Allied Health Life as a Clinician-Scientist (2021)
Featuring some of the leading allied health clinician-scientists in Australia, this online event will explore the many pathways in this rewarding career. Clinician scientists bring together the fields of clinical medicine and scientific research, and are typically clinically trained health professionals who also include research as a major part of their career. This event was […]
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.
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 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 […]
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 Kathryn North: How to never be bored (2021)
“One thing I love about my job and my career is that I’m never, ever bored.” Professor Kathryn North AC, Director of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the David Danks Professor of Child Health Research at the University of Melbourne. She speaks at the Academy’s Victorian Life as a Clinician-Scientist 2021 symposium.