Category: Chief Investigators

MD (1995), PhD (Kul, 2004), FRACP (2016) Professor Thijs is an academic stroke neurologist with a research interest in the entire continuum of stroke care including primary and secondary prevention, acute treatment and recovery.

BSc (Nursing), MHlth, PhD Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing (Chronic & Complex Care), Academic Director, Centre for Chronic & Complex Care Research, Blacktown Hospital, Western Sydney Local Health District & School of Nursing, Faculty of Science, Medicine, & Health, University of Wollongong.

BSc (1978), MBBS (1984), MD (1999), FRACP, FAHA Professor Bladin is currently the Director of Stroke, and Director of the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine service, Ambulance Victoria, Adjunct Professor at Monash University, and Honorary Professor in the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health.

PhD (2013), Grad Cert Research Commercialisation (2012), BPhty Hons (2008) Associate Professor of Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation in the Departments of Physiotherapy and Medicine (RMH) at the University of Melbourne. Leads the REPAIR Research Group. Current NHMRC EL2 Fellow, Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow, and Dame Kate Campbell Fellow. Fellow by original contribution of the…

MBBS (Hons) (2002), BMedSc (2002), PhD (2012), FRACP, FAHMS Professor of Neurology, University of Melbourne, and Head of Neurology and Stroke at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH). Professorial Fellow, Department of Medicine (RMH) at the University of Melbourne (continuing position, January 2019–) and Honorary Professorial Fellow, The Florey Institute (2019–). Professor Campbell is a Victorian…

BAppSci (Physiotherapy; 1996) PhD (Health Sciences; 2006) Professor of Physiotherapy and Deputy Head of School, Research and Research Training, School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle. Deputy Director, Heart and Stroke Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute. Other appointments include Non-Executive Director and Chair Research Advisory Committee, Stroke Foundation Australia.

PhD (2008), MPH (2001), BN 1995 Professor (Research) and Head of Translational Public Health: Stroke and Ageing Research, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University (Jan 2018-present); Head of Public Health, Stroke Division – Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (2011-present); NHMRC Senior Research Fellow (2019-present); Honorary Professor: University of Melbourne, Deakin…

BScHons (1993), PhD (1998), FAHMS Professor of Biostatistics, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne (2019 onwards) and Honorary Professorial Fellow, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (2019 onwards). Previously Senior Principal Research Fellow and Head, Biostatistics and Decision Analysis, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (2007-2019).

RN, ICU Cert BAppSc (Nursing), MN, PhD, FACN, FAAN, FAHMS Professor of Nursing and Director of the Nursing Research Institute (NRI), Australian Catholic University, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney and St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. Professor Middleton is also Director of the Maridulu Budyari Gumal (Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise; SPHERE) Nursing and…

MBBS, MD, FRCP(Edin), FRACP Professor Lindley leads the Stroke Trials CRE. He holds the Chair of Geriatric Medicine at Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney and is the Deputy Head of School, Sydney Medical School (2021–), and a consultant in Geriatric Medicine at Blacktown Hospital, Sydney. He holds an Honorary Professorial Fellow appointment at the…