Career Pathways
| Professor John Carroll – Career Researcher | |
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 | Professor John Carroll completed his PhD in The University of Adelaide’s discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1992 and has since gone on to become a world leader in his field of research. Professor Carroll has published extensively and is now the Associate Dean of Biosciences at the University of College London Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London. His early work at the University of Adelaide was looking at cryopreservation and development of the mammalian Oocyte while his current research focus is on how an oocyte develops and then makes the transition into a viable embryo. |
| Dr Julia Pitcher- Career Researcher | |
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 | Julia completed her PhD in Neurophysiology in 2003 and was awarded the prestigious Australian Brain Foundation Elizabeth Penfold Simpson Prize for the most outstanding body of clinical or basic neuroscience research published in 2002-2003. As a NHMRC Peter Doherty Research Fellow, Julia established the Developmental Neuromotor Physiology research unit at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, one of only a handful of similar research groups in the world. Her research encompasses the underlying mechanisms of both normal and perturbed neuromotor development and their long-term health outcomes. In 2008 she was awarded a NHMRC project grant to investigate neuromotor and cognitive development in children born preterm. |
| Dr Wendy Ingman – Career Researcher | |
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 | Wendy is a successful early career researcher at the Research Centre for Reproductive Health. After completing her PhD in the Reproductive Immunology Lab in the Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2002, she was awarded an NH&MRC CJ Martin Fellowship allowing her to work as a post doctoral scientist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, USA for 2 years. During this time she began developing new research interests on the role of immune cells called macrophages in development of the reproductive system. In 2008 she was awarded an NH&MRC Project Grant which allows her to continue this work as an independent researcher. |
| Dr Melanie Bagg - Science Communication | |
 | Melanie completed her PhD in the Research Centre for Reproductive Health in 2006, where her research was focused on improving the efficiency of in vitro oocyte maturation in the pig. Melanie’s now uses her knowledge and passion for science in her new role as the Team leader in Marketing & Outreach at the University of Adelaide Faculty of Science Office. |
| Dr Tamer Hussein - Clinical Embryologist/Researcher | |
 | Tamer completed his PhD in 2006 in the Research Centre for Reproductive Health. He now works as a clinical embryologist/researcher at Repromed Adelaide where he is involved in the establishment and management of the Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) laboratory. He is also involved in Repromed’s clinical research program and is investigating the influence of oocyte secreted factors on cumulus cells, focusing on specific cumulus cell gene expression, metabolic profiles and energy substrate usage of cumulus oocyte complexes and subsequent embryos. |
| Dr Sean Flaherty and Dianna Payne-Industry |
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Dianna and Sean worked in the Reproductive Medicine Unit at the University of Adelaide. Dianna worked as a senior embryologist (1984-1999) and Sean as a senior scientist (1988-1995) and Head of the Gamete Laboratories (1996-1999). Since leaving the University, Dianna and Sean, in conjunction with Colin Matthews (Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the University of Adelaide 1987-1998) have taken their experience and skills into the biotechnology sector and are Directors of the Pipette Company, which manufactures and supplies high quality micromanipulation pipettes to IVF Clinics and research institutions around the world. |
