Health Futures Institute

An internationally-renowned pioneer in metabolic phenotyping and systems medicine, Professor Nicholson is Pro Vice Chancellor of the Health Futures Institute and a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher who has authored more than 700 peer-reviewed papers on molecular aspects of body systems medicine. A Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Science, Professor Nicholson comes to WA from Imperial College London where he was the founding director of the MRC-NIHR National Phenome Centre.

A distinguished computational biologist and Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher, Professor Holmes has been appointed an ARC Laureate Fellowship. She will be progressing research on nutrition, maternal and infant health, liver and gastrointestinal disease and metabolic diseases such as diabetes, and dementia. She is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, and was Head of the Division of Computational and Systems Medicine at Imperial College London.

Professor Steve Wilton is a world-renowned researcher who together with Professor Sue Fletcher has made global breakthroughs in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Professor Wilton’s research focuses on an increasing array of diseases, including spinal muscular atrophy, Pompe’s disease, motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis. Over 50 different diseases are currently being studied. Steve Wilton is Director of both the Perron Institute – Western Australia’s oldest medical research institute – and the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics.

Dr Sohrabi has spent the last 15 years of his career investigating healthy ageing. As a psychologist and a clinical neuroscientist, he has extensive expertise in coordinating large multi-disciplinary teams and leading roles in national and international studies. Dr Sohrabi’s current research is focused on preclinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and preventive interventions to promote healthy ageing in older adults.