The Centre for Food & Allergy Research (CFAR) is led by the team of Chief and Associate Investigators listed below, and our membership is open to all researchers and clinicians working in paediatric food allergy in Australia and New Zealand.
From 20 founding members in 2013, our membership has now grown to over 190 researchers and clinicians across Australia.
We also support Australia’s next generation of food allergy researchers, providing support and training to PhD students and postdoctoral researchers around the country.
Chief Investigators
- Associate Professor Kirsten Perrett - Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Associate Professor Jennifer Koplin - Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Professor Mimi Tang - Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Professor Dianne Campbell - Children's Hospital Westmead
- Professor Andreas Lopata - James Cook University
- Associate Professor Debbie Palmer - Telethon Kids Institute
- Professor Shyamali Dharmage - The University of Melbourne
- Professor Katherine Lee - Murdoch Children's Research Institute
- Professor Richard Saffery - Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Professor Kim Dalziel - The University of Melbourne
Associate Investigators
- Associate Professor Alice Lee - The University of New South Wales
- Professor Adrian Lowe - The University of Melbourne
- Associate Professor Margarita Moreno-Betancur - The University of Melbourne
- Associate Professor Rachel Peters - Murdoch Children's Research Institute
- Doctor Peter Hsu - Children's Hospital Westmead
- Doctor Jovanka King - Women's and Children's Hospital
- Doctor Vicki McWilliam - Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Doctor Melanie Neeland - Murdoch Children's Research Institute
- Doctor Merryn Netting - South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
- Doctor Michael O'Sullivan - Perth Children's Hospital
Staff
- Doctor Catherine Hornung - Coordinator
Past Investigators
- Professor Katie Allen - Founding Director
- Doctor Thanh Dang
- Associate Professor Michael Gold
- Associate Professor Lyle Gurrin
- Doctor Ralf Heine
- Doctor Caroline Lodge
- Associate Professor Richard Loh
- Professor Maria Makrides
- Doctor David Martino
- Associate Professor Raymond Mullins
- Doctor Jane Peake
- Professor Anne-Louise Ponsonby
- Professor Susan Prescott
- Professor Pete Smith
- Doctor Jason Tye-Din
- Professor Peter Vuillermin
- Doctor Brynn Wainstein
- Doctor Melanie Wong
- Doctor Giovanni Zurzolo