Professor Ramon Shaban, Clinical Chair
Communicable Disease Control and Infection Prevention, Western Sydney Health Precinct
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Bench Side Story continues with a Clinical Chair and Director of Communicable Disease Control and Infection Prevention at Western Sydney Local Health District,
Professor Ramon Z. Shaban, Clinical Chair and Director of Communicable Disease Control and Infection Prevention at the Western Sydney Local Health District, is the lead investigator and project director of the project which has received a 2022 MRFF (Medical Research Future Fund) Clinician Researchers – Nurse, Midwives and Allied Health grant for AUD$1.4 million.
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Paediatric obesity prevention, nutrition and dietetics
Leveraging a systems-based and collaborative approach, Dr Littlewood over the past 25 years has driven research and data outcomes in the area of health and wellbeing. Dr Littlewood leads a dedicated team focused on making healthy happen for all Queenslanders, with a particular focus on improving health outcomes for the next generation.
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Trials in treating STIs, vaccines and lipid lowering medications
Since joining Paratus Clinical Research in 2022, Dr Pi Lip Seet has served as both Principal Investigator and Sub-Investigator across Phase I–IV industry-sponsored clinical trials. His research experience spans vaccines, immunology, cardiovascular and endocrine disease, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, pain management, sleep medicine and adult psychiatry. He has been involved in multiple vaccine development programs, including RSV, influenza, COVID-19, herpes zoster and pneumococcal studies.
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Development of novel analytical and diagnostic tools using nanotechnology and microfluidics
Dr Alain Wuethrich is an NHMRC Emerging Leader fellow and ARC DECRA awardee at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.
Hailing from Switzerland, research focuses on the development of novel analytical and diagnostic tools that harness nanotechnology and microfluidics; two rapidly growing fields with high potential to provide diagnostic solutions needed for precision medicine.
