Professor Tony Parker

Biography

I am an Associate Professor in the School of Biomedical Science (SoBMS), Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology. I teach Cell and Molecular Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Proteomics and Wound Science. I am also the school’s Academic Lead in Indigenous Health; Deputy Program Leader of the Tissue Repair and Translational Physiology (TRTP) Group in the SoBMS; and Chief Scientific Officer of Surgical BioFix Ltd, a Brisbane based Biotechnology Company involved in the manufacture of Australia’s first dehydrated amniotic membrane allografts for wound and surgical application. I have over 15 years of experience in tissue injury, wounds and tissue engineering research with a major focus on the biochemical implications of skin and musculoskeletal tissue injury and recovery processes. In particular, our team is recognized for our cutaneous wound fluid analysis expertise and we work closely with burn and trauma researchers at the Centre for Children’s Health Research (CCHR) and the Queensland Children’s Hospital as part of a broader collaboration with leading Australian burns researchers at Children’s Hospital Westmead in Sydney and Fiona Stanley Hospital Perth. My team played a key role in the establishment of the world class proteomics and metabolomics capability at QUTs Central Analytical Research Facility (CARF) and we also specialise in the utilisation of 2D and 3D in vitro experimental skin wound models and have an interest in the role of exercise in the systemic release of the neuroprotective / neurorepairative proteins which may have implications for stroke prevention and rehabilitation. I have additional active international collaborations with leading researchers at A*STAR Singapore; Tulane University, New Orleans and University of Kentucky in the USA. I have published 37 peer reviewed journal articles in the international scientific literature, attracted over $3.6 million in research funding and have trained 15 Honours and 22 higher degree research students.