Advisory Committee

The ALRC typically forms an advisory committee, or panel of experts, for each Inquiry. The Advisory Committee for the ALRC’s Review of Human Tissue Laws comprises the following:

  • Professor Dominique Martin, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University
  • Professor Shih-Ning Then, Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, QUT
  • Professor Jeremy Chapman AC, Clinical Director, Division of Medicine and Cancer, Westmead Hospital
  • Dr Marisa Herson, Honorary Associate Professor in Bioethics, Deakin University
  • Professor Ian Kerridge, Professor of Bioethics and Medicine, School of Public Health and Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney
  • Ms Kelli Owen, Adelaide Nursing School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
  • Ms Debbie Stracey, Executive Director, Australian Tissue Donation Network
  • Associate Professor Helen Opdam, National Medical Director, OTA
  • Dr Rowena Lalji, Child and Adolescent Renal Service, Queensland Children’s Hospital
  • Dr Brett Sutton, Health and Biosecurity Director, CSIRO
  • Professor Dianne Nicol, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Centre for Law and Genetics, University of Tasmania
  • Ms Jodie Clarkson, Representative Palliative Care Australia; Volunteer Aboriginal Interpreter Service, Northern Territory