The ENDIA Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is made up of clinicians and researchers who make the key decisions about how the ENDIA Study is conducted and managed.

 

Research Team

Investigators: Simon C Barry, Maria E Craig, Peter G Colman, Jennifer J Couper, Elizabeth A Davis, Emma Hamilton-Williams, Mark Harris, Leonard C Harrison, Aveni Haynes, Tony Huynh, Ki Wook Kim, Grant Morahan, Helena Oakey, Megan A S Penno, William D Rawlinson, Richard O Sinnott, Georgia Soldatos, Rebecca L Thomson, Jason Tye Din, Peter J Vuillermin, John M Wentworth.

Project, Data and Biospecimen Managers: Amanda J Anderson, Pat J Ashwood, James D Brown, William Hu, Dao Huynh, Kelly J McGorm

Clinical Scientist: Kelly Watson

Associate Investigators: Prue Lopez, Andrew Day

Research Coordinators: Sarah Beresford, Debra Bezuidenhout, Susan Brandrick, Carlie Butterworth, Jacki Catteau, Nakita Clements, Jasmin Foster, Helen Griffiths, Alison Gwiazdzinski, Candice Hall, Gail Harper, Amanda Hulley, Renee Kludas, Karen Mateevici, Benjamin Ramoso, Alison Roberts, Alexandra Tully, Rosemary Wood.

Dietitian: Rachel Battersby

Post-doctoral Fellows: Esther Bandala Sanchez, Chris Hope, Tim Sadlon, Alexandra Roth Schulze.

Research Officers: Sabrina Binkowski, Bek Brittain, Minh Bui, Dylan Foskett, Dexing Huang, Ana Karceva, Asma Minhaj, Gaetano Naselli, Katrina Ngui, Trung Nguyen, Emily Ward, Yan Xu, Cynthia Yau.

Data Officers: Bethany Kamitakihara, Sapphire Vaega, Abbey Gilbert

Students: Sonia Issacs, Mohsin Mumtaz

Administrator: Leanne Cavenett.

Consumer Representatives

Nicole Loft (aka Nikki Micklem)

Nikki (as we know her) is a mother of two children enrolled in the ENDIA Study. She has lived with type 1 diabetes since she was a little girl. She has been providing consumer input to the study since early 2020 to provide perspectives on what it’s like as a caregiver to children participating in the study, and how we can best maintain enthusiasm and engagement for the study as the years go by. Professionally, Nikki is a Haematology Nurse Practitioner, and has recently become engaged in research herself. She was nominated in 2022 as a Finalist for SA Health Young Professional of the Year!

Bill Nash

Bill Nash is a father of two children. He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just before he turned 5 years of age. Without giving his age away, that’s over 35 years ago! He is a fire sprinkler system design/draftsman. Outside of work, Bill’s interests include cycling, swimming, fishing and car restoration. He decided to help with the ENDIA Study to give something back to the people who are putting time and effort into Type 1 Research. “It would also be great to know that I had some small input into possibly finding out some valuable information that one day could assist in preventing people developing Type 1.”