Pathologist

Dr Bridget Chang-McDonald MBChB, FRCPA

Dr Bridget Chang-McDonald’s role at Gillies McIndoe Research Institute allows her to contribute her pathology expertise to the various research projects and thereby play a part in the important work being done. Her medical and pathology background also provide a strong clinical perspective to the various research projects…

PhD Students

Dr Sam Siljee, MBChB

Sam has a long-standing research relationship with the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute, after completing a summer studentship with us in 2014. He returned in 2020 to undertake full-time research as a PhD student on a Victoria University of Wellington Doctoral Scholarship.…

Freya Weth, BSc, BBiomedSc (Hons)

Freya began her PhD at the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute because she wants cancer treatment to be more affordable and accessible for those afflicted by it. Freya is committed to cancer research and thinks the team and environment at the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute…

Jasmine White, BSc (Hons), MSc

With a keen interest in cancer research, Jaz has joined the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute to support its research work and goal of providing more accessible cancer treatments…

Raka Mitra, BSc (Hons), MSc

Raka began her PhD at the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute because she shares their goal to help improve patients’ lives and wanted to be part of our work in childhood birthmarks, vascular anomalies, and cancer research…

Clara Elena López Vásquez, BSc, MSc

When Clara discovered her passion for cell biology and tumor diseases during her Bachelor’s degree, it was clear she wanted to do a PhD to deepen her knowledge and work to improve people's quality of life..

Imogen Skelton, BSc

Imogen is passionate about improving the understanding of tumour biology to increase patients’ quality of life. She was inspired by the innovative work being done at Gillies McIndoe Research Institute and jumped at the opportunity to join…

Mia’s interest in cancer research began during her undergraduate studies, where she completed a Bachelor of Biomedical Science majoring in Human Genetics and Molecular Pathology at THW–VUW. Her placement at the Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI) deepened her commitment to bridging the gap between laboratory research and real-world clinical applications