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