Professor Benjamin Kile

Professor Ben Kile commenced as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences with the University of Adelaide in October, 2019.

Prior to this, he was Head of the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology with Monash University from 2017 until 2019 and Head of the ACRF Chemical Biology Division at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) between 2014 and 2017.

Professor Kile conducted his PhD training in the Cancer and Hematology Division at WEHI and his postdoctoral research at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He returned to WEHI in 2004 and established an independent research laboratory there in 2008.

Professor Kile is a medical researcher who is internationally recognised for his work in blood cell development and survival, particularly in the context of cancer chemotherapy and its impact on the hematopoietic system.