Office Bearers and Council
PRESIDENT
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Professor Peter Croucher
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Head of Division Peter undertook his undergraduate and PhD training at the University College Cardiff and the University of Wales College of Medicine. He did post-doctoral training in the Department of Medicine and LMB in Cambridge before moving to the Department of Human Metabolism and Clinical Biochemistry in Sheffield where he became a Leukeamia Research Fund Bennett Senior Research Fellow. In 2001 he moved to the Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences at Oxford University as a Senior Research Fellow. Peter returned to Sheffield in 2003 as Professor of Bone Biology. In 2009 Peter was appointed the inaugural joint Direct of the Mellanby Center for Bone Research and the Head of the Department of Human Metabolism, at the University of Sheffield. Peter joined the Garvan Institute in December 2011 as Head of the Osteoporosis and Bone Program and now leads the Division. Peter’s research interests are in understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for physiological and pathological regulation of the skeleton. He has a particular interest in osteoporosis and tumours that grow in bone such as multiple myeloma, or those that metastasise to bone, including breast and prostate cancer. |
PRESIDENT ELECT
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Associate Professor Natalie Sims
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St Vincents' Institute Associate Director, St. Vincent’s Institute, Melbourne, Australia Assoc. Prof. Natalie Sims directs the Bone Cell Biology and Disease Unit at St. Vincent’s |
TREASURER
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Associate Professor Nathan J. Pavlos
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Head, Cellular Orthopaedic Laboratory Tel:+61-8-9346-2083 Associate Professor Nathan Pavlos completed his PhD at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Western Australia in 2005. He was a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis USA and carried out his post-doctoral training in the Department of Neurobiology at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Gottingen, Germany as a NHMRC CJ Martin (Biomedical) Research Fellow (2007-2010). He returned to UWA in 2010 and currently heads the Cellular Orthopaedic Laboratory within the Centre for Orthopaedic Research. His research interests include deciphering the molecular machinery of bone cells with particular emphasis on bone-resorbing osteoclasts. His current research is supported by the NHMRC and he has been a past recipient of several local and international awards including the Roger Merlick Young Investigator Award (ANZBMS), Webster Jee Young Investigator Award (ICHTS) and Raine Research Prize. Current appointments: Scientific Involvement: |
HONORARY SECRETARY
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Associate Professor Paul H Anderson
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Head, Musculoskeletal Biology Research and BioTest Facility Associate Professor Paul Anderson is Head of the Musculoskeletal Biology Research Laboratory and BioTest Facility at the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences and runs a pre-clinical musculoskeletal assessment facility providing research for the government and private-sector. Paul's broad area of research and expertise is in the development of strategies for preventing and treating bone diseases and fractures. His activity includes investigations in to the nutritional, hormonal and molecular control of bone health; clinical trials of fracture prevention and healing; and novel anabolic and anti-microbial orthopaedic medical devices. His research in the field of endocrinology includes the identifying novel therapeutic activities of vitamin D in bone health, as well as cancer prevention and improved pregnancy outcomes. Professional Membership: Australia and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society; Australian Society for Medical Research; American Society for Bone and Mineral Research; International Society of Bone Morphometry; Adelaide Bone Group Council ; Alliance of Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity; Healthy Development Adelaide. Scientific Involvement (selected): Australian Health and Medical Research Congress Committee (2012); Bone Health Foundation Research Advisory Committee (2014 -); Clare Bone Valley scientific meeting organising committee (2012 -); NHMRC Panelist: ('09, '10, '13, '14, '16, '17, '18) |
COUNCIL MEMBER
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Professor Robin Daly
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Professor Robin Daly completed his PhD in the Department of Anatomy and Physiology at RMIT University in 1998 and was awarded an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship in 2001 at Deakin University followed by a 5-year NHMRC Career Development Award in 2006. From 2008-2010 he was the Principal Scientist and Director of Research within the Department of Medicine at Western Health, The University of Melbourne. In 2011 he was recruited back to Deakin University as Professor and Chair of Exercise and Ageing. He has over 20 years of experience in conducting human clinical and translational intervention trials and epidemiological research to evaluate the role of exercise and nutrition for preventing and managing common musculoskeletal disorders such as osteoporosis, sarcopenia, falls and fracture. He is also interested in health issues related to vitamin D deficiency (and treatment), dietary protein, chronic low-grade systemic inflammation, prostate cancer (androgen deprivation therapy) and the translation of evidence-based research into practice. Professional Membership
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COUNCIL MEMBER
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Dr Allison Pettit
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Mater Research Institute-UQ Dr Pettit is a Senior Research Fellow leading the Bone and Immunology Research Group at Mater Research Institute-UQ. Her current research activity examines the complex and diverse interactions between bone and immune cells (osteoimmunology). This work is based on her research team’s discovery of osteal tissue macrophage (osteomac) and demonstration of their contributions to bone homeostasis and repair. Extensions of this work that are also being actively investigated include osteomac/macrophage regulation of hematopoiesis and involvement in cancer metastasis in bone. She completed a PhD in 2000 at The University of Queensland’s Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research and subsequently undertook postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School before returning to Australia. She has contributed over 50 original scientific publications spanning areas of immunology, arthritis, bone biology, osteoporosis, transplantation, cancer and stem cell biology. She has been awarded numerous fellowships and distinctions throughout her career and has a strong track record in research higher degree supervision and academic service. |
COUNCIL MEMBER
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Professor Jillian Cornish
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University of Auckland Professor Cornish leads the Skeletal Biology Research Group in University of Auckland, New Zealand. Dr Cornish’s group investigates factors that are anabolic to bone cells, cartilage and tendon cells for which they hold international patents. The group has established numerous in vitro and in vivo models in skeletal biology and developed a keen interest in skeletal regenerative medicine. She has received prestigious awards, including the 2014 Paula Stern Achievement Award, (American Society of Bone and Mineral Research) and 2014 Career Achievement Award, (Australia and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society) and she has served on editorial boards and boards of the International Bone and Mineral Society, International Society of Bone Morphometry and is a past-president of Australia and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society. |
COUNCIL MEMBER
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Professor Mark Forwood
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Griffith University Gold Coast Professor Forwood was appointed as the Foundation Chair of Anatomy at Griffith University in 2009, and Head, School of Medical Science in 2013. His laboratory studies skeletal adaptation, mechanotransduction and bone quality, funded by grants from National Health and Medical Research Council. He was a NHMRC Fellow at Indiana University with David Burr and Charles Turner at IUPUI from 1991-1994. Following his Fellowship, Prof Forwood returned to the The University of Queensland, where he continued his research in skeletal biology and taught gross and musculoskeletal anatomy. His laboratory continues to study skeletal biology, bone remodeling in fracture repair and optimisation of sterilisation conditions for bone allografts. Prof Forwood has been continually funded by NHMRC from 1996-2017. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the International Bone and Mineral Society until 2017, the Editorial Board of Bone and a section editor for Current Osteoporosis Reports. In 2016, he was elected as a Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
COUNCIL MEMBER
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Professor Mark Cooper
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University of Sydney, Anzac Research Institute Mark Cooper is Prof of Medicine and Head of Medicine at the Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney. He heads the Adrenal Steroid Lab at the ANZAC Research Institute. Until 2012 he was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, UK. and metabolic bone physician at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, one of the largest orthopaedic hospitals in Europe. His clinical and research interests include adrenal steroid physiology and metabolic bone disease. In particular, he examines the role that glucocorticoid metabolism plays in normal physiology, inflammatory arthritis and glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis. He was previously the Bertram Abraham’s Lecturer in Physiology at the Royal College of Physicians of London. He has served on committees for the ASBMR and ECTS. He continues to combine a clinical practice with a basic/translational research group. |
COUNCIL MEMBER
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Professor Emma L Duncan
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MBBS(Hons Class 1) FRCP FRACP PhD LMusA Prof Emma Duncan is a Pre-Eminent Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital; Adjunct Professor, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology; and Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland. Mailing Address RBWH Switch board: +61 7 3646 8111 RBWH Fax number: +61 7 36467809 Email:emma.duncan@qut.edu.au Prof Duncan graduated in medicine with first class honours from the University of Sydney in 1992. Moving to the UK in 1994, she completed her MRCP and undertook her doctoral studies into the genetics of osteoporosis at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford in collaboration with the Open University. She was appointed locum Consultant at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism in 2004. She returned to Australia in 2005, initially to the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, before appointment to her current position at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in 2010. Since her undergraduate days, Prof Duncan has been fascinated by the skeleton. Research in bone diseases has formed the bulk of her basic and clinical research, and she has published multiple research papers in the genetics of osteoporosis and skeletal dysplasias. She is also interested in the genetics of other heritable endocrine disorders, such as MODY [maturity-onset diabetes of the young], phaeochromocytoma/paraganglioma, thyroid cancer and other endocrine tumours. Prof Duncan has broad practical experience in gene mapping, including genetic epidemiology, linkage, and genome-wide association studies, and she has played a pioneering role using massively parallel (“next-generation”) sequencing for gene discovery. She has played key leadership roles in both national and international consortia; and has collaborated broadly with a host of international researchers. She is particularly interested in translating the genetic revolution into clinical practice. In addition to her genetic research, Prof Duncan also contributes to clinical research in endocrinology and obstetric medicine. Prof Duncan is currently serving as the immediate past president of the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society. She contributes to conference and governance activities both nationally and internationally; and is a strong advocate for fairness towards women in the clinical and research workforce.
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