The Latest News From The Lab

The Centre for Personalised Medicine running team delivered an outstanding performance at the 2025 Canberra Times Fun Run, crossing the finish line with big smiles and some personal bests - representing CPM with pride and energy. PhD student Gemma Hart Well done to our amazing runners for an outstanding show of effort: Simon Jiang Gemma Hart Kerry-Ann Virgo Sona Michalkova Kerry Gherbavaz Giles Walters Joanne Chow  We’re incredibly proud of our team for embodying CPM’s values

On 23 October 2025, we enjoyed an informative and engaging evening hosted by AHEPA Canberra, in partnership with the Hellenic Club of Canberra, featuring a fascinating presentation on personalised medicine by senior lecturer Dr Vicki Athanasopoulos. This event was a wonderful example of how community can come together to learn, connect, and build awareness around emerging approaches to healthcare. Together, we discussed what personalised medicine means and how it has the pote

After completing the Future Research Talent program at The Australian National University, Anju decided to return to Canberra to pursue her PhD with the Centre for Personalised Medicine at the John Curtin School of Medical Research. Drawn by world-class facilities, a collaborative research culture, and Canberra’s welcoming community, Anju is now exploring how genetic variants contribute to autoimmune diseases.   What made you decide to return to Canberra and pursue your PhD w

We have a team running the 2025 Canberra Times Fun Run to raise funds and awareness for the Centre for Personalised Medicine, our goal is to raise $10, 000! In order to save on administrative costs, we ask that you please donate directly to The Australian National University using the link below. To join The Centre for Personalised Medicine team, please use this link . Should you have any queries or need help entering, feel free to email info.cpm@anu.edu.au .

On Thursday 11 September 2025 , we invite you to show your support for CAN GIVE DAY .  For just 12 hours , every donation to the Centre...

Join us for an engaging and informative evening with Dr Vicki Athanasopoulos, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Personalised Medicine (CPM), based at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU.

Dr Vicki Athanasopoulos is a molecular immunologist at The John Curtin School of Medical Research at ANU in Canberra. She is a lead researcher at the Centre for Personalised Medicine with a special interest in lupus and Indigenous Health research.

Are you looking for a way to get involved and celebrate National Science Week this year? Most National Science Week events are free and...

The Centre for Personalised Medicine is a participant of the Future Research Talent program offered by ANU. This highly competitive and prestigious program attracts the very best international students from India in various fields of research. This opportunity allows talented students to develop their research skills at one of the worlds’ leading universities.

Dr Vicki Athanasopoulos presented her groundbreaking lupus research at the AHEPA committee meeting.

Earlier this year, Simon joined Dr Sanjaya on his podcast to talk about my journey as a clinician-scientist, for his work in nephrology...

The Canberra Health Annual Research Meeting (CHARM ) is an annual event hosted in Canberra. This year’s program featured an exciting...

The Centre’s first new partnership will be with Purple House, the Indigenous-led mobile dialysis unit based in Alice Springs, to develop...

We are excited to share that Dr. Vicki Athanasopoulos has been awarded $1,550,366.20 in funding for her Ideas Grant: “Understanding the...

Congratulations to Dr Daniel Christiadi for his paper: Dynamic survival prediction of end-stage kidney disease using random survival...

The lab was honoured to welcome Professor Vajira Dissanayake, the Dean of the  Faculty of Medicine and Professor Lallindra Gooneratne,...

An individual’s genome is a person's genes (the genome) carried in their cells. These genes can be positioned in the cell’s nucleus or...

The Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN) hosted its annual scientific meeting in Adelaide from 31 August - 4...

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) recently published the Genomics Health Futures Mission on the Department of Health and Aged...

June 2024 - The Canberra Health Annual Research Meeting (CHARM) took place and we are proud to share that Dr Tom Lea-Henry was awarded...