Therapeutic and Vaccine Research Program
The Therapeutic and Vaccine Research Program (TVRP) conducts a range of clinical trials designed to assess the effectiveness of new HIV therapies or candidate vaccines. These studies often provide not just biomedical data, but also evidence of the impact of policy practice and therapeutic guidelines in both resource-rich and resource-limited settings. TVRP staff provide leadership through the program’s role as an International Co-ordinating Centre for the INSIGHT network, a major international collaboration for the conduct of large clinical endpoint strategic trials in HIV disease which has more than 300 sites in 30 countries.
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Sean Emery BSc(Hons), PhD
Head and Professor
Professor Sean Emery is Head of the Therapeutic Vaccine Research Program. Sean Emery joined the NCHECR in 1993, becoming the Head of the TVRP in 1998. He is a founding member of the INSIGHT Executive and is co-chair of the NIH-funded START trial (Strategic Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy). He has been closely involved in the elaboration of some of the most influential pieces of HIV clinical research of the last decade, most notably the SMART study. He has had prime responsibility for the growth of the NCHECR international research network to its current coverage in countries of Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe and Latin America. This network is active in the conduct of a series of large randomised interventional studies examining critical issues in the contemporary management of HIV infection.
semery@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Mark Boyd BM, BS, MD, MHID, DCTM&H, FRACP
Clinical Project Leader/Senior Lecturer
Mark Boyd has been a Clinical Project Leader at NCHECR since April 2007. He is a qualified physician with sub-specialty accreditation in Infectious Diseases and a particular interest in HIV Medicine. His research interests are mainly interventional including novel and strategic uses of combination antiretroviral therapy in both resource rich and limited settings, antiretroviral toxicities and the control of HIV pathogenesis.
mboyd@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Sarah L. Pett BSc(Hons), MBBS(Hons), DTM&H, FRACP, FRCP Edin
Clinical Project Leader
Sarah Pett is a Clinical Project Leader at the Therapeutic and Vaccine Research Programme; she is also an Infectious Diseases Physician at St. Vincent’s Hospital, in Sydney, Australia. Research interests include cytokine therapies for HIV-1-infection, the immunological aspects of CCR5 receptor blockers, immune restoration disease and strategic trials on when to commence antiretroviral therapy in asymptomatic individuals.
spett@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Rebekah Puls BSc (Hons), PhD
Clinical Project Leader
Rebekah Puls is a Clinical Project Leader in the Therapeutic and Vaccine Research Programme and is responsible for the conduct and management of clinical trial in HIV medicine across a network of investigational sites in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Australia. Her research interests include the evaluation of new treatments and new treatment and prevention strategies for HIV infection
rpuls@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Dianne Carey B Pharm, MPH
Clinical Project Leader
Dianne Carey is a Clinical Project Leader in the Therapeutic Vaccine Research Program. Research interests include various aspects of HIV pharmacology.
dcarey@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Cate Carey RN, BA MAppSc
Senior Clinical Project Coordinator
Cate Carey is a senior clinical project coordinator in the Therapeutic and Vaccine Research Programme. Cate is responsible for the coordination and implementation of large scale, multi-centre, international clinical trials. Research interests include treatment, pulmonary function and neurological disease in HIV.
ccarey@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Allison Humphries BSc, MSc, Grad Dip PH
Senior Clinical Project Coordinator
Alli Humphries is a senior clinical project coordinator in the Therapeutic and Vaccine Research Programme. Alli is responsible for the coordination and implementation of large scale, multi-centre clinical trials across 20+ countries. Research interests include metabolism, body composition and cardiovascular disease in HIV.
ahumphries@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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David Courtney- Rodgers
Senior Coordinator - Regulatory Compliance
David Courtney – Rodgers is responsible for the Coordination and maintenance Quality Assurance/regulatory compliance across all TVRP clinical research projects as defined by SOPs and specific Protocol documentation. Facilitating QA/QC training for TVRP staff.
Drodgers@nchecr.unsw.edu.au |
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Jessica Taylor RN
Clinical Project Coordinator
Jessica Taylor is a Clinical Project Coordinator for the Therapeutic Vaccine Research Program.
jtaylor@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Nisha Seneviratne B Med Sci, B Bus, M Med Sc (Drug Development
Clinical Project Coordinator
Nisha Seneviratne is a Clinical Project Coordinator of the Therapeutic and Vaccine Research Program, and is currently working on SECOND-LINE and MARCH clinical trials.
nseneviratne@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Hila Haskelberg B.Sc
Clinical Project Coordinator
Hila Haskelberg is a clinical project coordinator in the Therapeutic and Vaccine Research Program.
hhaskelberg@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Maria Arriaga BSc, MSc
Clinical Project Coordinator
Maria Ariaga is a Clinical Project Coordinator for the Therapeutic Vaccine Research Program.
marriaga@nchecr.unsw.edu.au |
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Simone Jacoby BSc, DipNutrition, AdvDip Bot Med
Clinical Project Coordinator
Simone Jacoby is a Clinical Project Coordinator for the Therapeutic Vaccine Research Program.
sjacoby@nchecr.unsw.edu.au |
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Carlo Dazo BMedSci (Hons)
Clinical Project Coordinator
Carlo Dazo is a Clinical Project Coordinator for the Therapeutic Vaccine Research Program.
cdazo@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Natalie Espinosa BAppSc, MHSc
Clinical Project Coordinator
Natalie Espinosa is a clinical project coordinator in the Therapeutic and Vaccine Research Program.
nespinosa@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Megan EvansBAPP SCI (HIM)
Clinical Project Coordinator
Megan Evans is a Clinical Project Coordinator for the Therapeutic Vaccine Research Program.
mevans@nchecr.unsw.edu.au |
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Sally Hough
Clinical Project Coordinator
Sally Hough is a Clinical Project Coordinator for the Therapeutic Vaccine Research Program. Sally is currently on maternity leave.
SHough@nchecr.unsw.edu.au |
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Elise Tu BSc(Hons), PhD
Clinical Project Coordinator
Elise Tu is a Clinical Project Coordinator for the Therapeutic Vaccine Research Program. Her research interests include clinical research and infectious diseases
etu@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Cathy O’Connell Dip. Bus
Program Manager
Cathy Sajjadi is the Program Manger for Therapeutic and Vaccine Research Program
csajjadi@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Kymme Courtney-Vega Dip. Sport Ther.
Data Manager
Kymme Courtney-Vega is a data manager within the Therapeutic and Vaccine Research Program. His technical interests include the development and management of eClinical trials.
kvega@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Aurelio Vulcao Dip InfTech
Data Manager
Aurilio Vulcao is a data manager within the Therapeutic and Vaccine Research Program.
avulcao@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Alexis Shambrook
Administrative Assistant
Alexis Shambrook is a Administration Assistant for the Therapeutic Vaccine Research Program.
ashambrook@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
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Rosemary Robson
Administration Assistant
Rosemary Robson is a Administration Assistant for the Therapeutic Vaccine Research Program.
rrobson@nchecr.unsw.edu.au |
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