About
Professor Powell is a Hepatologist and Senior Staff Specialist in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Princess Alexandra Hospital. She is Clinical Director, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Director of the network Centre for Liver Disease Research and Professor, School of Medicine, The University of QLD. She leads a productive research program, bridging clinical research and basic science, and mentoring the training and career development of emerging researchers and clinicians. Professor Powell has 197 career publications (Scopus Nov 2024) with over 18,000 cites (citation rates almost 4 times more than field average, Scival Nov 2024). She has held three 5-year NHMRC Practitioner Fellowships, and two Queensland Health Clinical Research Fellowships. Over the last 5 years she has led research of emerging paradigms in hepatology research, examining the role of injury-stratifying biomarkers and pathways of care for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and chronic liver disease.
Area of Interest
Professional Associations
Professor Powell has key involvement in professional societies that impact clinical practice, research, education and health policy, including as current member of the Executive of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, and prior member of the Executive of the Australian Liver Association, the Clinical Research Committee of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the Editorial Board of Hepatology. She was recently appointed (2023) as Clinical Director, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, to develop a Clinician Scientist strategy for the Institute to attract, support, train and mentor the next generation of clinician scientists.