QRC-PVD Research Team

Dr Shiv Thanigaimani

Senior Research Fellow

shiv.thanigaimani@jcu.edu.au

ORCID: 0000-0003-0322-6147

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Dr Annabelle Kavanagh

Senior Clinical Research Worker

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Ashleigh Gunn

Senior Clinical Research Worker

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Dr Callan Wesley

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Peripheral Vascular Disease

ORCID: 0009-0005-2213-4426

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Cedric Hensman

Database Developer

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Kate West

Research Exercise Physiologist

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Keerthi Kamireddy

Senior Clinical Research Worker

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Luciana Thoeodoro de Freitas

Clinical Research Coordinator

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Dr Niechole Robinson

Clinical Research Coordinator

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Dr Praveen Yerramothu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Peripheral Vascular Disease

ORCID: 0000-0001-6635-6681

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Richard Lim

Senior Clinical Research Worker

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Tisha King

Clinical Trial Coordinator

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Candi Lee

Research Administration Officer

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Akshita Goel

Akshita serves as a Clinical Research Officer at QRCPVD (joined June 2026), leveraging her dual background as an Exercise Physiologist and Physiotherapist. She is accredited with ESSA as both an Exercise Physiologist (AEP) and Exercise Scientist (AES), bringing a strong clinical background to this role. Her expertise lies in patient interviewing, clinical assessments, and designing and running evidence-based exercise protocols, focusing on translating clinical expertise…

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Ram Dumre

A Senior Clinical Research Officer with QRCPVD since mid-2026, Ram specialises in patient recruitment and clinical assessment across a range of vascular-focused trials, including peripheral artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and diabetic foot conditions. Ram holds a Bachelor of Medical and Health Sciences (Honours) as a Dean’s Scholar from the University of Wollongong, with a strong research background in fatty acids biochemistry. His honours work…

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Kathryn Davison

Kathryn is a Senior Clinical Research Officer who joined QRCPVD in mid-2026. In her role, she is responsible for the recruitment and assessment of patients across clinical trial studies focused on peripheral artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and diabetic foot conditions. Kathryn brings over three years of experience in biomedical research, including one year in clinical cardiology where she contributed to two publications, six months…