Child Health Research Centre

Our people

Executive Office

  • Professor Craig Munns

    Centre Director of Child Health Research Centre & Director, Child Health Research Centre and Head of Mayne Academy of Paediatrics
    Child Health Research Centre
    Affiliate of Centre for Extracellular Vesicle Nanomedicine
    Centre for Extracellular Vesicle Nanomedicine
    Affiliate of Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre
    Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre

  • Dr Annie Chen

    Centre Manager
    Child Health Research Centre

CHRC Research Group Leaders Committee

  • Professor Craig Munns

    Centre Director of Child Health Research Centre & Director, Child Health Research Centre and Head of Mayne Academy of Paediatrics
    Child Health Research Centre
    Affiliate of Centre for Extracellular Vesicle Nanomedicine
    Centre for Extracellular Vesicle Nanomedicine
    Affiliate of Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre
    Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre
  • Amanda Ullman

    Professor Amanda Ullman

    Prof. & Chair of Paediatric Nursing
    School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
    Executive Committee Member
    Child Health Research Centre

  • Professor Di Yu

    Professorial Research Fellow
    Frazer Institute
    Chair in Paediatric Immunotherapy
    Child Health Research Centre
    Centre Director of Ian Frazer Centre for Childhood Immunotherapy Research
    Ian Frazer Centre for Children's Immunotherapy Research

  • Dr Diane Maresco-Pennisi

    Research Development Manager
    Research Strategy and Support (Medicine)

  • Dr Dwan Vilcins

    Research Fellow (Environmental Scientist)
    Child Health Research Centre

  • Dr Emma McLennan

    Principal Research Development Officer
    Research Strategy and Support (Medicine)

  • Dr Enda Byrne

    Senior Research Fellow
    Child Health Research Centre
  • Gulam Khandaker

    Dr Gulam Khandaker

    Adjunct Associate Professor
    Child Health Research Centre

  • Professor James Scott

    Honorary Professor & Conjoint Professor in Child and Youth Psychiatry
    Child Health Research Centre
    Affiliate of Parenting and Family Support Centre
    Parenting and Family Support Centre

  • Dr Jasneek Chawla

    Kids Sleep Research Group Leader & Principal Research Fellow (Secondment) & ATH - Associate Professor
    Child Health Research Centre
    Associate Professor/Specialist
    Children's Health Queensland Clinical Unit
    Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Specialist
    Queensland Children's Hospital
    Affiliate of ARC COE for the Digital Child (UQ Node)
    ARC COE for the Digital Child

  • Associate Professor Jennifer Koplin

    Principal Research Fellow
    Child Health Research Centre

  • Professor Karen Barlow

    Chair in Paediatric Rehabilitation & Conjoint Chair in Paediatric Rehabilitation
    Child Health Research Centre
    Affiliate Associate Professor of School of Biomedical Sciences
    School of Biomedical Sciences
    Affiliate of Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre
    Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre

  • Dr Kelvin Tuong

    Senior Research Fellow & Affiliate of Child Health Research Centre
    Child Health Research Centre
    Affiliate Senior Research Fellow of Frazer Institute
    Frazer Institute
    Affiliate of Ian Frazer Centre for Childhood Immunotherapy Research
    Ian Frazer Centre for Children's Immunotherapy Research

  • Associate Professor Kristen Gibbons

    Senior Epidemiologist
    Child Health Research Centre

  • Associate Professor Leanne Sakzewski

    Principal Research Fellow
    Child Health Research Centre
    Affiliate of Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre
    Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre

  • Dr Natasha Reid

    Senior Research Fellow
    Child Health Research Centre

  • Professor Paul Jagals

    Director, WHOCC for CH&E
    Child Health Research Centre

  • Professor Paul Robinson

    Conjoint Professor in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
    Child Health Research Centre

  • Professor Peter Sly

    Group Leader - Health and Environment/Respiratory Research & NHMRC Leadership Fellow
    Child Health Research Centre
    Member Lead
    Broken Hill Health Advisory Panel

  • Professor Roslyn Boyd

    Scientific Director, QCPRRC & NHMRC Leadership Fellow
    Child Health Research Centre
    Affiliate of Centre for Extracellular Vesicle Nanomedicine
    Centre for Extracellular Vesicle Nanomedicine
    Centre Director of Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre
    Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre

  • Professor Stewart Trost

    Affiliate of Child Health Research Centre
    Child Health Research Centre
    Professorial Research Fellow
    School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
    Affiliate of Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation
    Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation
    Affiliate of Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre
    Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre

  • Dr Tamara Blake

    Research Fellow (Respiratory Physiology) & Respiratory Scientist
    Child Health Research Centre

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