Committee Members

Associate Professor Yin Xiao
Assoc. Professor Nick Fazzalari Nick Fazzalari
Dr Iain Anderson
Associate Prof. Paul Smith

Associate Professor Yin Xiao

Queensland University of Technology
Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI)
Cnr Blamey Street & Musk Avenue
Kelvin Grove Urban Village
Kelvin Grove Brisbane QLD 4059
Australia
Telephone: + 61 7 3138 6240
Facsimile: + 61 7 3138 6030
Email:

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. (6/2000) in Dentistry
School of Dentistry, the University of Queensland
Australia
Master of Dental Science (7/1991)
School of Dentistry, Wuhan University (Former Hubei Medical University)
People's Republic of China
Bachelor of Dental Science (7/1986)
Wuhan University (Former Hubei Medical University)
People's Republic of China

Brief Profile:
Dr. Yin Xiao is an associate professor at the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology. His research interest is to induce bone and cartilage regeneration by understanding cell and molecular biology of skeleton development and using the concept of tissue engineering to apply mesenchymal stem cell based therapy. He has published 37 referenced papers and 29 conference presentations.

Assoc. Professor Nick Fazzalari

BAppSci, BSc (Hons), DipEd, PhD (Adelaide)

Affiliate Associate Professor
The University of Adelaide
Tissue Pathology, Level 5 , IMVS
Telephone: +61 8 8222 3269
Facsimile: +61 8 8222 3293
Research: Bone and Joint (IMVS)
Email:

Brief Profile:
Prof. Fazzalari was awarded his BAppSci in 1972, a BSc (Hons) on X-ray crystallography of DNA in 1974 and a postgraduate DipEd in 1975. His PhD on the three dimensional spatial reconstruction of the left ventricle and analysis of ventricular geometry was conferred in 1987. Following completion of his studies at the University of Adelaide, he worked as a high school teacher for the Education Department of South Australia before joining the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science as a Medical Scientist in 1978. He was promoted to Senior Medical Scientist in 1983 and Principal Medical Scientist in 1989, and was subsequently appointed to his present position as Chief Medical Scientist in the Division of Tissue Pathology. He manages the Bone Research, Bone Histology, Tissue Morphometry and Image Analysis, Immunocytochemistry and Electron Microscopy laboratories.

Some Recent Publications (Limited Medline)

Dr Iain Anderson

Senior Lecturer, Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland Principal Researcher Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland

Bioengineering Institute
Level 6, 70 Symonds St
Auckland, New Zealand
Email:
Phone: +64 9 3737599 ext 82465
Fax: +64 9 3677157

Current research interests:
1. Orthopaedic tool design
2. Mechanics of cancellous bone
3. Knee braces

Tertiary Education:
1996 University of Auckland PhD Engineering Science
1983 University of Auckland ME Engineering Science (Cardiac heat transfer)
1981 University of Auckland BE Engineering Science (Mechanical and material properties of bone)

Professional specialties:
1. Modal testing and analysis for product development.
2. Aircraft ground vibration testing.
3. Finite element modelling

Publications and patents: (Please see my Publication List)

Associate Prof. Paul Smith BMBS FRACS (Ortho)

Canberra Orthopaedic Group
Level 3, Clinical Services Building
John James Memorial Hospital
Strickland Crescent
DEAKIN ACT 2600

Telephone: 1300 790 788
Facsimile: 02 6282 8866
Email:

Brief Profile
Associate Professor Paul Smith is an Orthopaedic Surgeon at The Canberra Hospital and at John James Memorial Hospital in Canberra. He is also Co-Director of the Trauma and Orthopaedic Research Unit at The Canberra Hospital. He has recently been honoured by The Knee Society, receiving the inaugural John N Insall Travelling Fellowship in knee surgery and has been appointed as Associate Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at the ANU Medical School.

Dr Smith received his medical and surgical training in Adelaide before specialising in hip and knee joint reconstructive and replacement surgery. He was a Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Travelling Fellow in 1996 and 1997 with Fellowships in joint replacement surgery at the University of Western Ontario in Canada and at The Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital in England. Dr Smith's particular clinical interests are in reconstruction and replacement surgery of the hip and knee, complex revision joint replacement surgery and management of pelvic and acetabular injuries.