Discover our team of experts who are driving our research success
Meet the faces of the NCNED team of researchers, support staff and collaborators who together are working to improve the lives of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID patients.
Program Director
Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik
Professor Marshall-Gradisnik, immunologist, is recognised as the world leader in NK cells and ion channel dysfunction in ME/CFS . In the past ten years she has been successful in attaining over $25 million to enable her research staff, students and post-doctoral research fellows to explore and identify novel immunological and ion channel findings in understanding the pathophysiology of ME/CFS and develop a laboratory diagnostic test.
Media
Focus areas
Ion channel research
Experts: Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik and Dr Natalie Eaton-Fitch
Immunology
Experts: Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik and Dr Natalie Eaton-Fitch
Long Haul COVID
Experts: Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik and Dr Natalie Eaton-Fitch
ME/CFS
Experts: Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Dr Natalie Eaton-Fitch, A/Prof Leighton Barnden, and Dr Kiran Thapaliya
Neuroimaging
Expert: Dr Kiran Thapaliya and Associate Professor Leighton Barnden
Epidemiology and health economics
Expert: Dr Natalie Eaton-Fitch
Disability and NDIS
Steering Committee
- Mr Ross Humphreys (Chair)
- Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik
- Professor Don Staines, Specialist Clinical Collaborator
- Professor Pete Smith
Specialist Clinical Collaborators
- Dr Don Staines, MBBS MPH FAFPHM FAFOEM
- Dr Peter Smith, MBBS FRACP PhD BMedSci
- Dr Richard Kwiatek, MBBS FRACP
- Dr Jennifer Ng, MBBS MRCP FRACP
- Dr James Baraniuk, MD
- Dr James Jarmin, MBBS MRCP FRACP
- Dr Eric Visser, MBBS MRCP FRACP
Centre Staff
Specialist Fundraising Representative
- Mrs Susan Brookes
Director
- Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik
Centre Coordinator
- Ms Kay Schwarz
Administration
- Ms Tania Manning
PhD Study
Study alongside experts in your field PhD and research candidates play an important role in our research efforts at NCNED. Griffith graduates can attain advantageous professional experience as they complete their research degree and support our aim to transform the overall health and wellbeing of our population.
Find all you need to know about research study at Griffith, from degrees to scholarships and how to apply.
HDR scholarships
PhD and research degree scholarships can cover tuition fees, overseas health cover, living allowances paid as stipends and relocation allowances.
Some scholarship opportunities will also be offered throughout the year for particular research areas.
Contact details
- Phone
- (07) 5678 9283
- ncned@griffith.edu.au
- Media enquiries
- media@griffith.edu.au
- Location and postal address
- Mailbox 68, Menzies Health Institute Queensland
- G40 Griffith Health Centre, Level 8.86
- Griffith University, Parklands Drive
- Gold Coast QLD 4222