Current AuSCR Steering Committee

Prof Sandy Middleton (Chair)

Sandy is the Director, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent’s Health Australia (Sydney) & Australian Catholic University.

Prof Chris Bladin

Director, Victorian Stroke Telemedicine Program, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health & Neurologist Eastern Health.

Prof Dominique Cadilhac

Dominique is the Data Custodian for both the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR) and the Australian Stroke Data Tool (AuSDaT). Dominique heads the Public Health and Health Services Group, Stroke theme at The Florey, and is the Co-director and Research Lead for the Stroke and Ageing Research Group, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash University.

Dr Helen Castley

Helen is a neurologist and clinical lead of acute stroke services at the Royal Hobart Hospital.

Prof Geoffrey Donnan

Geoffrey is Co-lead of the Australian Stroke Alliance and a Professor of Neurology at The University of Melbourne.

Prof Rohan Grimley

Rohan is a Geriatrician and a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at Sunshine Coast Clinical School.

Prof Richard Lindley

Richard is a Professorial Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health and a Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney.

Dr Andrew Wesseldine

Andrew is a Specialist Physician, Geriatrician and Stroke Physician. He is the Director of Medical Services at St John of God Murdoch and is the State Stroke Director of Western Australia.

A/Prof Mark Mackay

Mark is a Paediatric Neurologist, who is the Director of Department of Neurology and the Paediatric Stroke program, at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne.

Prof John McNeil

John is the Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash University.

Prof Tim Kleinig

Tim is the President of the Stroke Society Australasia and the Head of Neurology at Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Prof Bernard Yan

Bernard is involved with the Stroke Society of Australia (SSA) and a Neurologist and Neurointerventionist, Department of Neurology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

Prof Helen Dewey

Helen is a consultant neurologist and Senior Medical Advisor, Strategy and Improvement at Eastern Health.

Ms Tope Adepoyibi

Tope is the Executive Director of Stroke Services and Research at the Stroke Foundation.

Ms Jennifer Muller

Jennifer is a Consumer Representative and former member of the National Stroke Foundation Board and previous Chair of the Stroke Foundation Consumer Council.

Mr Mark Simcocks

Mark is a Consumer Representative.

Last revised 13 March 2024