Annual Report 2009 - Florey Neuroscience Institutes

21 DIVISION HEADS
Dr Robin McAllen is an NHMRC Principal Research
Fellow. He trained in Physiology in London and
Birmingham and in Medicine at Birmingham (UK)
before moving to the Florey in 1988.
He is a neurophysiologist with an interest in the
central nervous regulation of cardiovascular
and autonomic functions, and has published
extensively of this topic. More recently he has
collaborated with FNI colleagues in neuroimaging
experiments that aim to translate lessons learned
from animal studies to the human brain.
He currently serves on the editorial board of
the American Journal of Physiology, is a section
editor for Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology
and Physiology andis a member of the Faculty
of 1000.
Associate Professor Brodtmann is a Senior Postdoctoral
Research Fellow, as well as holding joint
appointments as a neurologist at Austin Health
and Box Hill Hospital.
Her research focuses on novel uses of fMRIin
patients with cerebrovascular disease, correlating
BOLD signal changes with perfusion data and
clinical parameters. Other interests are in the
neural basis of neglect, and the diagnosis of focal
onset dementias.
She is a current recipient of a NHMRC Training
Research Fellowship, and was recently appointed
as the National Brain School Co-ordinator,
overseeing post-graduate education for
neurology trainees.
DR ROBIN MCALLEN
- SYSTEMS NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AMY BRODTMANN
- COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
BSc PhD MB ChB
MBBS FRACP PhD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ROSS BATHGATE
- NEUROPEPTIDES
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LEONID CHURILOV
- STATISTICS & INFORMATICS
BSc(Hons) PhD
BSC(HONS), PHD
Associate Professor Ross Bathgate is a NHMRC
Senior Research Fellow and an Honorary
Principal Research Fellow in the Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at The
University of Melbourne.
His work focuses on the relaxin family of peptides
and their G-protein coupled receptors. He has
published over 165 papers including numerous
invited reviews on relaxin peptides and their
receptors, with a total of over 2500 career
citations.
His work has attracted substantial funding from
the NHMRC and other Australian funding bodies
as well as pharmaceutical companies.
Associate Professor Leonid Churilov is Adjunct
Associate Professor at the Department of
Mathematics and Statistics, The University of
Melbourne. He is an internationally recognized
expert in using statistical, data, and knowledge
modelling for decision support in clinical and
health care delivery systems, with specific focus
on stroke and neurology care.
He won a 2000 Victoria Fellowship for his
contribution to the area of interactive decision
modelling for Victorian Health Care, and an award
from the Japanese Operational Research Society
for research on iso-resource grouping in acute
health care in Australia.
He serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal
of Decision Systems and International Journal
of Decision Technologies.
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