Researcher Profiles

Sarah Bernhardt is a PhD candidate with the Breast Biology and Cancer Unit, based at the Basil Hetzel Institute. Her research explores how menstrual cycling can impact breast cancer diagnosis in young women.

Dr Barratt is an early career researcher in the Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Laboratories of the Discipline of Pharmacology. He is also a member of the University of Adelaide Centre for Personalised Cancer Medicine.

I completed my Bachelor of Biotechnology with First Class Honours at the Australian National University (ANU) during 2008. During my honours, I became interested in understanding ways to best harness the immune system in combating viral infections. Consequently, I embarked on a PhD project with Dr. Charani Ranasinghe at The John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU during 2010 to understand ways to improve the efficacy of genetically modified and safe pox viral vaccines to target human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Dr Van Hooff is a Senior Research Fellow, and Director of Research at The University of Adelaide's Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies.

I am a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies at The University of Adelaide and the Study Manager for the Impact of Combat Study (Transition & Wellbeing Research Programme). I am particularly interested in the role of social context in terms of how people think and behave, and the nexus between mental and physical health.

John Kaldi is a Professor of Petroleum Geology and Engineering at the Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide. He is also the Chief Scientist for the CO2CRC. John’s career includes being the