Research groups

Our research groups include those based at the Charles Perkins Centre, research groups based at other University of Sydney institutes, and other external research partners. Learn more about their work. 

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition and physical activity, Dr Josephine Gwynn
• Ainsworth Interactive Collection of Medical Pathology, Dr Murat Kekic
• Allied Health Research, Professor Vicki Flood
• Bacterial Pathogens in Cystic Fibrosis Group, Dr Jim Manos
• Behavioural and Lifestyle Epidemiology Group, Emmanuel Stamatakis 
• Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders, Professor Ian Caterson 
• Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders, Professor Stephen Colagiuri
• Brett Hambly Lab, Associate Professor Brett Hambly
• Carbohydrate Nutrition Group, Professor Jennie Brand-Miller
• Cardiac Research Laboratory, Dr Sean Lal
• Cardiometabolic Disease, Dr John O'Sullivan
• Cardiovascular Medical Devices, Dr Anna Waterhouse
• Cardiovascular Proteomics Group & Microbial Pathogenesis Group, Professor Stuart Cordwell
• Cell Signalling Laboratory, Associate Professor Lenka Munoz
• Cellular Photoimmunology Group, Associate Professor Scott Byrne
• Centenary Institute, Professor Philip Hogg
• Climate Adaptation and Health, Associate Professor Ollie Jay, Professor Tony Capon
• Computational Trans-Regulatory Biology Group, Dr Pengyi Yang
• Cytomegalovirus Research Group, Associate Professor Barry Slobedman
• Dr John and Anne Chong Lab for Functional Genomics, Associate Professor Greg Neely
• Judith and David Coffey Life Lab, Professor Jean Yang
• David James Lab, Professor David James
• Economics of Human Development, Associate Professor Stefanie Schurer
• Evidence, policy and influence collaborative, Professor Lisa Bero
• Greg Brown Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Laboratory, Professor Stephen Twigg
• Griffiths Lab & Theory and Method in Biosciences Group, Professor Paul Griffiths
• Evidence, Policy and Influence Collaborative, Associate Professor Barbara Mintzes
• Exercise and Metabolic Disease Research Group, Associate Professor Nathan Johnson
• Exercise for Health and Wellbeing, Associate Professor Corinne Caillaud
• Exercise, Health and Performance, Associate Professor Kate Edwards 
• Health in the media, Associate Professor Monika Bednarek
• Healthy Brain Ageing Program, Professor Sharon Naismith
• Healthy Longevity, Professor Luigi Fontana
• Heart Research Institute, Professor Shaun Jackson
• How We Eat and Move, Associate Professor Kieron Rooney
• Immunology and Host Defence, Associate Professor Carl Feng
• Islet Biology and Metabolism Research Group, Dr Melkam Kebede
• Kidney Node Laboratory, Associate Professor Huiling Wu
• Kidney Node Laboratory, Professor Steve Chadban
• Lipid Metabolism Laboratory, Dr Andrew Hoy
• Lipidomics and Neurodegeneration, Associate Professor Anthony Don
• Liver Interactions Laboratory, Dr Mark Larance
• Melanoma Translational Research Group, Professor Georgina Long
• Melanoma Translational Research Group, Professor Richard Scolyer
• Menzies Centre for Health Policy, Professor Andrew Wilson
• Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunity Group, Professor Jamie Triccas
• Mucosal Immunology, Associate Professor Bob Bao
• Musculoskeletal Research Hub, Professor Paulo Ferreira
• Neely Lab, Professor Greg Neely
• Neuropathology Research Group, Professor Jillian Kril
• Neuropathomics, Associate Professor Greg Sutherland
• Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Disease, Professor Michael Skilton
• Nutrition and Dietetics, Professor Margaret Allman-Farinelli
• Nutritional Ecology Research Group, Professor David Raubenheimer
• Nutrition and Immunometabolism, Dr Laurence Macia
• Nutritional Physiology Research Lab, Associate Professor Kim Bell-Anderson
• Oral Node, Professor Joerg Eberhard
• Pathogen Discovery, Diversity and Evolution, Professor Edward Holmes
• Precision Nutrition, Professor Stephen Simpson
• Preventative Cardiology, Professor Robyn Gallagher
• Prevention Research Collaboration, Professor Adrian Bauman
• Redox Biology Group, Associate Professor Paul Witting
• Research in Implementation Science and eHealth (RISe), Professor Tim Shaw 
• Sleep Research Group, Professor Peter Cistulli
• Sleep Research Group, Professor Philip de Chazal 
• Sydney Environment Institute, Professor David Schlosberg
• Sydney Translational Imaging Laboratory / Cardiac Imaging Group, Professor Stuart Grieve 
• Synaptic Physiology and Plasticity Laboratory, Associate Professor Elena Bagley
• TEMPO Diet Team, Professor Amanda Salis
• Thorn Lab, Professor Peter Thorn
• Varicella Zoster Virus Research Group, Professor Allison Abendroth
• Viral Immunopathology Unit, Professor Nicholas King
• Weight management for young women, Associate Professor Helen O'Connor
• Weiss Lab, Professor Anthony Weiss