Professor Chris Maher: Making an impact as a clinician-scientist
Professor Christopher Maher FAHMS is Director, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney. He spoke about his career and how to make an impact as a clinician-scientist at the 2023 Life as a Clinician-Scientist NSW symposium.
Professor Warwick Britton: What is a clinician-scientist?
Professor Warwick Britton AO FAHMS discusses his work and strategies for succeeding as a clinician-scientist at the 2023 Life as a Clinician-Scientist NSW symposium. Professor Britton is Research Director, Sydney Local Health District and RPAH; Head, Tuberculosis Research Program, Centenary Institute.
Professor Nicholas Fisk: An antidote to boredom
Professor Nicholas Fisk AM FAHMS is Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) at The University of New South Wales. He shared stories and strategies for success from his career in clinical obstetrics and research – which he considers “an antidote to boredom” – at the 2023 Life as a Clinician-Scientist NSW symposium in Sydney.
Professor Cheryl Jones: Where medicine meets science
Professor Cheryl Jones FAHMS is Dean and Head of School, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney. She discusses her career and research in infectious disease, paediatrics and antimicrobial resistance at the 2023 Life as a Clinician-Scientist NSW symposium.
Associate Professor Sue Woolfenden: The why, who and what of a paediatrician-scientist
Associate Professor Sue Woolfenden discusses the “why, who and what” of her work as a paediatrician-scientist, combining research with clinicial work in community paediatrics, at the 2023 Life as a Clinician Scientist NSW symposium. Speaker: Associate Professor Sue Woolfenden, Director of Community Paediatrics, Sydney Local Health District; Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
Panel: Where medicine meets science – what is a clinician-scientist? (2021)
Professor Steve Vuviv chairs a question and answer session at our 2021 NSW Life as a Clinician-Scientist event. Professor Vlado Perkovic and Professor Elizabeth Elliott responded to questions from our online audience.
Professor Vlado Perkovic: An accidental academic – from clinician to researcher and beyond (2021)
Professor Vlado Perkovic speaks at our Life as a Clinician-Scientist NSW event in 2021.
Professor Matthew Kiernan: Chance and design – axons, channels and neurology (2021)
Professor Matthew Kiernan speaks at our 2021 NSW Life as a Clinician-Scientist event.
Prof Elizabeth Elliott: Unexpected rewards for the clinician-scientist (2021)
Professor Elizabeth Elliott: Unexpected rewards for the clinician-scientist – a journey from the lab to Wangkatjungka, Christmas Island and Dien Bien Phu.
Dr Ameneh Khatami: Around the world in 80 days – finding my feet as a clinician-scientist (2021)
Dr Ameneh Khatami discusses her career so far at our 2021 NSW Life as a Clinician-Scientist event.
A/Professor Michelle Farrar: Paediatric neurology – the dawning of a new era (2021)
A/Professor Farrar discusses paediatric neurology and her career path at the 2021 NSW Life as a Clinician-Scientist event.
Professor Clara Chow: Flexibility and creativity in clinical research (2021)
Professor Chow discusses creativity in research at our 2021 NSW Life as a clinician-scientist event.
Panel: The career of a clinician-scientist (2021)
Chair: Professor Louise Baur Panellists: Professor Georgina Long Professor Henry Pleass Associate Professor Nick Wood Associate Professor Parvathi Menon Associate Professor Hasantha Gunasekera Recorded at our 2021 NSW Life as a Clinician-Scientist event.
Panel: Early and mid-career clinician-researchers share their insight (2019)
Learn how our early and mid-career panel members got into research and the challenges and successes they have encountered. The panel discussion was part of the NSW LACS event in Sydney in 2019. This panel includes: Associate Professor Tri Phan; Dr Vita Birzniece; Dr Vincent Ho; and Dr Tom Guy.
Professor Peter McCluskey: Getting the red out – 35 years of research scleritis research as a clinician-scientist (2019)
Professor Peter McCluskey shares his story about how he came to be a clinician-scientist in the field of ophthalmology. Presented at the NSW LACS event in Sydney in 2019.
Professor Mark Harris: How might a clinician scientist be best placed to reshape primary care? (2019)
Professor Mark Harris shares his personal experiences as a clinician-researcher throughout his life and the journey he has gone on. Professor Harris also shares some lessons he has learnt about being a clinician-scientist. Professor Harris has a focus on the prevention and management chronic diseases especially diabetes cardiovascular disease, in primary care. He also conducts […]
Associate Professor Gayle Fischer: Building a clinical academic career and department with what you have (2019)
Associate Professor Gayle Fischer and dermatologist talks the audience through how to build a research career with virtually no funding. She also discusses the upside and downside of being a clinician-scientist. Presented at the NSW LACS event in Sydney 2019.
Professor Carolyn Sue: Being a scientist is in the DNA of every clinician and how to build a research question (2019)
Professor Carolyn Sue discusses her career highlights and areas of research and also provides advice about how to build a research question. Professor Sue is an international expert in mitochondrial disease and movement disorders. She established the Centre of Excellence for Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders at Royal North Shore Hospital in 2011. Presented […]
Professor Gemma Figtree: Lessons from across the world and getting to the heart of disease mechanisms (2019)
Professor Gemma Figtree discusses her career in cardiology, the places it has taken her, explains some of her major career decisions and how she combined fundamental research with clinical training. She also offers advice about the best timing to undertake a PhD. Presented at the NSW LACS event in Sydney in 2019.
Professor Louise Baur: How I went from clinical physiology to global health public policy without even realising it (2019)
Professor Louise Baur looks back over her career and the pathways that led her to becoming a bariatric paediatrician. She also talks about ways of treating those affected by obesity and the best prevention strategies. Presented at the NSW LACS event in Sydney in 2019.