Professor John Olynyk is a consultant Hepatologist in the Department of Gastroenterology at Fiona Stanley Hospital Group and Dean of Clinical Research, Edith Cowan University.
He is also the Honorary Director of Research, Spinnaker Health Research Foundation.
He is a medical advisor to the Haemochromatosis Australia and a consultant for the Lifeblood Australia. He has established internationally recognized research programs in Hereditary Haemochromatosis and disorders of iron metabolism, chronic liver injury, hepatocellular carcinoma and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. He has published over 230 original articles and has a H index of 60.