Clinician PhD Pathway (CPP)

Professor Lee-anne Chapple is a clinical dietitian with experience across the healthcare sector including rehabilitation, acute and critical care, private and public, and regional and metropolitan, and tertiary education experience at the University of Canberra.

Lee-anne has been the Critical Care Dietitian at the Royal Adelaide Hospital for the past 4 years, as well as being the Clinical Researcher and Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide.

Lee-anne’s research interest are Intensive Care, Nutrition & Dietetics and Nutritional Physiology. She successfully leads the Intensive Care Nutrition Program at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

A/Prof Sunita De Sousa is clinical and academic endocrinologist with expertise in pituitary endocrinology and endocrine genetics. Sunita is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide and a Staff Specialist in Endocrinology and Genetics at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Sunita’s postdoctoral research focuses on monogenic diabetes, hereditary pancreatitis, and endocrine tumours. She is the founding member of EndoGen, a national framework of endocrine genetic centres which has led to Australia’s first national endocrine genetics MDT meeting.

Professor Arthas Flabouris is a staff specialist for the Intensive Care unit and Clinical Lead for the Medical Emergency Response Service at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, with a conjoint appointment with the Faculty of Health Sciences and University of Adelaide as clinical Associate Professor.

Arthas has collaborated with large research groups from the Simpson Centre for Health Service Innovation, University of New South Wales and the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group.

Professor Catherine Hill is a clinical Rheumatologist, Epidemiologist, and an expert in evidence-based healthcare.

Catherine is the head of the Rheumatology unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and holds multiple professional roles, including President of the Australia Rheumatology Association and Medical Director of Arthritis SA. Catherine was awarded the Parr Prize for Outstanding Rheumatology Research by the Australia Rheumatology Association in 2022. 

Professor Adam Nelson is a cardiologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, who recently completed clinical cardiology training at Monash University. Adam is an early career clinical academic and Associate Professor across CALHN and the University of Adelaide, with interests in preventive cardiology, personalized medicine and implementation science. 

After completing medical school at the University of Adelaide, Adam then completed his FRACP at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Adam completed a BMedSc honours degree and a PhD evaluating vascular function and risk assessment. Adam then embarked on a combined MBA and MPH through Laureate Universities with major subjects in epidemiology, implementation science and clinical trial methods undertaken at Duke University, while pursuing a 2-year post-doctoral appointment at the Duke Clinical Research Institute.

Professor Tarik Sammour is a colorectal surgeon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and an Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide, as well as an honorary appointment at SAHMRI. For the past 6 years Tarik has been the research lead for the Colorectal Research Group with multiple successful clinical PhD’s in the program.

Tarik’s research interests are cancer therapy/biology & clinical oncology, surgery and patient-centred outcome based clinical trials in colorectal surgery.

Professor Jo Thomas is a Specialist General Physician at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, including the Director of Physician Education and Clinical Associate Professor for the University of Adelaide.

Jo completed a PhD in Medical Education in 2020 and is an active clinical educator. Her research interests include Education, Medical and Health Sciences as well as Pharmacology and Pharmacy. Jo was awarded the Excellence in Teaching (level C) by the Executive Dean at the University of Adelaide in 2016, as well as her recognition by the Australian Medical Council in 2018.

Professor David Yeung is a clinical and laboratory haematologist with a special interest in acute and chronic leukaemia. David is a consultant haematologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, a clinical research fellow for SAHMRI and an appointment as a clinical senior lecturer at the University of Adelaide Medical School.

David has served as chair on the Disease Group, and on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the ALLG. He has run the Asia Pacific Clinical Training Research Institute, sponsored by the American Society of Haematology whilst in Hanoi.