Chief Investigators

Dr Matthew Cook

Matthew is the Director of Immunology at The Canberra Hospital, Senior Lecturer at ANU Medical School and a Visiting Fellow at the John Curtin School of Medical Research (ANU). Matthew is on the council of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) and is Coordinator of Advanced Training in Clinical Immunology (Joint Specialist Advisory Committee, Royal Australasian College of Physicians).

Philippa Kirkpatrick

Philippa works at Concord Repatriation General Hospital in NSW and is the coordinator of the ANZADA study. Philippa also coordinates the ASCIA PID Register and has extensive experience in clinical research in the field of PID. Philippa was a founding Director of the Immune Deficiency Foundation of Australia (IDFA) and is also the Secretary of the ASCIA PID Committee.

Dr Sean Riminton

Sean is a Clinical Immunologist at Concord Repatriation General Hospital in NSW. He was responsible for the design and implementation of the ASCIA PID Register. Sean is a fellow of the National Blood Authority and was involved in the development of the new Criteria for the Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulin. Sean was the Chair of the ASCIA PID Committee for four years and has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of PID.

Dr Heiner Koerner

Heiner is a research scientist in Immunology at The Comparative Genomics Centre at James Cook University in Townsville.