QIMR Council
QIMR is under the control and management of the QIMR Council. The Governor in Council appoints the Chairperson. Appointments to the QIMR Council are made by the Minister for Health according to:
- Chief Health Officer ("official member")
- The Chairperson of the QIMR Trust
- Two nominees of the National Health and Medical Research Council
- One nominee of the Senate of The University of Queensland
- One person with expertise in health research
- One medical practitioner with expertise in health research
- One person with expertise in health ethics
- One lawyer
- Two persons with expertise in financial management, business or public administration
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Mr Christopher Coyne LLB (Acting Chair, effective 21 October 2008)
Christopher Coyne is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland, specialising in insurance and health law, corporate government and
risk management. He was a partner in the national law firm, Clayton Utz, from 1984 - 2002 and is an Adjunct Professor at The University
of Queensland School of Law. He is Chairman of the Queensland Law Society's captive insurer, Lexon and member of both the Australian
Health Ethics Committee and the NHMRC Gene Related Therapy Research Advisory Panel. He is a sitting member of the Queensland Commercial
and Consumer Tribunal.
Professor Bryan Campbell AM MD BS FRACP FRACMA
Professor Campbell was formerly Chief Health Officer, Queensland and Head of The University of Queensland Medical School. He has been a
Councillor of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators and a member of the
National Health and Medical Research Council. He was Deputy Chair of the Australian Health Ethics Committee and a member of the NHMRC
Embryo Research Licensing Committee until June 2006.
Prof Judith Clements BAppSc MAppSc PhD
Professor Clements has over 20 years experience as a researcher in biomedical research, primarily in the general field of molecular
endocrinology. Her current research seeks understanding of the molecular basis of hormone dependent and urogenital cancers such as
prostate, breast, ovarian and endometrial carcinoma. Professor Clements is currently the Program Leader of the Hormone-Dependent Cancer
Program within the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation at the Queensland University of Technology and also an NHMRC
Principal Research Fellow.
Professor Lyn Griffiths BSc (Hons) PhD
Professor Griffiths is the Director of the Genomics Research Centre at Griffith University Gold Coast, Head of the GU School of
Medical Science and a past Director of the Australian Society of Medical Research (ASMR) from 1999 to 2001. She has authored 117
peer-reviewed publications to date in molecular genetics international journals, and is Chair of the Scientific Program Committee
for the next International Congress of Human Genetics. She was awarded the Centenary Medal for Distinguished Service to Education
and Medical Research.
Assoc Prof Paula Marlton MB BS (Hons) FRACP FRACPA
Paula Marlton is the Head of Leukaemia and Lymphoma Services at the Princess Alexandra Hospital where she has worked as the Deputy
Director of Haematology since 1994. She previously spent three years at the MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston Texas,was the
founding Chair of the Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group Laboratory Science Committee and established the PWC Leukaemia and
Lymphoma Tissue Bank. She serves on several other boards as well as pursuing a wide range of teaching and clinical service activities.
Professor Peter Brooks MD FRACP FRCP Edin FAFRM FAFPHM MD Lund (Hon Causa)
Professor Brooks was Foundation Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Sydney prior to becoming Professor of Medicine at St
Vincent's Hospital, Sydney in 1992. He was appointed Executive Dean of Health Sciences at the University of Queensland in 1998, has
extensive research experience in basic inflammation and treatment of rheumatic diseases and has been a member of the Fellowships
Committee and Partnerships Committee of the NHMRC.
Mr Paul Fennelly BA LLB
Mr Fennelly has wide experience in financial management, business and public administration. He is currently a Director with Westpac
Institutional Bank where his focus is on major equity investments, primarily in the area of alternative asset classes, including
infrastructure, public private partnerships, property and private equity. From January 2002 - 2006 Mr Fennelly was Director-General
of the then Department of State Development; concurrently he served as the Co-ordinator-General from 2002-2005.
Dr Jeannette Young MB BS FRACMA MBA AFACHSE
Dr Young has been the Chief Health Officer for Queensland since August 2005. She is responsible for mental health policy and legislation,
population health services policy and regulation, disaster planning and private facility licensing. She is a member of the Queensland
Medical Board, the Radiation Advisory Council, co-chairs the Queensland Emergency Medical System Advisory Committee, chairs the Queensland
Blood Advisory Committee and is Queensland's representative on the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian Health
Protection Committee and the AHMAC Clinical, Technical and Ethical Principal Committee .