People
NewHOPE Executive Committee
The NewHOPE Executive Committee provides strategic oversight and scientific leadership to guide the biobank’s vision and research priorities. It brings together experts in respiratory and gastrointestinal medicine, nephrology, translational research, and biobanking.
Professor Simon Keely
Chair
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
- simon.keely@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240420229HMRI
Associate Professor Gerard Kaiko
Scientific Director
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
- gerard.kaiko@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240420184
Dr Peter Pockney
Clinical Gastroenterology
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
- peter.pockney@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249855527
Associate Professor Pedro Franca Gois
Staff Specialist, Hunter New England Health
Clinical Nephrology
Associate Professor Katie Baines
Research
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
- katherine.baines@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240420090
Professor Jay Horvat
Research
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
- jay.horvat@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240420220
Dr Marie Parsons
Biobank Manager
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
- marie.j.parsons@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240420859
Staff
Miss Simonne Sherwin
Research Assistant / Lab Manager
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
- simonne.sherwin@newcastle.edu.au
- 40420228
Collaborators
Professor Bobby Chacko
Kidney and Urinary Biobank Oversight Committee
School of Medicine and Public Health
- bobby.chacko@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249214321
Mr Matt Rowlandson
Kidney and Urinary Biobank Oversight Committee
School of Medicine and Public Health
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