Professor Tony Perkins | UniSC | University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Professor Tony Perkins was appointed as the Foundation Dean of Health at UniSC in October 2022. He was previously the Head of Medical Sciences (2008-12) and the Dean Academic (2012-2018) at Griffith University. He completed his doctoral and post-doctoral studies at the Nuffield Dept of Obstetrics at the University of Oxford and his PhD was awarded through the United Medical and Dental Schools at the University of London. More recently he was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Trophoblast Research at the University of Cambridge (2019).

Professor Perkins is a biochemist with particular interests in placental mitochondria and antioxidant enzyme systems. His research is focused on placental dysfunction in complications of pregnancy such as fetal growth restriction, preterm birth and preeclampsia. He has published over 130 papers and raised more than $5 million in research funding. His work is widely cited (approx. 4800) with a H index of 39. Professor Perkins has an international reputation in placental biology / biochemistry and has been invited on many occasions to present at International and National meetings. He is the current Australasian Editor for the journal Placenta and on the editorial board for Nutrients. He has supervised many Research Higher degree students many of whom have gone onto successful academic careers.