Clare Hawkins joined the Department of Biomedical Sciences in March 2017, after nearly 20 years in Sydney at the Heart Research Institute, where she held the position of Scientific Director and the Inflammation Group Leader. She is a former Australian Research Council Future Fellow, and Principal Research Fellow within Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, and has held other prestigious Research Fellowships including an R.D. Wright Career Development Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and a Career Development Award from the Australian National Heart Foundation. Her research is focused on understanding the role of oxidative stress and inflammation in driving lesion development in atherosclerosis.