​Contact Us

Office for Research
Level 3 Western Centre for Health, Research & Education (CHRE) Building
Sunshine Hospital
176 Furlong Road
St Albans VIC 3021

Operating Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm​

Please send all Ethics and Governance enquiries to: [email protected]
Please send all Research Facilitation enquires to: [email protected] 

Mr Bill Karanatsios 

Research Program Director
Phone: 03 8395 8073
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Contact for Legal & financial compliance, policies, procedures, Research Facilitation, Research Report and Research Week.

Providing oversight and support of the Western Health Office for Research including.

Mrs Kerrie Russell

Ethics Administrative Officer​
Phone: 03 8395 8074 (Mon, Tue & Thu)
Email: [email protected]
Contact for QA projects, Honorary Researcher Appointments, minor amendments.

Supporting Researchers with liaison to the Western Health Low Risk Ethics Panel (LREP) regarding Quality Assurance (QA) Applications, Amendments for QA, Honorary Researchers Appointments, payments and general queries.

Ms Virginia Ma

Research Governance Officer
Phone: 03 8395 8072 (Mon, ​Tue & Thu); 03 8395 8074 (Wed &Fri)
Email: [email protected]
Contact for high risk, SSA Research Governance applications and amendments.

Providing support, advice and assistance with enquiries regarding the Victorian Streamlined Ethical Review Process (SERP), National Mutual Acceptance (NMA), SSA Submissions for new and on-going project Amendments for QA, Low Risk and High Risk projects.

Miss Noelle Gubatanga

Ethics Submission Officer & Research Ethics Admin
Phone: 03 8395 8059
Email: [email protected]
Contact for Low Risk applications and amendments, SSA Amendments and Assistance with Commercial SSA Submissions

​​​Assisting researchers and liaison with the Western Health Low Risk Ethics Panel (LREP) regarding new Low Risk Applications , WH QA & LR Amendments and SSA Amendments.

Facilitate the work up of ethics and governance submissions for commercially sponsored trials in order to support clinical trials across the organisation and permit Research Coordinators to concentrate on patient recruitment. In this capacity, Noelle will also act as the primary contact for your department, Office for Research and  the commercial sponsor.​

Ms Meera Senthuren

Ethics & Governance Admin Officer
Phone: 03 8395 8071
Email: [email protected]
Contact for Progress & Final reports, SSA Amendments & Acknowledgements, monitoring and audits.

Providing supporting and management of Progress Reports, Audits, monitoring, SSA Amendments & Acknowledgements