Research Committee

Research Advisory Committee

Appointed by and reporting to Kolling Foundation Board

CHAIR

Professor Carol Pollock

Carol is the Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney and Royal North Shore Hospital.

Carol’s research interests are centered on renal health and she is on the Editorial Boards of several renal related journals. She has published over 150 peer reviewed research publications in this area and also acts as supervisor to a number of PhD students.

In addition to her role as Director of the Kolling Foundation Carol is Chairman of Research for the Northern Sydney and Central Coast Area Health Service, Chairman of the Area Health Advisory Council of Northern Sydney and Central Coast Area Health Service. Carol holds several government appointments including member of Hub Liaison Committees for Medical Research for both the Office of Science and Medical Research and the Department of Health. Carol is Chair of the Greater Metropolitan Clinical Taskforce, which oversights clinical Networks in NSW and Chair of the Clinical Variation Committee of the Health Efficiency Taskforce.

Past appointments include being a member of the Executive Council of the International Society of Nephrology and a member of the Ministerial Advisory Council into Medical Research.

Professor Jonathan Morris

Jonathan is Professor of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology, Northern Clinical School
Kolling Institute of Medical Research.

Jonathan is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and completed his Obstetric and Maternal Fetal Medicine sub specialty training in Sydney. He completed his PhD in Oxford. He took up the position of maternal fetal medicine specialist at Royal North Shore Hospital in 1998. Over the last 12 years he has built a pregnancy research group (PRaMM) that includes laboratory research, clinical trials and population health and health service research. Professor Morris is Associate Dean and Head of Northern Clinical School at the University of Sydney. He has served on the NHMRC Grant Review Panel for the past four years and was Deputy Chair in 2008. Professor Morris continues with an active high risk obstetric practice and is Chair of the High Risk Obstetric Advisory Group of the Perinatal Service Network in NSW.

Professor Robert Baxter

Professor Rob Baxter has been the Director of the Kolling Institute of Medical Research since 1994, a position he took after almost 20 years in the Department of Endocrinology, at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.

Within the Kolling Institute Rob heads the Growth Research group, one of the leading research teams internationally in studying the endocrinology, biochemistry and cell biology of the insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and their binding proteins. He also has a long-standing interest in diagnostics, and tests developed through his research are now in clinical use internationally to diagnose growth disorders. He recently established the Laboratory for Cellular and Diagnostic Proteomics in the Kolling Institute, and is now involved in both cell biology and clinical proteomic studies aimed at cancer diagnosis and disease biomarker discovery.

Rob is Vice-president of the International Society for IGF Research and since 2006 he has chaired the National Committee for Biomedical Science of the Australian Academy of Science.