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Our people

Meet our leadership team and key management staff
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We bring together leading academics, researchers and practitioners in medicine and health, with a commitment to improving healthcare.

Dean

Professor John Prins MBBS PhD FRACP FAHMS

Professor John Prins is an active clinician-researcher with ongoing research activity in drug development for metabolic liver disease and diabetes, including through a spin-out company. John delivers face-to-face and virtual care in high-risk pregnancy at Mt Isa and far north-west Queensland. He remains preoccupied with the challenges of improving health care delivery, including via research translation, and of training health practitioners for the future.

Professor Prins joined the Faculty of Medicine and Health as Dean of the faculty in September 2025. His previous roles include Executive Director, Health Translation Queensland; Chair of the Australian Health Research Alliance; Head of the University of Melbourne Medical School; and CEO of the Mater Hospital Group.

Read theÌýDean's welcome message.

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Key faculty staff

  • Professor John Prins, Executive Dean, Medicine and Health
  • , Faculty General Manager
  • , Executive Assistant toÌýInterim Executive Dean
  • Laura Vasta, Executive Assistant to General Manager and Director, Faculty Strategy and Partnerships

  • Professor Ryan Naylor, Associate Dean (Education) (Interim)
  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýCarolyn Day, Associate Dean (Research Education)
  • Professor Mary Collins,ÌýAssociate Dean (Research) (Interim)
  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýMeredith Makeham, Associate DeanÌý(Community and Primary Health Care)
  • Rick Macourt, Associate Dean (Indigenous Strategy and Services)
  • , Executive Assistant to Associate Deans

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  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýSarah Roberts-Thomson, Deputy Executive Dean (Academic)
  • Professor Annemarie Hennessy, Deputy ExecutiveÌýDean (Westmead)
  • Professor Camille Raynes-Greenow, Deputy Executive Dean (Research Centres) (Interim)
  • , Acting Executive Assistant to Deputy Executive Deans

  • Professor Jane Bleasel, Head of School and Dean, Sydney Medical School
  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌý, Head of School and Dean, Sydney Pharmacy School
  • Associate Professor Wendy Gold, Head of School, School of Medical Sciences (Interim)
  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýJaime Miranda, Head of School, Sydney School of Public Health
  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌý, Head of School and Dean, Sydney Dental School
  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýBrendan McCormack, Head of School and Dean, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery
  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýMark Halaki, Head of School and Dean, Sydney School of Health Sciences

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  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýStephen Twigg
    Head of Clinical School, CentralÌý
  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌý
    Head of Clinical School, Concord
  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýStephen Fuller
    Head of Clinical School, NepeanÌý
  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýMargaret Schnitzler
    Head of Clinical School, Northern
  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýRussell Dale
    Head of Clinical School, Children’s Hospital WestmeadÌý
  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýHenry Pleass
    Head of Clinical School, WestmeadÌý
  • Associate ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýMelissa Kang
    Co-head of General Practice Clinical School
  • Associate ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýFiona Robinson
    Co-head of General Practice Clinical School
  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýDebra Jones
    Head of Department and Head of Clinical School, Rural (Broken Hill)Ìý
  • ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýVicki Flood
    Director and Head of Clinical School (Northern Rivers)
  • Associate ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýCatherine Hawke
    Head, Rural Clinical School (Dubbo/Orange)Ìý

Please visit ourÌýÌýsection or refer to theÌýÌýfor contact information.

To learn more about our research expertise or to find a researcher associated with a particular school, please refer to individual school websites:

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