Our team

The Australian Leukodystrophy Clinical and Research Program is a collaboration between medical research institutes, hospitals and universities around Australia including: the Royal Children’s Hospital, the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, the University of Queensland, the University of New South Wales and the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (South Australia).

We also collaborate with international experts through the Global Leukodystrophy Initiative.

The Australian Leukodystrophy Clinical and Research Program is funded through the Australian Federal Government Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and is administered by Australian Genomics.

Leadership

Professor Richard Leventer

Co-Lead

Paediatric Neurologist

Royal Children’s Hospital

Group Leader

Neuroscience Research Group

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

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Dr. Cas Simons

Co-Lead

Lead

Rare Disease Analysis

Centre for Population Genomics

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Professor Ernst Wolvetang

Co-Lead

Senior Group Leader

Stem Cell Engineering Group

University of Queensland

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Professor Matthias Klugmann

Co-Lead

Head

CNS Gene Therapy Group

University of New South Wales

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Coordination

Eloise Uebergang

Clinical Research Coordinator

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

Clinical and Research

Dr. Chloe Stutterd

Clinical Geneticist

Victorian Clinical Genetics Services

Dr. Dominik Froehlich

Postdoctoral Research

University of New South Wales

Dr. Mohammed Shaker

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

SOrganoid Biology

University of Queensland

Professor Nicholas Smith

Paediatric Neurologist

Women's and Children Health Network

Dr. Cristina Mignone

Paediatric Neuroradiologist

Royal Children's Hospital

Dr. Sarah Curnow

Paediatric Neurologist

Royal Children's Hospital