Dr Joanne Howes
Clinical Trial Coordinator - Deadly Ears in Deadly Hands study
Qualifications:
PhD, University of Southampton, UK, 2007
Bachelor of Science, University of Southampton, UK, 2003
Location:
Darwin – Royal Darwin Hospital
Biography:
Dr Joanne Howes is the clinical trial coordinator for the Deadly Ears in Deadly Hands research study based at Menzies in Darwin.
After obtaining her PhD on the “Impact of Maternal Diet on Vascular Function in the Offspring” she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for several years. Joanne then moved into the research management field as a Research Administrator for the Malaria Program and then Research Manager for the Computational Genomics Program at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK. She emigrated to Australia in 2016 and became a Clinical Trial Coordinator in the Asthma and Breathing Research Program at the Hunter Medical Research Institute in Newcastle, NSW.
Before taking on her current position she was the Research Program Manager for the Centre for Research Excellence in Ear and Hearing Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children based at Menzies.
