Our Team

BPMRI operational staff:

Dr Michael Hunter

Dr Michael Hunter

Director BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre (Busselton-based)

Dr Michael Hunter was awarded a PhD with Distinction by the University of Western Australia for his studies in molecular biology and genetics conducted at the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free Hospital, London. Read More.

Dr Jennie Hui

Dr Jennie Hui

Director BPMRI Busselton Health Study Laboratory (Perth-based)

Dr Hui is a molecular geneticist whose primary training was in the field of Immunogenetics. Over the last 15 years, her main research focus involved the study of genetics and epidemiology of human diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases and diabetes. She has been associated with the Busselton Health Study since 2002 when she took up her first post-doctoral position, working on the genetics of asthma with Professor Bill Cookson from the University of Oxford. Read More.

Glenys Hubbard

Glenys Hubbard

Senior Research Nurse / Admin and Volunteer Coordinator (Busselton-based)

Glenys joined the Busselton Health Study team in 2016 and has extensive experience in nursing and phlebotomy in clinical and research settings. Before relocating to Western Australia she worked on the Garvan Institute’s Dubbo Osteoporosis Longitudinal Study in rural NSW and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. Her current roles include admin, recruitment, participant liaison, volunteer coordination and clinical testing at the Busselton Health Study Centre.

Gemma Gill

Gemma Gill

Senior Research Nurse / Data and Protocol Coordinator (Busselton-based)

Gemma holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and a Postgraduate Diploma of Midwifery from Curtin University, along with a Graduate Diploma in Education from Edith Cowan University where she received a number of awards for academic achievement in her studies. Gemma joined the Busselton Health Study team in 2019 after an extensive career at St John of God Health Care in Subiaco and Bunbury and Hollywood Hospital. Her current roles includes clinical testing, protocol and data management and coordinating practicum placements at the Busselton testing facility.

Project staff and database team:

Kashif Mukhtar

Kashif Mukhtar

Database Programmer (School of Population and Global Health, UWA)

Kashif Mukhtar is the database programmer at the School of Population and Global Health at the University of Western Australia. Kashif manages the data from all past Busselton Health Study surveys. He works to maintain the accuracy and integrity of these data, and assists with new surveys to ensure data quality. He also provides data extraction services to researchers using the data collection.

Mark Divitini

Mark Divitini

Research Associate (School of Population and Global Health, UWA)

Mark Divitini completed a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Mathematics and Computing at Curtin University of Technology in 1988. During 1989 he was employed by the School of Physiotherapy at Curtin University of Technology as a statistician. He then worked for two years at the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of London mainly in projects involved with occupational asthma and its causes. Since 1993 Mark has been employed as a Research Associate in Statistics at the School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia.

BPMRI Volunteers and co-opted Community and Consumer Representatives:

Barbara Furze

Barbara Furze

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Cate Ham

Cate Ham

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Fiona Dunbar-Blake

Fiona Dunbar-Blake

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Graeme Robson

Graeme Robson

BCAC Chair & BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Jean Chant

Jean Chant

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer: Life Member
Jenny Thornton

Jenny Thornton

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Jude Kirkham

Jude Kirkham

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Julie Jarman

Julie Jarman

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Karen Jennings

Karen Jennings

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Leanne Wanliss

Leanne Wanliss

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Lesley Reid

Lesley Reid

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Marcella Becker

Marcella Becker

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Pat Rowles

Pat Rowles

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Peter Coates

Peter Coates

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer: Life Member
Sally Chandler

Sally Chandler

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Sue Brown

Sue Brown

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Terrie Delroy

Terrie Delroy

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer: BPMRI Ambassador
Trudy Lucas

Trudy Lucas

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer
Rachel Migliore

Rachel Migliore

BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre Volunteer: E-communications