Driving health equity: Professor James Ward
Professor James Ward of UQ’s Poche Centre for Indigenous Health delivered the keynote at the Academy’s 2023 Annual Meeting.
Panel: Australian health horizons
The outcome of this session was to explore big ideas in health, research and innovation – and ask how they will impact the community in the coming decades. The session reflected on the outcomes of recent Academy policy projects, including the Health Horizons Forum, which looked at topics including mental health and preventative health, with […]
Panel: Accelerating health equity among First Nations communities
This session addressed key issues that are hindering health equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, which need to be addressed to Close the Gap, including the determinants of health, racism and self-determination. This session was recorded at our 2023 Annual Meeting. Session Chair: Professor David Whiteman Panel discussion: Cleveland Fagan, Chief Executive Officer, […]
Panel: Accelerating health equity
Recorded at our 2023 Annual Meeting, this session identified steps Australia should be taking to improve equity in health, including in relation to prevention and the determinants of health. Session chair: Professor Denise Doolan FAHMS Panel discussion: Professor Fran Baum AO FASSA FAHMS, NHMRC Investigator and Program Director, Stretton Health Equity, The University of Adelaide […]
Sir Michael Marmot in conversation with Professor Fran Baum
Watch the keynote for the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences 2023 Annual Meeting: Driving health equity. Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UK) – Professor of Epidemiology, University College London; Director, UCL Institute of Health Equity; Past President of the World Medical Association in conversation with Professor Fran Baum AO FAHMS (SA) – Professor of […]
Life as a Clinician-Scientist: Allied Health 2023
This Life as a Clinician-Scientist event focuses on allied health. Chaired by AAHMS Fellow Professor Kathy Refshauge, this event features national experts across a range of allied health fields. Speakers include: Professor Peter Malliaras, Physiotherapist and Tendon Consultant, Monash University Dr Clare Burns, Advanced Speech Pathologist, Research Fellow, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Associate Professor Susan […]