Members

Garvan Institute of Medical Research (NSW)

Director: Professor John Shine
Chief Operating Officer: Mr John Dakin
Director, Business Development: Ms Christina Hardy
Communications Manager: Dr Branwen Morgan

Principal Affiliations
Member of St Vincents and Mater Health Campus
University of New South Wales

Principal areas of Research
Cancer
Diabetes and obesity
Osteoporosis
Neuroscience
Immunology and inflammatory disorders
Pituitary disorders

Major Current Research
Understanding the role of cells and molecules in immune responses.

Neuropeptide Y and its receptors.

Identification and validation of molecular markers of prognosis and therapeutic responsiveness in prostate cancer.

Identifying the link between insulin signal transduction and glucose transport at the cell surface.

Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study  - the world's longest running large-scale epidemiological study of osteoporotic fractures in men and women.

Hormones, metabolism and body composition.