The CRE Chief Investigators (CIs) are leaders in their respective fields, each with a specific and relevant strength. All CIs have made major contributions to their field and have focussed research that contributes to evidence-based healthcare and policies.
Governance of the CRE is overseen by five of the CIs who make up the CRE Leadership Group.
Professor Anne Chang is the principal leader of these CREs. She is a NHMRC Practitioner Fellow and paediatric respiratory physician, recognised as a global leader in chronic cough and evidence...
Professor Keith Grimwood is Deputy Head of the School of Medicine (Research) at Griffith University and Professor of Infectious Diseases at Griffith University and Gold Coast Health Professor Grimwood is...
Prof Dharmage is a medical doctor, respiratory epidemiologist and Public Health Physician. She is an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow. She heads the internationally recognised Unit of Allergy & Lung Health...
Prof Maree Toombs is the Associate Dean Indigenous Engagement in the Faculty of Medicine, Uni of Queensland. She is also the past-Chair of Carbal Aboriginal Medical Services, a leading health...
Professor Peter Morris is a hospital clinician and visiting paediatrician to the Tiwi Islands. He is interested in clinical trials and systematic reviews of interventions for important childhood conditions. Peter...
Heather D’Antoine has 25 years of experience in health services as a registered nurse and midwife and as a health service manager in both Aboriginal health services and general health...
Professor Allen Cheng is a Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and is Director of the Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology unit at Alfred Health. He holds many national roles including...
Associate Professor André Schultz is a paediatric respiratory physician at Perth Children’s Hospital and the Respiratory Program Head at the Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia. He has over...
Doctor Gabrielle McCallum has a paediatric nursing background with >20 years working with First Nations children across the Northern Territory in both a clinical and research capacity. Gabrielle has a...
A/Prof Heidi Smith-Vaughan is a microbiologist working on pneumococcal carriage and vaccine studies (Australia, Vietnam, PNG, Timor Leste), and antimicrobial resistance and genomic epidemiology of respiratory organisms. She leads HealthLAB...
