The Raine Medical Research Foundation and the Healy Medical Research Foundation are governed in accordance with their respective Deeds of Trust. This includes the composition of the Research Committee. Our four Advisory Committees report to the Research Committee bi-annually.
All members of our Research Committee and Advisory Committees are volunteers. We thank our members for their generosity of time and expertise in ensuring that we support the very best medical research in Western Australia.
Research Committee
Professor Amit Chakma
Chair
Raine Medical Research
Foundation
Associate Professor Aron Chakera
Fellow
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Professor David Joyce
Professor of Medicine
The University of
Western Australia
Mr Peter Smith
Fellow
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Dr Bennie Ng
General Practitioner
Australian Medical Association WA
Professor Valarie Verhasselt
Professor Biochemistry
The University of Western Australia
Mr Garry Prendiville
Financial Consultant
Research Committee nominee
Advisory Committees
Finance & Strategic Advisory Committee
- Mr Garry Prendiville (Chair, Research Committee member)
- Dr Bennie Ng (Research Committee member)
- Mr Peter Smith (Research Committee member)
Raine Priming Grant Advisory Committee
- Associate Professor Steven Mutsaers (Chair, UWA)
- Professor Elizabeth Davis (BrightSpark member, Perth Children’s Hospital, Telethon Kids Institute)
- Associate Professor Joshua Lewis (Edith Cowan University)
- Professor Bronwyn Myers-Franchi (Curtin University)
- Professor Shane Patman (University of Notre Dame)
- Dr Sarah Rea (Murdoch University)
- Dr Evan Ingley (Murdoch University)
- Professor Valerie Verhasselt (Research Committee member, Telethon Kids Institute)
Clinician Research Fellowship Advisory Committee
- Dr Michael Banazis (Chair, WA Department of Health)
- Professor Garry Allison (Curtin University)
- Professor Peter McEvoy (Curtin University)
- Professor Jeff Hamdorf (Research Committee member, UWA)
- Professor Merrilee Needham (Fiona Stanley Hospital)
- Professor Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg (Telethon Kids Institute, UWA, Perth Children’s Hospital)
- Professor Lisa Whitehead (Edith Cowan University)
Awards & Prizes Advisory Committee
- Professor Andrew Page (Chair, UWA)
- Dr Andrew Currie (Murdoch University)
- Professor Nina Tirnitz-Parker (Curtin University)
- Professor Gerard Hoyne (University of Notre Dame)
Raine Management Office
Dr Amelia Scaffidi
A/Director