Leigh Johnston

University of Melbourne Node Director

Professor Leigh Johnston is the Director of the Melbourne Brain Centre Imaging Unit within the Department of Radiology, and Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and IT. She also chairs the Victorian Biomedical Imaging Capability, where she drives the advancement of research imaging in Victoria. Professor Johnston’s research focuses on developing novel imaging techniques to address fundamental questions in neuroscience, specifically advancing acquisition, reconstruction, and analysis methodologies for ultra-high field MRI and PET imaging. An electrical engineer by training with expertise in statistical signal processing, she completed postdoctoral research fellowships in Belgium and Canada. She brings to her role as UoM Node Director over two decades of comprehensive experience spanning both preclinical and human imaging fields.