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The Research Office supports all researchers from early career onwards with applications, ethics, grants, contracts, commercialisation partnerships and publishing.
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Executive Director
MaryAnne Aitken
As the Executive Director of the Research Office, I am responsible for leadership and management of the Research Office. My teams include: Grants, Consulting and Contracts, Ethics, Bio Safety and Integrity and Research Performance.
Office of the Executive Director 
- Research Office management
- Special Projects
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Grants
Deepa Balakrishnan
- Strategic and Collaborative Bids
- ARC
- NHMRC.
Consulting and Contracts
Amanda Smith
- Consultancy and Research Contracts
- Processes
- Policies
- Tools and Templates.
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Ethics, Biosafety and Integrity
Heidi Gaulke
- Animal Ethics
- Biosafety
- Biosecurity
- Defence expert control
- Human Ethics
- Research Integrity
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Research Impact
Kelly Farrell
- Developing Research Impact at La Trobe
- Engagement and Impact 2018 enquiries
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Research Performance
Alistair Duncan
- Research Performance
- International Rankings
- ERA
- HERDC
- Research Master