Australia's Dedicated Microbiome Research Centre
Meet our Research Team
Principal Investigators
Prof. Emad El-Omar
Director Microbiome Research Centre, Professor of Medicine UNSW, Gastroenterologist, St George Public Hospital
Prof. Georgina Hold
Professor of Gut Health UNSW, Director of Research SESLHD, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Program Lead
A/Prof. Amany Zekry
Associate Professor UNSW, Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist, St George Public Hospital, Liver Microbiome Research Program Lead
Research Team
Dr. Fatima El-Assaaad
Senior Research Associate
Women’s Health Lead
Strategic Operations and Translation Lead
Dr. Xiaotao Jiang
Head bioinformatician/ Lecturer
Resistome & Antimicrobial Resistance Program Lead
Dr. Fan Zhang
Senior Research Associate
Bioinformatics Lead, IBD program
Dr. Howard Yim
Senior Lecturer
Cancer Microbiome Program Lead
Dr. Paris Tavakoli
Post Doctoral Researcher
Dr. Michelle Fitzmaurice
Post Doctoral Fellow
Metabolism& Cardiovascular Health Program
Dr. Elaheh Ghoudosi
Research Officer
Liver Program
Dr. Sabrina Koentgen
PhD Graduate
Rachel Tennyson
Research Nurse
Anuk Ellepola
Research Assistant
Elnaz Lorzadeh
Research Assistant
Liver Program
Gabrielle Damm
Research Assistant
Doctoral Candidates
Milena Katz
PhD student
Yashar Houshyar
PhD student
Jayashi Rajapakse
PhD student
Thisun Jayawardana
PhD student
Du Guo
PhD student
Salim Maher
PhD student/ Gastroenterologist
Naveed Saleem
PhD student
Gaoyang Luo
PhD student
Annalise McGavin
PhD student
Goodnews Agare
PhD student
