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.
Panel: Building a career in translational research – perspectives across career stages (2021)
Chaired by Professor David Whiteman, this panel included: A/Prof David Cavallucci (hepato-pancreatico-biliary surgery) Dr Michelle Roets (anaesthetics) Dr Cameron Snell (pathology) It was recorded at our QLD LACS 2021 event.
Associate Professor Clair Sullivan: Digital health to improve health outcomes (2021)
Associate Professor Clair Sullivan graduated with Honours in Medicine from UQ and a Research Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Leeds. She is a fellow of both the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Australian College of Health Informatics. She has been appointed Associate Professor of Medicine in Clinical Informatics at the University […]
Professor Claire Wainwright: From genetics to the pharmaceutical market (2021)
Professor Claire Wainwright shares her experience as a clinician-scientist and her work on cystic fibrosis therapies. She is introduced by Queensland State Branch Chair Professor David Whiteman. Presented at our QLD LACS event in 2021.
Prof Bala Venkatesh: Building capacity and culture in translational intensive care research (2021)
Professor Bala Venkatesh shares his international experiences as a clinician-researcher and discusses running clinical trials in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. He spoke at our 2021 QLD LACS event. Professor Venkatesh is Director of Intensive Care at the Wesley Hospital, Pre-Eminent specialist in Intensive Care Medicine at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Professor of Intensive […]
Panel: Building a career in translational research (2021)
Chaired by Professor David Whiteman, the panel discusses mentorship, getting into research and work-life balance. Panel members are: Distinguished Professor Dietmar W Hutmacher Professor Bala Venkatesh Dr Michael Wagels Professor Claire Wainwright This session was held at our QLD LACS 2021 event.
Professor Tammy Hoffman: The ‘other’ type of translational research (2021)
Professor Tammy Hoffman is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Evidence-Based Health Care, Bond University, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Her research spans many aspects of shared decision making, evidence-based practice, and maximising the translation of evidence to assist clinicians, patients, […]
Professor Alan Mackay-Sim: Stem cells as models for brain diseases and drug discovery (2021)
2017 Australian of the Year, Professor Alan Mackay-Sim is a neuroscientist and stem cell scientist. A global authority on the human sense of smell, Alan uses his knowledge of regeneration of olfactory sensory neurons to move from the lab to the clinic. In preclinical work, Alan and his team showed that transplantation of nasal cells […]
Panel: Early and mid career clinician-scientists (2016)
Find out how our early and mid-career panel members got into research, the challenges and successes they have encountered and what motivates them. The panel included: Dr Ken Meyers; Dr Kylie Mason; Dr Peter van Wijngaarden; and Professor Michelle Leech. The early and mid-career panel discussion was part of the LACS VIC 2016 event
Professor Melissa Wake: Keep your feet on the ground and your eyes in the sky (2019)
Professor Melissa Wake describes the path that led her to become a developmental behavioural paediatrician, and how she built her international collaborations. She also talks about the benefits of having three lives: a clinician, a researcher and an individual with your family or your own interests outside of work. Presented at LACS in Melbourne, […]
Panel: Victorian early and mid-career clinician-scientists share their stories (2019)
Discover how our early and mid-career panel members got into research, the challenges and successes they have encountered and what motivates them. The panel included: Dr Sarah Price; Associate Professor Peiro Perucca; Associate Professor Sebastian King; and Dr Sylvie Picker Minh. This panel discussion was part of the LACS event in Victoria in 2019 and […]
Panel: Early and mid-career clinician-scientist pathways and opportunities (2018)
Discover how our early and mid-career panel members got into research, the challenges and successes they have encountered and what motivates them. Panellists included: Dr Ruth Mitchell Dr Joseph Doyle Dr Kirsten Perrett Associate Professor Justin Denholm This panel discussion was part of the LACS VIC 2018 event and was chaired by Professor Ingrid Scheffer.
Dr Glenn Begley: how can a clinician-scientist also be a bioentrepreneur and a science sleuth? (2018)
Dr Glenn Begley poses the important questions – how can a clinician-scientist also be a bioentrepeneur and a science sleuth? His talk covers why getting involved in research is important; his personal perspectives on Australian training; his lessons for a professional life outside of clinical medicine; delivering to patients and the challenges to the partnership […]
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.
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 […]
Nursing and Midwifery Life as a Clinician-Scientist (2021)
Learn how to combine your clinical practice with scientific research to get the best for your patients in this session from our inaugural Life as a Clinician-Scientist Nursing and Midwifery event. Featuring some of the leading clinician-scientists in Australia, this online event explored the many pathways in this rewarding career. Clinician-scientists bring together the fields […]
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 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.
Professor Eric Morand: I wonder what I’ll be when I grow-up? (2021)
“I never wanted to become a specialist, nor a researcher, and certainly not an administrator. Now I am all three and wouldn’t change a thing.” Professor Eric Morand, Head of the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, and Head of the Monash Health Rheumatology Unit. He spoke at the Victorian Life as a Clinician-Scientist […]