Rate My Professor Jude Weidenhofer

Dr. Jude Weidenhofer is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Biochemistry within the School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy at the University of Newcastle, Australia, part of the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing. She earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Medical and Applied Biotechnology (Honours) from Charles Sturt University Wagga and a PhD in 2006 from the University of Newcastle, where her thesis examined the molecular and cellular role of the amygdala in the aetiology of schizophrenia. After completing her doctorate, she conducted postdoctoral research from July 2006 to May 2008 at The Children's Hospital at Westmead in the Molecular Oncology Group, investigating the role of TPD52 in breast development and breast cancer. In 2008, she returned to the University of Newcastle as a teaching-focused academic and, under the supervision of Professor Leonie Ashman, developed her independent research program. Since 2011, she has led her own research group. Currently, she serves as Expert Taught Courses Convenor, Deputy Head of School (Education), Co-Director of Biospecimen Services, and Deputy Chair of the Institutional Biosafety Committee. She also represented New South Wales for the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 2012 to 2015 and has contributed to organising committees for symposiums, research seminar series, and other events. She has coordinated several courses at the university.