BestSTART-SW brings together world-class clinicians, researchers, and policymakers, working with families, children and youth to create a Centre of Excellence in child-health translational research. Our team includes experts from different fields (e.g. psychiatry, speech pathology, paediatrics, psychology, public health and more) who share a vision to improve the health of South West Sydney.
OUR DIRECTORS
Valsamma Eapen
Director, BestSTART-SWS | Scientia Professor & Chair of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UNSW
Raghu Lingam
Co-Director, BestSTART-SWS | Professor of Paediatrics, UNSW
Paul Chay
Co-Director, BestSTART-SWS
OUR STAFF
Jane Kohlhoff
Associate Professor, UNSW | Director of Research, Karitane
James John
Senior Scientific Officer, AUCS SWSLHD | Conjoint Lecturer, UNSW
Christa Lam-Cassettari
Senior Research Associate, UNSW
Sara Cibralic
Research Officer, UNSW
Anthea Stylianakis
Research Fellow, UNSW
Amanda Maxwell
Clinical Research Manager, UNSW
Sophia Harris
Research Officer, UNSW
Nazmul Huda
Research Officer, SWSLHD | Conjoint Lecturer, UNSW
Karlen Barr
Research Officer, SWSLHD
Patrick Hawker
Research Assistant and PhD Student, UNSW
Farah Akram
Research Officer, SWSLHD | Conjoint Associate Lecturer, UNSW
Feroza Khan
Research Assistant, UNSW
Lulu Barker
Research Assistant, UNSW
Jess Brandt
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Fatme Hassoun
Project Officer, UNSW
Emily Wall
Research Assistant, UNSW
Muhammad Umar
Research Officer, UNSW
Prasadhini de Silva
Project Officer, UNSW
OUR STEERING COMMITTEE
John Whitehall
Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, WSU
Lynn Kemp
Distinguished Professor of Nursing, WSU
Stephen Conaty
Director of Population Health, SWSLHD
Teng Liaw
Professor of Medical Informatics and Primary Health Care, UNSW
Sue Woolfenden
Professor of Community Paediatrics, University of Sydney
Shanti Raman
Co-Head of Community Paediatrics, SWSLHD
Bin Jalaludin
Conjoint Professor of Epidemiology, UNSW
Andrew Page
Professor of Epidemiology, WSU
