Our Team
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
The Oto Medicines R&D Team
Founding Director/CEO
A/Prof Lea-Ann Kirkham
BSc(Hons), PhD, GAICD
Infectious Disease Microbiologist Exp 25yr in Medical Research Drug discovery & development
Founding Director/CMO
Prof Peter Richmond
MBBS, FRACP, PhD
Paediatrician/Immunologist Exp 35yr in Clinical Trials Vaccine development/Pharma
COO/Product Development
A/Prof Alma Fulurija
BSci, MSc, PhD, GAICD
Infectious Disease Immunologist Exp 30yr in Drug Development Product Development/Biotech
Program Manager
Dr Elke Seppanen
BSc(Hons), PhD
Clinical Trials, biospecimens Exp 25yr in Med Research Ethics/clinical governance
R&D Manager
Imke Houwers
MSc
Medical Affairs (exSanofi) Exp 10yr Management Contracts/partnerships
Laboratory Team Co-Lead
Dr Ruth Thornton
BSc(Hons), PhD
Immunoassay development Clinical serology, OM trials
Laboratory Manager
Caitlyn Granland
BSc(Hons)
Preclinical models Exp 15yr, Lab Research SOPs/experiment execution
Senior Immunologist
Dr Christian Tjiam
BSc(Hons), PhD
Flow Cytometry Exp 12yr, Lab Research Clinical immunoassays
Business Development
Renee Hallam
BBus, GAICD
Business Strategy Exp 15yr, Global R&D Commercialization
Biostatistician
Dr Matt Cooper
PhD
Clinical Trial design, Applied statistics
Global Pharma Liaison
Dr Selma Wiertsema
PhD
Exp 20yr Pharma R&D Vaccines/Probiotics (EU-based)
Computational biology
Edison Foo
BSc(Hons)
Clinical immunology, Data analysis
Research Fellow
Dr Sharon Clark
BSc(Hons), PhD
OM Immunology, NTHi biology
Research Fellow
Dr Alec Truswell
BSc(Hons), PhD
Microbial Genomics, Immunoassays
Research Assistant
Jack Pepper
BSc(Hons)
Immunology/Cytometry, Data management
Senior ENT surgeon
Prof Shyan Vijayasekaran
MBBS, PhD, FRACS
Key opinion leader
OM surgery, OM research