Our team

VicHip is overseen by a team of highly regarded orthopaedic surgeons, clinicians and researchers at the forefront of hip dysplasia research.

A/Prof Leo Donnan

Lead Principal Investigator & Orthopaedic Surgeon 
The Royal Children's Hospital

Prof Melissa Wake

Chief Investigator & Scientific Director, GenV   
Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Mr Richard Angliss

Principal Investigator & Orthopaedic Surgeon
Barwon Health

Mr Brian Loh

Principal Investigator & Orthopaedic Surgeon
Monash Health

Mr Chris Harris

Principal Investigator & Orthopaedic Surgeon
Western Health

Mr Mark O'Sullivan

Chief Investigator & Orthopaedic Surgeon
The Royal Children’s Hospital

Cain Brockley

Chief Investigator & Sonographer
The Royal Children’s Hospital

Dr Li Huang

Chief Investigator & Health Economist
University of Melbourne

Melissa Formosa

Chief Investigator & Senior Clinical Research Coordinator
Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Carley Clendenning

Clinical Research Assistant
Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Minh Ngo

Clinical Research Assistant
Western Health

Emily Baird

Clinical Research Assistant
Barwon Health

Simone Cranage

Clinical Research Assistant
Monash Health

Dr Natalie Hyde

Post-Doctoral Research Lead
Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Rebecca Collins

Communications and Engagement Manager
Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Rashida Ali

Data Manager
Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Bec Moorhead

Clinical Research Coordinator
Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Rebecca Peters

Project Coordinator
Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Proudly in partnership with

VicHip is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care under the Medical Research Future Fund grant 2015989.

Murdoch Children's Research Institute acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands on which we work and pay our respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging.