Twins Research Australia’s leadership team is led by a Director, Deputy Directors, and Chief Investigators from institutes around Australia, with the support of a management team and Associate Investigators.

Chief Investigators:

• Professor John Hopper, Director of Twins Research Australia, University of Melbourne
• Professor Jeffrey Craig, Deputy Director of Twins Research Australia, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
• Professor David Mackey, University of Western Australia
• Professor Stephen Simpson, University of Sydney
• Professor Brian Byrne, The University of New England
• Associate Professor Paulo Ferreira, University of Sydney, Charles Perkins Centre

The Chief Investigators are supported by Associate Investigators who bring additional skills and expertise, such as being a twin or parent of twins, corporate management, expertise in legal and ethical matters, policy and research translation, molecular epidemiology, obstetrics and perinatal data.

Associate Investigators:

• Professor Elizabeth Sullivan, perinatal/maternal health
• Professor Richard Saffery, molecular & cellular biology
• Professor Brian Oldenburg, health policy
• Professor Margaret Otlowski, health law
• Karen Willetts, parent of twins
• Professor Mark Umstad, obstetrics & perinatal data
• Vince Pollaers, corporate management

 

 Supervision of students by TRA Chief Investigators

Research capacity is also built through TRA-supported scholars and fellows supervising research students as well as providing workshop support for students. TRA chief Investigators regularly supervise and support PhD, Postdoctoral, Master and Master Public Health students.

Students supervised by TRA Chief Investigators:

• 2022
• 2021 
• 2020