Welcome to the Clinical Outcomes Research Unit
The Clinical Outcomes Research (CORe) Unit provides expertise in advanced analytics of existing or emerging clinical databases. Rather than service provision, CORe fosters collaborative relationships.
The CORe analysts are involved in conceptualisation and interpretation of research projects and work closely with principal investigators from other research teams, providing expertise in analytics, as well as insight into the subject of their research.
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Components of the Unit
The success of the CORe Unit is driven by the three complementary skillsets available within the team.
Meet the Unit
The CORe Unit consists of researchers from wide-ranging backgrounds, who each add immense value to the group through their individual subject matter expertise and knowledge base. They each bring creative thinking, thoughts and ideas to the table, as they seek answers to complex problems both individually and as a group.
The CORe Unit consists of researchers and analysts who have come to the team from all over the world.
Red – present team members; Orange – previous fellows and team members
A/Prof. Tomas Kalincik
Group Leader, Head of Neuroimmunology & MS at RMH
Dr Charles Malpas
Research Stream Leader (Neurocognitive Disorders & Epilepsy)
Dr. Sifat Sharmin
Biostatistician & Research Fellow (Multiple Sclerosis)
Dr Ai-Lan Nguyen
Neurologist & Ph.D. Candidate (Multiple Sclerosis)
Dr Izanne Roos
Neurologist & Ph.D. Candidate (Multiple Sclerosis)
Dr Anna He
Neurology Registrar & Honorary Research Fellow (Multiple Sclerosis)
Dr Nathaniel Lizak
Research Associate & Physician Trainee (Multiple Sclerosis)
Mr Brett Drummond
Administrator & Science Communication Specialist
Mr Eric Drummond
Administrator & Digital Media Specialist
Present Fellows, Visitors & Students:
Dr Gloria Dalla Costa – Visiting research fellow; San Raffaele University, Italy; July 2019 – December 2019
Dr Marianna Vitkova – Visiting research fellow; Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Slovakia; February 2019 – February 2020
Dr Francesca Bovis – Visiting research fellow; University of Genoa, Italy; January 2019 – March 2019
Dr Ali Manouchehrinia – Visiting research fellow; Karolinska Institute, Sweden; February 2019
Dr Tomas Uher – Visiting research fellow; Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic; October 2018 – March 2019
Dr Nahid Moradi – Visiting research fellow; Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute (EMRI), Iran; September 2018 – January 2019
Mr Daniel Merlo – Ph.D. student; Monash University, Australia; February 2017 – February 2020
Previous Fellows, Visitors & Students:
Dr Amy Kunchok – Research fellow; University of Melbourne, February 2017 – June 2018
Mr Minh Le – MD Research Project student; University of Melbourne, Australia; February 2018 – June 2018
Mr Hanafi Husin – Master student; University of Melbourne, Australia; February 2018 – June 2018
Ms Mathilde Lefort – Visiting research fellow; University of Rennes, France; February 2017 – April 2017
Ms Johanna Andersen – Visiting research fellow; Rigshospitalet, Denmark; February 2017 – April 2017
Dr William Brown – Visiting research fellow; Cambridge University, UK; February 2017 – October 2017
Dr Bernd Merkel – Research fellow; University of Melbourne, Australia; May 2016 – May 2017
Dr Thor Chalmer – Visiting research fellow; Rigshospitalet, Denmark; February 2017 – April 2017
Dr Jordana Hughes – MD Research Project student; University of Melbourne, Australia; February 2017 – June 2017
Dr Adam Fambiatos – MD Research Project student; University of Melbourne, Australia; February 2017 – June 2017
Mr Jae-Kwan Jake Jun – MD Research Project student; University of Melbourne, Australia; February 2017 – June 2017
Dr Johannes Lorscheider – Research fellow; Universitätsspital Basel, Switzerland; February 2015 – February 2016
Mr Luke Perry – Student; Monash University, Australia; December 2016 – March 2018
Mr Jiah Wallace – Student; Monash University, Australia; December 2016 – December 2017
Dr Lukas Sobisek – Economics University Prague, Czech Republic 2013 – March 2019
Dr Matthew Warrender-Sparkes – MD Research Project student; University of Melbourne, Australia; February 2014 – June 2014
