QIMR Council
QIMR is under the control and management of the QIMR Council. The Governor in Council appoints the Chairperson (currently Sir Bruce Watson). 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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Sir Bruce Watson AC BE (Elec) BCom (Chairman) Sir Bruce Watson was born in Queensland in 1928. In 1956 he joined MIM Holdings Limited and became General Manager of the Agnew Nickel Mining Joint Venture in Western Australia in 1975. In 1977, he returned to Brisbane as a Director and later as CEO and Chairman of MIM Holdings Limited. Sir Bruce has been a Member of the Supervisory Board of Metallgesellschaft AG, a Director of Boral Limited, ASARCO Inc, National Australia Bank Limited and Chairman of the Gas Corporation of Queensland Limited. From 1992 to 1995 Sir Bruce served as National President of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and in 1992 as President of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. In June 1985 he was knighted in recognition of his most distinguished service to Queensland industry and in 2004 Sir Bruce was made a Companion of the Order of Australia.
Mr Paul Wright AM FAIM F Fin FAICD (Deputy Chairman)
Paul has combined banking, health, hospitality and consulting into a career which has encompassed over 25 years in senior executive management
with a breadth and depth in leadership roles. He has been General Manager Queensland and Northern Territory of Medical Benefits Fund of Australia
Limited and provided executive services as General Manager of The Brisbane Club. Paul has also been a company director for more than 20 years
and has served as Chairman/President of The Australian Institute of Management and is now serving a second term as Chariman of The Royal Flying
Doctor Service (Qld). He is currently the Chairman of The CyberInstitute Pty Ltd, The Queensland Institute of Medical Research Trust and Phoenix
Eagle Company Pty Ltd. Other current Board appointments include PQ Lifestyles Pty Ltd and Queensland Fruit and Vegetable Growers Limited.
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 basic 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 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 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.
Dr 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. Her previous appointments included 3 years at the MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston Texas.
Dr Marlton has a very broad experience in clinical research including roles as principal investigator of national trials and an ongoing involvement in translational research in haematologic malignancies.
She was the founding Chair of the Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group Laboratory Science Committee and has established and continues to direct the PWC Leukaemia and Lymphoma Tissue Bank. Her other professional activities include serving on the Board of the Leukaemia Foundation, Drug Advisory Boards, Government Advisory Committees as well as 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 Christopher Coyne LLB
Christopher Coyne is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland, specialising in insurance law, health law, corporate government
and risk management. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1979 and was a partner in the national law firm Clayton Utz from 1984 to 2002.
He is an Adjunct Professor at The University of Queensland School of Law. He is Chair of the Mater Health Services Human Research Committee
and a member of the Australian Health Ethics Committee and the NHMRC Gene Related Therapy Research Advisory Panel. Chris is Chairman of the
Queensland Law Society’s captive insurer, Lexon and is a director of the Heart Research Institute (Queensland). He is a sitting member of the
Queensland Commercial and Consumer Tribunal.
Mr Paul Fennelly BA LLB
Mr Fennelly has wide experience in financial management, business and public administration.
Professor Alan Lopez BSc (Hons) MS PhD (to 1st June 2008)
Professor Lopez is Professor of Medical Statistics and Population Health at the University of Queensland and a consultant to the World Health
Organisation. He has published widely on mortality analysis and causes of death, and is co-author of the seminal Global Burden of Disease
Study (1996) which has greatly influenced debates about priority setting and resource allocation in health. He has been awarded major
research grants in population health in recognition of his research competence and is a member of Australia’s NHMRC Program Grants Committee.
Dr Jeanette Young MB BS FRACMA MBA AFACHSE
Dr Young has been the Chief Health Officer for Queensland since August 2005. In her previous position she was the Executive Director of Medical
Services at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane for six years where she was responsible for the provision of Medical services across the
Hospital and a member of the Executive team. She came to the position following four years as the Director of Medical Services at the Rockhampton
Base Hospital. Prior to that she spent nine years at Westmead Hospital in Sydney working, initially, in the area of Emergency Medicine followed by
responsibility for medico-legal issues and management of junior medical staff.
One of her major areas of interest has been in medical workforce management and development. Until recently she was the Chair of the Australian
Medical Workforce Advisory Council and an AHMAC nominee on the Australian Medical Council. Another area of interest has been in organ and tissue
donation and transplantation. Until recently she was the Eastern States representative on Australians Donate, the national peak body for organ
and tissue donation. In her current role she is on 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 and the Australian Health Protection Committee. She has recently been appointed to the newly established AHMAC
Clinical, Technical and Ethical Principal Committee.