Professor Stephen O’Leary: The life of a surgeon-scientist (2021)
“If you’ve been trained as a clinician, you know the best will come out if you combine a deep fundamental knowledge, but also if you follow your heart in terms of motivation. It’s really important, early in your career, to have a broad curiosity across your discipline.” Professor Stephen O’Leary, William Gibson Chair in Otolaryngology […]
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 […]
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.
Associate Professor Jonathan Karpelowsky: Why being a scientist makes me a better surgeon (2019)
Associate Professor Jonathan Karpelowsky covers a range of topics in his talk, such as how being a clinician helps him be a better surgeon, and his top tips for delivering a great talk to share your science and your story.
Professor Hugh Taylor : My life as a clinician-scientist (2019)
Professor Hugh Taylor wants you to think about how much we don’t know – and to open your mind up to addressing those unknowns. There are many opportunities to do so as a clinician-scientist. He is an ophthalmologist, speaking in Melbourne in 2019.
On the front line and in the lab – driving forward research in a pandemic (2020)
Our clinician-scientists are using their expertise and experience to confront a once in a hundred-year global health threat and manage a public health emergency. Learn how they’re doing it in this recording of our 2020 webinar. Whether they are searching for new treatments and vaccines, advising on public health measures or addressing the broader impacts […]
The Prep and the Pivot – responding to a pandemic as a clinician scientist (2020)
Clinician scientists have been leading the charge in tackling the pandemic. At this August 2020 event we heard from some of Australia’s leading clinician-scientists about how it’s going, and the opportunities and challenges they have experienced in their research and clinical lives during the pandemic. The webinar featured renowned experts: Professor Sharon Lewin AO FAHMS Director, […]
Professor Fiona Wood: My journey as a clinician-scientist – the life long impact of burn injuries (2018)
Professor Fiona Wood gets up in the morning to be the best she can be – she describes how you can bring your A game to work every day as a clinician-scientist. She is a surgeon, speaking in Melbourne in 2018.
Professor Ian Frazer: Why (and how) I became a medical researcher (2016)
Co-inventor of the cervical cancer vaccine, and our inaugural president, Professor Ian Frazer talks about why he became a clinician-scientist. He is speaking at our Victorian event in 2016.
Professor Melissa Little: How to write a paper – tips and tricks for getting your research published (2016)
Professor Melissa Little shares her secrets on how to write a paper and provides tips and tricks for getting your research published. She is a scientist and academic, speaking in Melbourne in 2016.
Professor Andrew Cuthbertson: Clinical research in industry, crossing to the dark side? (2016)
Professor Andrew Cuthbertson shares his story as a clinician-scientist, and the important work that they do at CSL.
Professor Ingrid Scheffer: Bringing insights from the bedside to the bench (2016)
Professor Ingrid Scheffer wants to tell you how you can take medicine and science to the next level – as a clinician-scientist. She is a paediatric neurologist, speaking in Melbourne in 2016.
Professor Kate Drummond: Why bother with surgical research when you can spend all day operating? (2016)
Neurosurgeon Professor Kate Drummond on why it’s important for surgeons to pursue research.
Professor Rinaldo Bellomo: How to select and structure a research question (2016)
Professor Rinaldo Bellomo explains how to select a research question and most importantly, how to structure a research question. His entertaining presentation provides lots of practical advice about how to do this.
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni: Psychiatry research, ready for a revolution (2016)
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni explains why psychiatry is so far behind many medical disciplines, and that mental health will continue to be a major health burden in Australia in the coming years. She also outlines why the lack of neurobiology thinking in the profession of psychiatry has led to some disasters for people in their quality […]
Professor Jane Gunn: How might a clinician-scientist be best placed to reshape primary care? (2018)
Clinician-scientists have so many opportunities to make a difference. Professor Jane Gunn just says “go for it” – and here’s how she did. She is a general practitioner, speaking in Melbourne in 2018.
Professor Shitij Kapur: Life as a clinician-scientist – lessons from across the world (2018)
Professor Shitij Kapur wants to tell you how the world can open up for you as a clinician-scientist – and the opportunities and rewards that come along the way. He is a psychiatrist, speaking in Melbourne in 2018.
Professor Grant McArthur: Why communication matters (2019)
Professor Grant McArthur thinks communicating with patients and patient communities is one of the most important skills for a clinician-scientist. He is an oncologist, speaking in Melbourne in 2019.
Professor Sharon Lewin: HIV, infectious diseases and beyond (2019)
Clinician-scientists can make a difference during times of great change – you may have no idea what might unfold in your career, but that’s the excitement of medicine and science. Infectious diseases expert Professor Sharon Lewin speaks in Melbourne in 2019.
Professor Jamie Cooper: Science and patient care synergise in intensive care (2019)
Professor Jamie Cooper speaks at the 2019 Victorian Life as a Clinician-Scientist event.