PODIATRIC RESEARCH IN CHILDREN, THE WORKFORCE AND THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY
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Professor Cylie Williams
School of Primary and Allied Health Care
Monash University,
Melbourne, Australia
RESEARCHER PROFILE
Filmed in Melbourne, Australia | June 2025
Professor Williams holds the role of Deputy Head of School, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, and course coordinator of the Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree. She is a podiatrist, and has held professional roles in community health, acute and subacute services in child health care teams, research leadership and professional governance. Until last year, she was also the Chair of the Podiatry Board of Australia. Professor Williams research is focused on children’s lower limb disorders, foot health throughout the lifespan, and the allied health workforce. She has published over 180 peer reviewed papers, and has over $13M in research funding.
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0223-9141
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Professor Kim Hemsley
RESEARCH IN SANFILIPPO SYNDROME, A EURODEGENERATIVE LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISORDER THAT CAUSES CHILDHOOD DEMENTIA.
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Novel therapies & next-gen medical devices in cardiovascular & vascular disease management
Professor Shirley Jansen AM is a distinguished vascular and endovascular surgeon whose career spans clinical leadership, academic excellence, and pioneering research. She currently holds the Lawrence-Brown Chair of Vascular Surgery at Curtin University’s School of Population Health and serves as Head of the Department of Vascular Surgery at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, a role she has held since 2015. In addition, she is the Director of the Heart & Vascular Research Institute at the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research. Her early career was marked by prestigious fellowships, including a British Heart Foundation Research Fellowship (1996), and multiple international travelling fellowships from leading surgical societies and industry sponsors between 2001 and 2002.
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Engineered proteins to repair or regrow damaged heart muscle cells and tissue
Associate Professor Dan Hesselson leads the Centre for Biomedical AI at the Centenary Institute.
He is an internationally trained research leader in regenerative medicine, focusing on cells and organs affected by heart disease, diabetes and cancer. His work uses insights from the study of basic regenerative processes to identify novel therapeutic targets for these devastating diseases.
