Christopher Sobey PhD, FBPhS

Professor Chris Sobey obtained his Ph.D. in 1991 in the Department of Physiology at the University of Melbourne, working with Owen Woodman in the area of endothelium and regulation of coronary artery tone. In 1994 he was awarded an NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship to conduct postdoctoral studies at the University of Iowa with Donald Heistad and Frank Faraci where he gained expertise in the study of cerebral artery function in vivo.

In 1996 he returned to the University of Melbourne where he established the Cerebrovascular Reactivity Laboratory in the Department of Pharmacology. In 2002 he was awarded an NHMRC RD Wright Career Development Award, and in 2005 he was first appointed as an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow. In 2006 he was recruited to the Department of Pharmacology at Monash University where, together with Grant Drummond, he has established the Vascular Biology and Immunopharmacology Group, which comprises more than 20 members.