Chief Investigators
Professor Jennifer Martin
University of Newcastle (Director)
Professor Jennifer Martin (FRACP, PhD) is a dual-accredited clinical pharmacologist and physician, and holds an MA in politics and economics from...
Professor Nadia Solowij
University of Wollongong (Co-Director)
Professor Nadia Solowij (PhD) is a Professor in the School of Psychology, University of Wollongong and Research Fellow at the Illawarra Health and...
Professor Jane Gunn
University of Melbourne (Professor)
Professor Jane Gunn (MBBS, FRACGP) has played key leadership roles in reforming shared maternity care and cervical screening programs in Victoria via ...
Professor Nicholas Lintzeris
University of Sydney (Professor)
Professor Nicholas Lintzeris (MBBS, PhD, FAChAM) is a clinician who has worked for over 30 years in the area of cannabis and other addictions and is...
Distinguished Professor Xu-Feng Huang
University of Wollongong (Professor)
Distinguished Professor Xu-Feng Huang (MBBS, PhD, DSc) is the Director of the Centre for Translational Neuroscience at the University of Wollongong...
Professor Kathy Eagar
University of Wollongong (Professor)
Professor Kathy Eagar is Professor of Health Services Research and Director of the Australian Health Services Research Institute (AHSRI) at the...
Professor Nanthi Bolan
University of Newcastle (Professor)
Professor Nanthi Bolan (PhD) is leading Environmental Science Research and Policy Implementation at the University of Newcastle, and is a leader of...
Professor Paul Scuffham
Griffith University (Professor)
Professor Paul Scuffham (FAAHMS, PhD) is a leading health economist in Australia, Deputy Director of the Menzies Health Institute Queensland, and...
Associate Professor Yvonne Bonomo
University of Melbourne (Associate Professor)
Associate Professor Yvonne Bonomo (MBBS, FRACP, PhD, FAChAM) is Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and ...
Dr Amirali Popat
University of Queensland (Doctor)
Dr Amirali Popat (PhD) is a Pharmaceutical formulation chemist with a PhD in novel drug delivery systems from the Australian Institute for...
Associate Investigators and Affiliates
Professor Andrew Bonney
University of Wollongong (Professor)
Professor Andrew Bonney is a general practitioner and Roberta Williams Chair of General Practice in the School of Medicine at the University of...
Professor Jan Copeland
University of NSW (Professor)
(Hon) Professor Jan Copeland (PhD) was the founding and sole Director of the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC) at the...
Dr Craig Dalton
Hunter New England Local Health District (Doctor)
Dr Craig Dalton (BMed, MMSc, FAFPHM (Public Health)) is a public health physician and founder of Flutracking.net – the largest online participatory...
Associate Professor Shanlin Fu
University of Technology, Sydney (Associate Professor)
Associate Professor Shanlin Fu (BSc, MSc, PhD) is a chemist with skills in structural elucidation of organic molecules, biochemical analysis, drug...
Dr Peter Galettis
University of Newcastle (Doctor)
Dr Peter Galettis (BSc, PhD) has specialised for the last 25 years in assay development for use in drug monitoring. He is responsible for analysis of ...
Dr Antony Martin
University of Newcastle (Doctor)
Dr Antony Martin (PhD) will develop a library of unique plant strains that have been chemically phenotyped via customised massively high throughput...
Professor Ravi Naidu
University of Newcastle (Professor)
Professor Ravi Naidu (MSc, PhD, DSc) has more than 25 years of experience in soil chemistry, bioavailability and bioaccessibility of contaminants in...
Professor Alison Ritter
University of NSW (Professor)
Professor Alison Ritter is an internationally recognised drug policy scholar and the Director of the Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) at the...
Professor Nicholas Talley
University of Newcastle (Professor)
Professor Nicholas Talley is a neurogastroenterologist, has published over 1000 papers in the peer-reviewed literature, and is considered one of the...
Dr Katrina Green
University of Wollongong (Doctor)
Dr Katrina Green is a medical science lecturer in the School of Medicine, University of Wollongong and a scientist at the Centre for Translational...
Associate Professor Ross Norris
Affiliate Investigator - University of Newcastle
Associate Professor Ross Norris obtained his Bachelor of Applied Science (applied chemistry) in 1979 and Master of Applied Science in 1985 from the...
Myfanwy Graham
Associate Investigator - University of Newcastle
Collaborative research with impact: Myfanwy is a current Fulbright scholar based at the University of Southern California and is conducting a...
Dr Catherine Lucas
Affiliate Investigator - NSW Cannabis Medicines Advisory Service/University of Newcastle
Dr Catherine Lucas (BPharm, MBBS, FRACP, FAANMS) is a dual-accredited clinical pharmacologist and nuclear physician, as well as a pharmacist....
Associate Professor Daryl Efron
Affiliate Investigator - Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
Associate Professor Efron has a 25 year record in child neurodisability research, particularly psychopharmacology and child health services research, ...
Linda Truong
Affiliate Investigator - Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network
Linda Truong (B.Sc (hons), M.Phil) is an experienced clinical trials project manager at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network and a qualified...
Edward Eden
ACRE PhD Student - University of Newcastle
Edward Eden is a PhD candidate with the University of Newcastle, investigating how cannabinoids can be used to treat brain cancer. Edward has a...
Dr Christine Hallinan
ACRE Post Doctoral Research Fellow - University of Melbourne
Dr Christine Hallinan is an epidemiologist in the Department of General Practice (DGP) at the University of Melbourne. Her research interest is...
Dr Jessica Bartschi
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - University of Wollongong
Dr Jessica Bartschi is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of Wollongong (UOW) and Illawarra Health and...
Associate Professor Nikola Bowden
Affiliate Investigator - University of Newcastle
Associate Professor Bowden is co-Director of the University of Newcastle Centre for Drug Repurposing and Medicines Research and leads the DNA Repair...
Carlos Jimenez Naranjo
ACRE Affilate PhD student - University of Wollongong
Carlos Jimenez Naranjo is a PhD candidate at Molecular Horizons, University of Wollongong. His research interest is focused on the use of...
Associate Professor Paul Tooney
Affiliate Investigator - University of Newcastle
Associate Professor Tooney is a member of the Centre for Drug Repurposing and Medicines Research at the University of Newcastle. He has a keen...
Helen Clunas
ACRE Affilate PhD student - University of Wollongong
Helen Clunas is a PhD candidate at Molecular Horizons, University of Wollongong. After more than 20 years in the Australian Army, Helen decided to...
Associate Professor Michael Kennedy
Affiliate Investigator - Consultant Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist
Associate Professor Michael Kennedy is a Consultant Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist. MB BS (Syd) FRACP and MD from University of NSW in...
Daniel Erku
ACRE Post Doctoral Research Fellow - Griffith University
Daniel Erku is a pharmacist and public health researcher, with training and experience in using (pharmaco) economic evaluations to inform health...
Dr Rachel Galettis
Clinical Trial Manager - University of Newcastle
Dr Rachel Galettis is the Clinical Trial Manager for ACRE. Her position involves the management of a NSW-wide study, Cannabinoids for Symptom Control ...
Doctor Lisa-Marie Greenwood
Research Fellow - Australian National University
Doctor Lisa-Marie Greenwood is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer within the Research School of Psychology at the Australian National University. ...
Associate Professor Jennifer Schneider
Affiliate Investigator - University of Newcastle
Associate Professor Jennifer Schneider (BPharm (Hons) PhD Postgrad Cert Palliative Care) is a Pharmacist in the Discipline of Clinical Pharmacology,...
Zhizhen Wang
ACRE Affilate PhD student - University of Wollongong
Zhizhen Wang is a PhD candidate in the School of Medicine at the University of Wollongong (UoW) and Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute...
Governance Structure
Policy and Translational Advisory Committee (PTAC)
Professor John McNeil Monash University
Professor Richard Day University of New South Wales
Professor Andrew Somogyi University of Adelaide
Professor Ian Whyte University of Newcastle
Clinical Advisory Group (CAG)
Professor Pat McGorry Mental Health
Professor Meera Agar Palliative care
Dr Chris Hayes Chronic Pain
Dr John Lawson Paediatric Epilepsy
Associate Professor Noel Cranswick Paediatric Pharmacology
Associate Professor Jeannette Lechner-Scott Multiple Sclerosis
Professor Nick Zwar Community Health
A/Prof Peter Grimison Oncology
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