Discover our team of experts who are driving our research success

Meet the faces of the NCNED team of researchers, support staff and collaborators who together are working to improve the lives of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID patients.

Program Director

Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik

Professor Marshall-Gradisnik, immunologist, is recognised as the world leader in NK cells and ion channel dysfunction in ME/CFS. In the past ten years she has been successful in attaining over $25 million to enable her research staff, students and post-doctoral research fellows to explore and identify novel immunological and ion channel findings in understanding the pathophysiology of ME/CFS and develop a laboratory diagnostic test.

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Focus areas

ME/CFS

Experts: Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Dr Natalie Eaton-Fitch, A/Prof Leighton Barnden, and Dr Kiran Thapaliya

Neuroimaging

Expert: Dr Kiran Thapaliya and Associate Professor Leighton Barnden

Epidemiology and health economics

Expert: Dr Natalie Eaton-Fitch

Disability and NDIS

Expert: Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik

Steering Committee

Specialist Clinical Collaborators

  • Dr Don Staines, MBBS MPH FAFPHM FAFOEM
  • Dr Pete Smith, MBBS FRACP PhD BMedSci
  • Dr Jennifer Ng, MBBS MRCP FRACP
  • Dr James Baraniuk, MD
  • Dr James Jarmin, MBBS MRCP FRACP
  • Dr Eric Visser, MBBS MRCP FRACP

Centre Staff

Specialist Fundraising Representative

  • Mrs Susan Brookes

Director

  • Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik

Centre Coordinator

  • Ms Kay Schwarz

Administration

  • Ms Tania Manning

PhD Study

Study alongside experts in your field PhD and research candidates play an important role in our research efforts at NCNED. Griffith graduates can attain advantageous professional experience as they complete their research degree and support our aim to transform the overall health and wellbeing of our population.

Find all you need to know about research study at Griffith, from degrees to scholarships and how to apply.

Research study

HDR scholarships

PhD and research degree scholarships can cover tuition fees, overseas health cover, living allowances paid as stipends and relocation allowances.

Some scholarship opportunities will also be offered throughout the year for particular research areas.

HDR scholarships

Contact details

Phone
(07) 5678 9283
Email
ncned@griffith.edu.au
Media enquiries
media@griffith.edu.au
Location and postal address
Mailbox 68, NCNED National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases
G40 Griffith Health Centre, Level 8.86
Griffith University, Parklands Drive
Gold Coast QLD 4222

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