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
Profesor Jeff Hamdorf
Professor of Surgery
The University of Western Australia
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 Amanda Cleaver (Executive Officer, Raine Foundation Director)
- Dr Bennie Ng (Research Committee member)
- Mr Peter Smith (Research Committee member)
Raine Priming Grant Advisory Committee
- Associate Professor Steven Mutsaers (Chair, UWA)
- Dr Amanda Cleaver (Executive Officer, Raine Foundation Director)
- Professor Elizabeth Davis (BrightSpark member, Perth Children’s Hospital)
- Dr Archa Fox (UWA)
- 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)
- Professor Valerie Verhasselt (Research Committee member, Telethon Kids Institute)
Clinician Research Fellowship Advisory Committee
- Ms Jodie Hegarty (Chair, WA Department of Health)
- Professor Garry Allison (Curtin University)
- Dr Aron Chakera (Research Committee member, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital)
- Dr Amanda Cleaver (Executive Officer, Raine Foundation Director)
- Professor Jeff Hamdorf (Research Committee member, UWA)
- Professor Merrilee Needham (Fiona Stanley Hospital)
- Professor Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg (Telethon Kids Institute, UWA)
- Professor Lisa Whitehead (Edith Cowan University)
Awards & Prizes Advisory Committee
- Professor Andrew Page (Chair, UWA)
- Dr Amanda Cleaver (Executive Officer, Raine Foundation Director)
- Dr Andrew Currie (Murdoch University)
- Professor Nina Tirnitz-Parker (Curtin University)
- Professor Gerard Hoyne (University of Notre Dame)
- Professor David Joyce (Research Committee member, UWA)
Raine Management Office
Dr Amanda Cleaver
Director
Dr Amelia Scaffidi
Research Grants Manager