VMIH Management Committee

• Chair: Prof. Christopher Porter, Director of the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

• Prof. Traude Beilharz - Node Leader - Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

• Prof. Damian Purcell - Node Leader - Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia.

• Prof. Colin Pouton - Node Leader - Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

• Prof. Frank Caruso - Node Leader - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

• Dr. Simone Beckham - VMIH Manager - Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

VMIH Governance Board

The VMIH is governed by the VMIH Governance Board, which comprises senior level executives (Pro-vice Chancellors), research institute and industry Directors and mRNA Victoria representatives.  The Governance Board is chaired by Prof. Mike Ryan Pro-vice chancellor of Research at Monash University. The role of the VMIH Governance Board is to provide high-level recommendations to the VMIH Management Committee.

• Chair: Prof. Mike Ryan - Pro-Vice Chancellor of Research, Monash University, Australia

• Prof. Mark Hargreaves - Pro-Vice Chancellor, Research Partnerships & Infrastructure, University of Melbourne, Australia

• Prof. John Carroll - Director - Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Australia

• Prof. Sharon Lewin - Director, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Australia

• Dr. Renee Winzar - Senior Scientific and Policy Advisor, mRNA Victoria, Australia

• Rebecca Skinner - Director, Research and Industry Development, mRNA Victoria, Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions, Australia

• Prof. Kathryn North - Director, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia

• Dr. Craig Rayner - Director, Regional Centre for Respiratory Medicines and Tropical Disease, Moderna, Australia

VMIH Scientific Advisory Committee

The VMIH Management Committee benefits from regular meetings with the VMIH Scientific Advisory Committee, whose function is to provide high-level scientific insight, advice and recommendations.

• Prof. Archa Fox - School of Human Sciences and the School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia

• Prof. Christine Wells - Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Australia

• Prof. Kazunori Kataoka - Center Director, Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM), Kawasaki Institute of Industrial Promotion, Japan

• Prof. Kris Thurecht - Deputy Director Research (AIBN) and Senior Group Leader. Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Australia

• Dr. Paul McDonald - Chief Executive Officer, IDT, Australia

• Prof. Ricky Johnstone - Executive Director, Cancer Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia

• Prof. Wai-Hong Tham - Joint Division Head, Infectious Diseases and Immune Defence, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia

• Assoc. Prof. Steve Rockman - Senior director, External Vaccines R&D Innovation, CSL Seqirus, Australia / University of Melbourne

• Past member: Dr. Chi Ong - Director, Head of Virology and Immunology Centre of Excellence (VICE) (Technical Development), CSL, Australia