The Centre for Health Technologies is home to a large, diverse, talented team of scientists and engineers who are driven by a common mission to better diagnose, prevent and treat common diseases that affect our ageing population. Our researchers collectively have a unique breadth of internationally recognised expertise in biomedical engineering and biomedical sciences, including biomarkers, medical devices, gene therapy, genomics, single cell sequencing, and data science.
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Professor Ann Simpson
Director, Centre for Health Technologies
Ann's current research interest is the gene therapy of diabetes mellitus. Specifically, her research is concerned with investigating the possibility of engineering an artificial insulin-producing cell to replace the insulin-secreting beta cells that have been destroyed by the autoimmune process in Type I diabetics. Learn more about Ann
Professor Tuan Van Nguyen
Acting Director, Centre for Health Technologies
Dr Nguyen is Professor of Predictive Medicine of the School of Biomedical Engineering (UTS), Head of the Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, and Conjoint Professor of the St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW Sydney. He pursues both epidemiological and genetic research, to address issues that are transformational, shaping policy and practice leading to better treatment and control of osteoporosis. Learn more about Tuan
Professor Joanne Tipper
Director, Centre for Health Technologies
Joanne moved into the multidisciplinary research field of medical engineering in the mid-1990s after completing a PhD in skin microbiology at the University of Leeds. Over the last 25 years, she has developed methodologies for isolating wear particles generated by total joint replacements. Learn more about Joanne
Advisory board members
- Mary Bebawy
- Aaron Coutts
- Richard De Abreu-Lourenco
- Barry Drake
- Bogdan Gabrys
- Gyorgy Hutvagner
- Irina Kabakova
- Deborah Marsh
- Toby Newton-John
- Brian Oliver
- Deborah Parker
- Prabhu Sivabalan
CHT membership
See the full list of CHT core and associate members