Phil has a B.Sci. (Hons) in Biochemistry from Sydney University and in 1984 he completed a PhD in Medical Biochemistry at the University of Newcastle. After postdoctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA), Merrell Dow Research Institute Cincinnati, and St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research Melbourne, he became Principal Hospital Scientist at the John Hunter Hospital Newcastle. He took up his present position as Head of the Cell Signalling Unit at the Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) Sydney in 1996 and is also a Professor in Medicine at the Universities of Sydney and Newcastle, and is one of only ~70 Australian scientists holding a Senior Principal Research Fellowship from the NHMRC. He leads a team of 23 scientists, postdocs and graduate students. Phil has a B.Sci. (Hons) in Biochemistry from Sydney University and in 1984 he completed a PhD in Medical Biochemistry at the University of Newcastle. After postdoctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA), Merrell Dow Research Institute Cincinnati, and St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research Melbourne, he became Principal Hospital Scientist at the John Hunter Hospital Newcastle. He took up his present position as Head of the Cell Signalling Unit at the Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) Sydney in 1996 and is also a Professor in Medicine at the Universities of Sydney and Newcastle, and is one of only ~70 Australian scientists holding a Senior Principal Research Fellowship from the NHMRC. He leads a team of 23 scientists, postdocs and graduate students.

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