Governance

The WAMHS Management Committee has been established to oversee the scientific practice of the WAMHS and access to the data by researchers. The Committee will review research proposals as they are submitted and, in accordance with the Access Policy and relevant ethics approval, grant access to the WAMHS data.

The Committee currently consists of the following members:

Professor Michael Millward (Chair)

Cancer Council Professor of Clinical Cancer Research, University of Western Australia
Head of Department, Medical Oncology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Director, Cancer Council Clinical Trials WA, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research

 

Professor Lyle Palmer

Foundation Chair in Genetic Epidemiology, University of Western Australia
Professor, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia
Professor, School of Medicine & Pharmacology, University of Western Australia

Clinical Professor Fiona Wood

Director, McComb Foundation
Director, Burns Services of Western Australia
Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Royal Perth Hospital and  Margaret Hospital

Professor Peter Leedman

Deputy Director, WA Institute for Medical Research
Head of Hormone Dependent Cancers Laboratory, WA Institute for Medical Research
Medical Director, Scott Kirkbride Melanoma Research Centre

 

Professor Jon Emery

Head of School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, University of Western Australia
Professor of General Practice, University of Western Australia

Associate Professor Lin Fritschi

Head of Cancer Epidemiology, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research

Dr Elizabeth Milne

Senior Research Fellow, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Western Australia

Dr Judy Cole

Director, Western Australia Melanoma Advisory Service
Specialist Dermatologist, St John of God Dermatology
Consultant Dermatologist, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and King Edward Memorial Hospital