Mike McGuckin

Professor Mike McGuckin is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Principal Research Fellow and Deputy Director (Research) at the Mater Research Institute – the University of Queensland within the new Translational Research Institute in Brisbane, where he leads the Inflammatory Disease Biology and Therapeutics Research Group.  Mike is the author of over 130 scientific publications with his research currently focused on mucosal infection, chronic inflammation and cancer in the gastrointestinal tract. He has held four patents. Mike is heavily involved in national and international peer review, and serves on multiple committees and boards for scientific societies, collaborative research centres and charities.