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The Women's Health Program Staff
Program Director
Professor Susan Davis, MBBS, FRACP, PhD is an National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Women’s Health in the Department of Medicine, Alfred Hospital Campus of Monash University . She has published extensively in the field of women’s health with specific focus on the consequences of sex steroid depletion and sex steroid therapy in women and identifying modifiable factors that will improve the health and wellbeing of women in middle and later life. Professor Davis was a member of Monash University Council 2005-2007 and is past President of the Australasian Menopause Society. She has published over 200 peer reviewed manuscripts and has been an invited lecturer at over 100 international conferences and presented 20 distinguished international plenary lectures. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Robert Greenblatt Prize of the International Menopause Society 1993, the Glenn Aging Award of the US Endocrine Society 2000, the Glaxo-Welcome Diabetes Education Award 2000, the Barbara Gross Award of the Australasian Menopause Society 2002, the inaugural North American Menopause Society Androgen Research Award 2003 and the Australasian Menopause Society Annual Scientific Award 2006.
Program Deputy Director
A/Professor Robin Bell MBBS, PhD, MPH, FAFPHM, Cert Health Econ is a medical epidemiologist with a long-standing interest in women's health and has broad based experience in women's health epidemiology having previously worked in the Research Unit of the Jean Hailes Foundation, the Royal Women's Hospital, the Centre for the Study of Mothers' and Children's Health and the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection Unit. A/Prof Bell is a Deputy Director of the Women's Health Program at Monash University and has achieved over 60 peer reviewed manuscripts in women's heath. A/Prof Bell also holds an honorary appointment in Public Health at the Alfred Hospital and has an appointment in the Monash University Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine where she teaches both in the undergraduate medical course and the Master of Public Health program.
Research Fellows
Dr Sonia Davison MBBS, FRACP, PhD is a National Health and Medical Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow currenlty undertaking a study of the effects of testosterone on cognition in postmenopausal women. Dr Davison completed her PhD in the Department of Biochemistry, Monash University in 2006. Her PhD research involved the reporting of normal levels of androgens in Australian women, changes with age and the effects of a number of factors on hormone levels. Dr Davison was awarded the 2007 Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation Fellowship in conjunction with the Research and Education Foundation of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, to further her research. Dr Davison has presented her research nationally and internationally. She is an Endocrinologist in private practice at the Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health in Clayton, Victoria.
Dr Fiona Jane MBBS is a Research Fellow with the Women’s Health Program and also a general practitioner currently practicing in a family general practice. She graduated from Melbourne University and after postgraduate training was appointed Director of the Occupational Health Program at Peter MacCallum Institute for 5 years. Dr Jane then lived in the USA for 5 years where she was President of the National Institute of Health International Women’s Group in Washington DC. On returning to Australia she recommenced in general practice and has had 25 years of clinical experience with a special interest in women’s health.
Research Coordinators
Ms Jenny Adams RN, RM is a registered nurse, having graduated from St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne. Following graduation she worked in women's health in the areas of midwifery, family planning, infertility and IVF. Jenny has worked in clinical research for many years at The Jean Hailes Foundation and has been involved in a variety of clinical studies. Jenny joined the Women's Health Program in 2005 and is involved in studies with a special focus on women's health and wellbeing in midlife.
Ms Jo Bradbury trained as a Cardiac Technologist at the Alfred Hospital. She worked in the Cardiology Department there for 5 years and then went on to work in the cardiology units of several major Melbourne hospitals. Her particular areas of interest were congenital heart disease, coronary heart disease, cardiac surgery monitoring, cardiac arrhythmias and pacemakers. Jo left the field for a period of time, returning in 1992 to work in cardiology research at the Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre. Over the following 8 years she was involved with many cardiovascular studies, particularly in the area of coronary heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure. Jo then joined the Research Unit of The Jean Hailes Foundation in 2000. This move was to assist Dr Susan Davis in establishing a centre for the international ‘breast cancer and tamoxifen duration study, ATLAS, to increase the recruitment of Australian women. This involved reaching out to breast physicians and eligible women Australia-wide, to inform them about the study. The Jean Hailes ATLAS Centre became the highest enrolment centre in Australia & New Zealand. In 2005 Jo moved to the Women's Health Program, where she is continuing her work in the field of breast cancer.
Ms Corallee Morrow, RN, OHNC (UK), Grad Diploma in Education (Health), is a registered nurse with experience in Australia and the UK. Corallee has had a variety of work experiences in the private and public sector with a focus on Occupational Health and Health Education. She joined the Women's Health Program in 2006.
MBF Health and Wellbeing after Breast Cancer Study Staff
.Maria LaChina is the research admnistrator for the Women's Health Program, MBF Health and Wellbeing after Breast Cancer Study. Maria obtained an Associate Diploma of Private Medical Secretarial Practice from Caulfield Institute of Technology (now part of Monash University) and, since then, has worked in various medical disciplines. Maria's association with women's health started in 1997 when she commenced working for Professor Susan Davis in her endocrinology practice. Maria's role in the study includes the coordination of questionnaires, data clarification and is the point of contact for enquiries.
Dr Pam Fradkin MBBS, Dip Micro was involved in the development of the MBF Health and Wellbeing after Breast Cancer Study, in partnership with the Chief Investigators. She left her position as the Study Director in February 2005 and is currently involved on a part time basis.
Prior to joining the Women's Health Program, Pam had worked in General Practice, with a special interest in women’s health, for over 30 years
PhD Students
Ms Mary Panjari BSc GradDipEd GradDip Women's Health MWH is a PhD Student with in the Women' Health Program, Monash University. She completed a Masters of Women's Health at the University of Melbourne / Royal Women's Hospital. Her research project investigated women who spontaneously quit smoking during pregnancy. For this work, she was awarded a Young Investigators Award, Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand , 1st Annual Congress, Fremantle , WA in 1997 and Victorian Public Health Award for Excellence and Innovation (Commended) in 1999. Mary continued working in women's health research before moving to opiate addiction research at Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Centre. Her PhD project is a study of the efficacy of DHEA therapy for improved sexual function and wellbeing in postmenopausal women.
Dr Roslin Botlerois currently doing her PhD at Women's Health Program, Monash University and her focus of research is "Urinary Incontinence in Women". She is a medical graduate from Chittagong Medical College in Bangladesh, has worked as an honorary medical officer at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (tertiary referral hospital) for 6 months. Her most recent job was as Assistant Scientist at Reproducvtive Health Unit of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases and Research: ICDDR,B at Dhaka, Bangladesh. In that organisation she worked for about 3 and a half years and gained expertise in conducting clinical research related to maternal and child health. She also completed Masters in Public Health (MPH) from Monash University in Melbourne in the year 2002 under AUS-AID scholarship and Masters in Gynaecology and Obstetrics(Part-1),in 1999 from the Institute of Postgraduate Medical Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Women's Health Program Administrator
Ms Sharon Gurry has worked in administration in the field of women's health and medical research for several years joining the Women's Health Program, Monash University in 2005 as PA to Prof Davis and to provide general administration for the research group.
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