Meet our students

More than 170 students work within our research teams tackling important questions in medical research. Meet our students and recent graduates and learn about their experiences and achievements. 

Alexandra McAllan

PhD student, Nucleic Acids and Innate Immunity
Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases

Being a student at Hudson Institute can really be whatever you want to make it – no matter what you want to pursue after studying, there are constant opportunities to engage with and develop your interests.

Sean Solari

PhD student, Microbiota and Systems Biology
Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases

Hudson Institute is a great place to be a research student. It provides students with the opportunity to learn from professional research scientists and engage with them about their research, while also being full of friendly and enthusiastic students and staff that make for a great environment to be in.

Liesl Bramberger

PhD student, Translational Antigen Discovery
Centre for Cancer Research

Being at Hudson Institute is great because everyone is knowledgeable in different things, so there is always an expert to ask and they are always willing to help. There's also a student retreat offsite so you can get to know the other students outside of work and there's lots of interaction between students in different groups.

Steven Garrick

PhD student, Interventional Immunology in Early Life Diseases
The Ritchie Centre

Studying at Hudson Institute allows me the opportunity to produce highly translatable research, as we are just next door to Monash Health. I am surrounded by highly experienced scientists across many fields of research, and we have a very supportive student community. I have found it a very rewarding place to study!

Brittany Vining

PhD student, Sex Development
Centre for Endocrinology and Reproductive Health

I have always had an interest in developmental and reproductive biology, and through visiting the Hudson Institute during a short research placement in 2019, I knew that this was a place I would feel supported for a PhD.

Paige Riddington

PhD student, Fetal and Neonatal Health
The Ritchie Centre

I chose Hudson Institute because the scientists are passionate about the research they do, and there is strong support for young people and women in science.

Kirstin Tindal

PhD student, Epidemiology and Clinical Trials
The Ritchie Centre

Hudson Institute is closely aligned with Monash Health, meaning that research has the potential to be translated clinically too. My passion for stillbirth research lead me to my research project as part of an exciting collaboration between incredible supervisors spanning the Endometrial Stem Cell Biology group and epidemiology and clinical trials.