Biomedical Resources Advisory Group - (BRAG)

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The Faculty of Medicine “Biomedical Resources Advisory Group” (BRAG) is an advisory group to the Associate Dean Research, to provide a primary voice for formulating policy and co-ordinated investment strategies for the management and expansion of core research facilities.

In particular, BRAG will assist with developing co-operative policies for animal model-based biomedical research and other core infrastructure. Allied with this is the development of biomedical imaging resources at the Kensington Campus (School of Medical Sciences and the Lowy Cancer Research Centre) and the fostering of cross-institutional access to imaging platforms.

BRAG will develop policies for the use of the animal facilities, – supporting the operation of the BR (Biological Resources of the Faculty of Medicine) as well as providing a conduit for co-ordinating with core animal facilities within the C25 building (Lowy Cancer Research Centre (CCIA) / CVR complex), and assist with access to animal models off-campus, including allied centres, such as POWMRI, Garvan Institute, St. George Hospital and the Moss Vale Facility.

BRAG will also facilitate the development of biomedical imaging resources, particularly with regard to information on access and training on imaging platforms that include the Animal Imaging Facility (AIL) and Microscopy and Histology Unit in the Wallace Wurth building, as well as sponsoring co-operation and collaboration with imaging resources in the wider environs of UNSW and allied research institutes.
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Committee Members

BRAG consists of Faculty of Medicine institutional members and co-opted members from research groups:

Institutional

• Chair - Professor Gary Housley, Department of Physiology, SOMS (; 9385 1057)
• Secretary - Christine Riordan, SOMS (; 9385 2804)
• AIL – Animal Imaging Laboratory Manager - Dr Carl Power OCR ()
• BR – Biological Resources Manager - DebraThompson ()
• HMU - Histology & Microscopy Unit - Dr Maria Sarris ()
• Director of Research SESIAHS - Associate Professor Margaret Rose ()

Ex Officio (Watching Brief - receive AMUG minutes)

• Associate Dean Research - Denis Wakefield ()
• Faculty of Medicine General Manager - Judith Davoren ()
• Head of School of Medical Sciences - Nick Hawkins ()
• Chair Wallace Wurth Space Committee - John Hunt ()

Research Group Representatives

• School of Medical Sciences

• Department of Anatomy
  Head of Department - Professor Phil Waite () or nominee

• Department of Pharmacology
  Head of Department - Professor Margaret Morris () or nominee

• Department of Physiology
  Head of Department nominee - Dr. Paul Bertrand ()

• Centre for Vascular Research (CVR – Wallace Wurth / Lowy Cancer Research Centre)
  Professor Levon Khachigian () or Dr Katharina Gaus ()

• Inflammatory Disease Research Unit (IDRU)
  Professor Carolyn Geczy ()

• Children’s Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA - Lowy Cancer Research Centre (C25 building))
  Professor Michelle Haber ()

• St George Hospital
  Associate Professor Michael Grimm ( (or nominee Professor David Morris)

• POWMRI / NCRIS
  Professor Caroline Rae ()

• POW Hospital / NCRIS
  Professor Pamela Russell ()

• Garvan Institute
  Dr Will Hughes (), Pieter Huveneers, Molecular Imaging Unit
  Dr Cecile King () - Group leader, Immunology and Inflammation

• South Western Sydney Clinical School (Liverpool Hospital)
  Associate Professor Minoti Apte ()