Structure of the Network
The Network's fifty-six founding members represent different organisations
and disciplines from across the nation and provide a range and mix of the widest
scientific and geographic distribution to strengthen the Network's proposed
research directions. The NGED is able to benefit from the many national and
international linkages of its network members. Aimed at becoming the overarching
network to meet the needs of this field in Australia, the NGED involves postgraduate
students, junior and senior scientists who share a desire to explore collaborative
research activities across traditional discipline boundaries.
The Network has established a number of working groups whose responsibilities
are outlined below:
Network Convenors
The Network's Convenor is Associate Professor Rob
Richards, University of Adelaide.
The Network's Deputy Convenor is Professor Caroline
McMillen, University of South Australia.
National Benefits Advisory Board
Current Members of the Network's National Benefits Advisory Board are:
Prof Eric Haan
Clinical Genetics Services, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
Dr Greg Harper
Manager, Strategic Science, Meat and Livestock Australia, Newstead, QLD
Prof Robert Norman
Research Centre for Reproductive Health,Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University
of Adelaide
Prof Fiona Stanley
Department of Paediatrics, University of Western Australia, Perth
National Benefits Advisory Board Contact Details
NGED Management Group
The members of the Management Group, Network Convenors, Rob
Richards and Caroline McMillen,
and Marketing & Communication Officer, Marina
Delpin, are responsible for maintaining effective communication with all members
of the Network and representatives from the relevant government organisations
and key policy makers from end user groups. The management team will propose conduct
of business guidelines and financial management for the Research Network.
NGED Steering Group
The Network Steering Group oversees the planning of NGED workshops, the preparation
of the Network's report and the generation and maintenance of the Network's
web page. This group is also is responsible for the 'sustenance' and 'recruitment'
of NGED members, ensuring that the NGED member base reflects a healthy balance
of researchers, young investigators, postgraduate students, industry representatives,
end users, and international members. The Steering Group communicates regularly
to take key decisions with regard to policy and budget allocation etc.
Members of the NGED Steering Group are:
A/Professor Rob Richards
(Chair)
CMGD, School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Adelaide
Dr Marina Delpin
NGED, University of Adelaide
A/Professor
Stuart Hooper
Physiology, Monash University
Professor Peter Koopman
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland
Professor Caroline McMillen
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia
A/Professor Emma Whitelaw
Population Studies and Human Genetics, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Steering Group Contact Details
Interchange Program Group
The NGED Interchange Program Group oversees the management of the Network's
interchange and conference programs
.
Members of this group are:
Dr Carol Wicking
(Chair)
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane
Dr Marina Delpin
NGED, University of Adelaide
A/Professor Sally
Dunwoodie
Developmental Biology Program, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney
Dr Jean Finnegan
CSIRO, Plant Industry, Canberra
Dr Stuart Hooper
Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne
Dr Tim Moss
Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne
Interchange Program Group Contact Details
Network Awareness Group
The objective of the NGED Awareness Group is to create public awareness and to
promote the Network among other scientists.
Network Awareness Group members are:
Prof Peter Koopman (Chair)
Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane
Dr Marina Delpin
NGED, University of Adelaide, Adelaide
Dr Graeme Polglase
Women's and Infants' Health, University of Western Australia, Perth
A/Prof Rob Richards
CMGD, School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide
A/Prof Sarah Robertson
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide
Network Awareness Group Contact Details
Early Career Researchers Committee
The NGED's Early Career Researchers Committee was established in 2006 to implement
Network initiatives that promotoe the interaction among young scientists within
the Network. ECR Committee members are:
Dr Marina Delpin
NGED, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
Dr Lisa Hutton
Physiology. Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Hugh Morgan
Human Reproduction Unit, University of Sydney, NSW
Dr Graeme Polglase
Women's and Infants' Health, University of Western Australia, WA
Dr Terje Svingen
IMB, University of Queensland, QLD
NGED Workshops and Meetings
The NGED holds annual workshops to:
- Discuss the aims and progress in research undertaken by Network members
- Highlight the progress in existing cross-disciplinary collaborative research
work
- Identify opportunities for future collaborative research activity across traditional
discipline boundaries
- Provide young researchers and postgraduate students with an opportunity to advance
their knowledge and critical skills across the disciplines
Other workshops will address:
- Breaking the intergenerational cycle of disease
- Linking epigenetics into systems development
- Career development
- Brainstorming to generate new enabling technologies
- Technology training workshops
- Epigenetics and environment contributions to adult disease
- Drawing together indigenous health researchers with early development physiologists
and geneticists
All workshops will have a strong focus on student and early career scientist
participation and will involve key international speakers.
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