Our Team

Meet the researchers of the Perth Longitudinal Study of Ageing Women (PLSAW) team

Professor
Amanda Devine
Professor

Dr Devine is a Professor in the School of Medical and Health Sciences, ECU and is a Registered Public Health Nutritionist who has been actively involved in osteoporosis research in WA since 1990.

Professor
Richard Prince
Professor

Professor Richard Prince is a Professor at University of Western Australia and a Consultant Endocrinologist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and St John of God's Hospital. He has spearheaded the LSAW

Associate Professor
Debborah Kerr
Associate Professor

Associate Professor Deborah Kerr is a research academic with a PhD in exercise and bone health and an MSc in body composition. Deborah is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with skills in dietary asse

Doctor
Dr Joshua Lewis
Doctor

Dr Lewis’s expertise is primarily in cardiovascular disease and disorders of mineral metabolism that are often seen in the elderly leading to increased fractures and coronary hospitalisations and

doctor
Dr Kun (Kathy) Zhu
doctor

Dr Zhu obtained her PhD from the University of Sydney in 2002, and is the Scientist-in-Charge of Gairdner Bone Density Services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

Doctor
Dr Wai Lim
Doctor

Clinical Associate Professor Wai Lim is a consultant nephrologist and Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation in the Department of Renal Medicine at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

Professor
Satvinder Dhaliwal
Professor

Satvinder S. Dhaliwal is a Professor & Discipline Leader of Epidemiology and Biostatistics within the School of Public Health, Curtin University. His research interest includes the application of Bios

Professor
Jonathan Hodgson
Professor

Jonathan Hodgson works at Edith Cowan University and the University of Western Australia. His research focuses on the role of diet in cardiovascular disease prevention.

Doctor
Dr Ben Khoo
Doctor

Ben Khoo, PhD is a Medical Physics Specialist with Medical Technology & Physics, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH). Ben has an adjunct appointment with School of Medicine and Pharmacology (UWA).

Data Management Team

These are the members of the PLSAW Data Management Team

Database Manager
Kashif Mukhtar
Database Manager

Kashif Mukhtar is the database programmer and database manager. He develops databases and applications. He has good expereience in Data management, data analysis, data manipulation, data generation an

Database Manager
Kane Deering
Database Manager

Kane Deering is a member of the data management team for the LSAW project. His role on the project includes data cleaning and extraction. Kane has a Bachelor Degree with Honours in Health Science and