Leadership team​

Executive Director

Professor Philip O’Connell

Philip O’Connell is Executive Director of The Westmead Institute for Medical Research. He is a Conjoint Professor in Medicine at the University of Sydney, Director of Transplantation at Westmead Hospital and a Senior Practitioner Fellow of the NHMRC.

He is the founding Director of the Centre for Transplant and Renal Research at the Westmead Institute of Medical Research. His major research interests are the use of genomics as a marker of renal allograft dysfunction and the development of islet transplantation as a main-stream treatment for type 1 diabetes. He has a strong interest in modernising clinical trial design for transplant immunosuppression.

Chief Operating Officer

Simon Hall

Simon Hall is the Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary of WIMR, responsible for driving operational excellence and strategic initiatives to support the world-class medical research of the institute. He oversees the WIMR Foundation, IP & Commercialisation, Finance, People & Culture, Scientific Platforms, Communications, ICT, Research Support Services, Research Governance, Facilities and Operations.

Simon joined WIMR from the Medical School of the University of Melbourne, with a background in transforming corporate services across academic divisions of Australian universities and driving revenue growth through international markets for UK and Middle Eastern institutions.

Faculty Executive

Professor Anna de Fazio AM

Professor Jenny Gunton

Professor Jacob George

Centre Directors

Professor Anthony Harris

Brain Dynamic Centres

Mayuresh Korgaonkar

Brain Dynamic Centres

Anna deFazio

Centre for Cancer Research

Jenny Gunton

Centre for Diabetes, Obesity and Endocrinology

James Chong

Centre for Heart Research

Eddy Kizana

Centre for Heart Research

Joanne Reed

Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research

Jon Iredell

Centre for Infectious Disease and Microbiology

Natasha Rogers

Centre for Transplant and Renal Research

Andrew White

Centre for Vision Research

Tony Cunningham

Centre for Virus Research

Andrew Harman

Centre for Virus Research

Jacob George

Storr Liver Centre

Philip O'Connell

Centre for Transplant and Renal Research

Kristina Kairaitis

Ludwig Engel Centre for Respiratory Research