Monday, 8 December 2025

Life as a Clinician-Scientist Western Australia

Explore the possibilities of a fulfilling career combining your clinical practice with health research.
Our Life as a Clinician-Scientist symposia are designed to inspire junior doctors and clinicians, medical and health sciences students, and early career researchers to pursue this impactful career.

DATE

Monday, 8 December 2025

LOCATION

McCusker Auditorium, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, 6 Verdun Street, Nedlands

TIME

9:00am – 12:30pm

Tickets

$30
Registration includes morning tea.

Life as a Clinician-Scientist Western Australia

What to Expect

On the day

There will be a number of presentations plus a panel discussion, during which our Fellows, alongside other senior, mid- and early-career researchers, will share their stories about their unique combination of clinical medicine and science. They will talk about how they got started and how to master the skills necessary to succeed, with plenty of time built in for guests to ask questions.
Attendees will also have the opportunity to sign-up for 10-minute one-on-one mentoring sessions with our expert speakers. Don’t miss your chance to meet these ground-breaking clinician-scientists, and seek their advice to inform your future.

Read the full program

What is a

Clinician-Scientist

Clinician-scientists combine clinical practice with health research, allowing them to take their insights from working with patients to answer fundamental scientific questions and ultimately improve patient care.

Our WA symposium offers a unique platform to hear from leading local experts and learn about the many pathways to this exciting career.

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Our speakers

Professor Chris Blyth

FAHMS

Professor Chris Blyth is Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia) and head of the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases (The Kids Research Institute Australia). He is an infectious diseases physician at Perth Children's Hospital, establishing the Department of Infectious Diseases and a clinical microbiologist with PathWest Laboratory Medicine.

Professor Wendy Erber

FAHMS

Professor Wendy Erber FAHMS is a Clinical Academic Haematologist, with major interests in diagnostic haematology and translational research. Two years after medical school, she went to the University of Oxford for doctoral research, and, on returning to Australia completed her vocational training in haematology. She has held positions as Consultant Haematologist in Perth and at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge before taking an academic appointment at The University of Western Australia.

On the Panel

Professor Chandra Balaratnasingam

Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Lions Eye Institute and The University of Western Australia.

Dr Neha Jain

Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology Consultant, Perth Children’s Hospital, and PHD student, The University of Western Australia

Associate Professor Andy Toner

Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Perth Hospital

Life as a Clinician-Scientist

Delivered both in-person and online, our Life as a Clinician-Scientist symposia aim to encourage and inspire junior doctors, medical and health sciences students, and early career researchers to pursue a career as a clinician-scientist.

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