Director Healthy Lifespan and Chronic Diseases Program

School of Health and Biomedical Sciences

RMIT University, Bundoora, Melbourne Australia

PhD 1995, University of Melbourne, and Austin Research Institute.

30 years experience in research in the area of vaccines and drugs for cancer and chronic diseases with translational focus. In addition, extensive clinical research background, translating research to clinical trials. Multidisciplinary research expertise, in the areas of, immunology, crystallography, medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, crystallography, clinical research and drug development. Main focus is treating diseases with an immunological focus.

Areas of research include: cancer, infectious diseases, multiple sclerosis, drug addiction, type-1/2/3 diabetes, mental health. Bio-active compounds in health and disease. Understanding disease progression, how the immune system responds to disease and developing ways to overcome disease.

Current Professional Activities, Journals: Editor in Chief, Outbreak Management Response

Regional Editor, Recent Patents Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery

Section Editor, Current Medicinal Chemistry

Regional Editor – Oceana, Medicinal Chemistry

Editor in Chief, Vaccines (section: Toxicology and Clinical trials; section: Clinical Immunology)

Associate Editor, Immunotherapy

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Immunology

Review Editor, Frontiers in Immunotherapies and Vaccines

Editorial Advisory Board of Cancers; Maturitas; Frontiers in Microbial Immunology; Expert Review of Vaccines; Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica; Frontiers in Immunotherapies and Vaccines; Biomed Research International (Immunology subject area); Updates in Gynecology and Obstetrics

Guest Editor of Expert Review of Vaccines; Journal of Drug Delivery; Molecular Pharmaceutics; Current Pharmaceutical Design; Vaccines; Medicinal Chemistry; Cancers; Vaccines; Brain Sciences; Maturitas

Judging Panel for numerous national and international awards

Author of over 500 research publications and book chapters, and an inventor of 20 patents and 90 sub-patents