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Hub Postdoctoral Researchers

A/Prof Fabian Kong
EMCR Committee Chair
Associate Professor
The University of Melbourne
+61 3 9035 3039

Dr Emily Bryan
EMCR Committee Secretariat
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Queensland, Centre for Clinical Research

Ms Francesca Azzato
Section Head – Bacteriology Department
Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference laboratory (VIDRL) at the Doherty Institute
PhD Student
The University of Melbourne
+61 3 9342 9341

Dr Rohan Bopage
Infectious Diseases and Sexual Health Physician, Staff Specialist in Sexual Health
Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre, WSLHD, NSW Health
+61 2 9843 3124

Dr Shiva Chandra
EMCR Committee Member
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney
+61 2 9351 9684

Prof Eric Chow
Professor and Unit Head
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Monash University
+61 3 9341 6233

Dr Louise Chow
EMCR Committee Member
Senior Research Officer
Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
+61 2 9065 9511

Teck Phui Chua
EMCR Committee Member
PhD Student
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne | Centre for Women’s Infectious Diseases, Royal Women’s Hospital

Dr Kay Htaik
EMCR Committee Member
PhD Student
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
+61 433 756 156

Dr Jose L Huaman Torres
EMCR Committee Member
Postdoctoral Scientist
University of Melbourne | Centre for Women’s Infectious Diseases, Royal Women’s Hospital
+61 3 8345 3675

Dr Laila Khawar
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
+61 2985 9201

Dr Wenyi Li
EMCR Committee Member
Senior Lecturer
La Trobe University, Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry
+61 3 9479 6336

A/Prof Dr Jason Ong
Sexual Health Physician, Head, HIV/STI economics and Health Preference Research
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
+61 3 9341 6200

Dr Michelle Peterie
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The University of Sydney

Dr Erica Plummer
EMCR Committee Member
Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Bioinformatician
Central Clinical School,
Monash University
+61 3 9341 6258

Dr Georgina Pollock
Research Fellow
The University of Melbourne
+61 3 8344 4053

Dr Emma Sweeney
EMCR Committee Member
Postdoctoral Researcher
The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
+61 4 3132 2806

Mr Andrey Verich
EMCR Committee Member
PhD Student
Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney

Dr Lenka Vodstrcil
EMCR Committee Member
Senior Research Fellow
Monash University
+61 3 9341 6232

Dr Caroline Watts
Senior Lecturer, Health Economics and Health Systems Group
Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
