From the bedside to the bench and back: A translational career for Alex Boussioutas

Professor Alex Boussioutas is Central Clinical School's
recently appointed Head of Department of Gastroenterology

Professor and Director of Gastroenterology Alex Boussioutas holds a joint senior academic and clinical role with Alfred Health and Monash University, the latest of a string of prestigious appointments. He has also had a remarkable research career.

by Anne Crawford

Gastroenterologist Professor Alex Boussioutas began his research career driven by a fascination with the molecular aspects of disease. It was the ‘90s when the nexus of molecular biology and genomics was an escalating field. “I figured the only way I could find out about that properly was to do a PhD in it,” he said.