Eric Morand
Head
Medicine
Monash University
Australia
Biography
Professor Morand is Head of the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University's largest clinical school. He is a specialist rheumatologist, and Head of the Monash Health Rheumatology Unit, the largest in Australia. He specalises in research and clinical care of systemic lupus erythematosus, as well as complex rheumatic diseases and rheumatoid arthriitis. He is founder of the Monash Lupus Clinic, Australia's largest Lupus-focussed research-grounded clinic for patients with SLE, a founding member of the Australian Lupus Registry & Biobank, and Chair of the AsiaPaciifc Lupus Collaboration.
Research Interest
Professor Morand's key interests are clinical outcome measurement ad biological profiling in SLE, and the actions of glucocorticoid induced proteins on the immune system.