Director: Professor David Handelsman
Business Manager: Julie Taranto
Public Relations Contact: Julie Taranto
Principal Affiliations
Concord Repatriation General Hospital/ SSWAHS
Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
Asbestos Diseases Research Institute
Principle Research Areas
Andrology
Biogerontology
Bone biology
Burns research and reconstructive surgery
Cancer pharmacology
Geriatric epidemiology
Northcott Neurobiology Laboratory
Vascular biology
Veterans' epidemiology
Major Research Projects
Use of proteomic analysis to improve the management of colorectal cancer.
Obstructive sleep apnea and androgen dysregulation.
Sirtuins and the molecular epidemiology of frailty in older men.
Development of valid diagnostic criteria for age-related androgen deficiency in men.
Hormonal control of Sertoli cell maturation and function.
Glucocorticoid effects on bone: the role of the osteoblast.
Pharmacogenetics of tissue androgen activation.
Caloric restriction ageing and the liver sinusoidal endothelium.
Spent over $42,000,000 on infrastructure that was not covered by funding from Government or Grant sources, and came from donations and investment income that should otherwise be spent on research