuscript reviewer: The Lancet, Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, European Journal of Neurology, Neurodegenerative Diseases, BMC Neurology, BMC Medical Genetics, Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research; American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics); Annals of Neurology; European Journal of Human Genetics; Human Molecular Genetics; Human Mutation; Journal of Neural Transmission; Journal of Neuroscience Methods; Journal of the Neurological Sciences; Movement Disorders; Neuroscience Letters; Pharmacogenetics and Genomics. PLoSOne, Disease Markers, Journal of Molecular Medicine
- Thesis Examiner: University of New South Wales; University of Sydney; University of Queensland.
- Grant Assessor: NHMRC (2002-2010); ARC (National Reader 2010); The Parkinson’s Disease Society UK (2008-2009); The Health Research Board of Ireland and Ageing Research London Fellowships Scheme; Alzheimer’s Australia (2002-2008).