Our people
The Centre for Food Allergy Research is led by a team of Chief and Associate Investigators, including Australia’s top experts in the field of food allergy. Our membership is open to all researchers and clinicians working in paediatric and adult food allergy in Australia and New Zealand.
CFAR3 Chief Investigators
Professor Kirsten Perrett
- CFAR Director (2022-present)
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Associate Professor Jennifer Koplin
- Former CFAR Director (2018-2022)
- The University of Queensland
CFAR3 Associate Investigators
- Associate Professor Alice Lee - The University of New South Wales
- Professor Adrian Lowe - The University of Melbourne
- Associate Professor Margarita Moreno-Betancur - The University of Melbourne
- Associate Professor Rachel Peters - Murdoch Children's Research Institute
- Dr Peter Hsu - Children's Hospital Westmead
- Dr Jovanka King - Women's and Children's Hospital
- Dr Vicki McWilliam - Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Dr Melanie Neeland - Murdoch Children's Research Institute
- Dr Merryn Netting - South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
- Dr Michael O'Sullivan - Perth Children's Hospital
CFAR3 Management Office
- Dr Angela Young - CFAR3 Program Manager
- Harriet Edmund - CFAR3 Communications Manager
- Mark Farrell - CFAR3 Business and Operations Officer
Email: cre.cfar@mcri.edu.au
Past investigators
- Professor Katie Allen - Founding Director (2013-2017)
- Dr Thanh Dang
- Associate Professor Michael Gold
- Associate Professor Lyle Gurrin
- Dr Ralf Heine
- Dr Caroline Lodge
- Associate Professor Richard Loh
- Professor Maria Makrides
- Dr David Martino
- Associate Professor Raymond Mullins
- Dr Jane Peake
- Professor Anne-Louise Ponsonby
- Professor Susan Prescott
- Professor Pete Smith
- Dr Jason Tye-Din
- Professor Peter Vuillermin
- Dr Brynn Wainstein
- Dr Melanie Wong
- Dr Giovanni Zurzolo
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