Professor Rachel Neale: The role of vitamin D in human health
Professor Rachel Neale, Group Leader, Deputy Coordinator of the Population Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, presented at the 2023 AAHMS Annual Meeting.
Professor Clara Chow: cardiovascular disease prevention
Professor Clara Chow AM FAHMS, Professor of Medicine and Academic Director Westmead Applied Research Centre, was elected to the Academy in 2023. She presented her work on cardiovascular disease prevention at our 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 […]
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 […]
Prof Sophia Zoungas: why be a clinician-scientist?
Professor Sophia Zoungas FAHMS, Endocrinologist and Head of the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University, speaks at our 2023 Life as a Clinician-Scientist Victorian event.
Prof Sandro Demaio: my journey
Dr Sandro Demaio, CEO, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (public health) speaks at our 2023 Life as a Clinician-Scientist Victorian event.
Prof Stephen Nicholls: cardiology
Professor Stephen Nicolls FAHA FAHMS, Cardiologist and Director of the Monash Heart Hospital, speaks at our 2023 Life as a Clinician-Scientist Victorian event.
Panel: Embedding research into the health system (2021)
Chair: Professor Chris Mitchell AO FAHMS Professor Jonathan Carapetis AM FAHMS, Institute Director, Telethon Kids Institute Professor Sandra Eades FASSA FAHMS, Dean and Head of Curtin Medical School Professor Vlado Perkovic FAHMS, Dean of Medicine, UNSW Professor Helena Teede AM FAHMS, Director Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation Associate Professor Lisa Whop, Senior Research […]
Pofessor Sharon Lewin and Dr Anthony Fauci: Impact of research on the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
Watch a keynote from our 2021 annual meeting: Impact of research on the COVID-19 pandemic. A conversation with Dr Anthony Fauci OMRI, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director and Professor Sharon Lewin AO FAHMS, Director, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity.
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.
Panel: Impact of scientists in the media (2021)
Recorded at our 2021 annual meeting. Chair: Dr Susannah Eliott, CEO Australian Science Media Centre Panellists: • Professor Tony Cunningham AO FAHMS, Director, Centre for Virus Research, Westmead Institute of Medical Research • Professor Julie Leask, Professor, Sydney Nursing School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Visiting Fellow, National Centre […]
Prof Sir Savill: Embedding research in healthcare in two nations divided by a common language (2021)
Chaired by Professor Christina Mitchell, Professor Sir John Savill discusses the integration of research into healthcare in the UK. Recorded at our 2021 annual meeting. Professor Savill points out a few small typos on his slides during the discussion. These are: – at 7.17mins, the initialism for Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is missing an […]
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 […]
Dr Eamonn Eeles: Ageing. Challenges, opportunities and innovations (2021)
Dr Eeles is a consultant physician and geriatrician and a keen researcher in the field of dementia and delirium. Dr Eeles is research council chair at TPCH, Head of research IMS, statewide advisor to the Queensland Brain Institute, member of Statewide Dementia Network and Australasian Delirium Association committees. He spoke at our QLD LACS […]
Professor Robyn Guymer: More than meets the eye (2018)
Professor Robyn Guymer outlines how spending time with the patient can focus the research question. She explains how being a ‘simple clinician’ can really have a big impact on patient outcomes. Presented at the LACS event in Melbourne in 2018.
Dr Nick Watts and Professor Fran Baum: Sustainability in healthcare (2021)
Professor Fran Baum AO FASSA FAHMS, Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity Director, chaired a discussion with Dr Nick Watts, Chief Sustainability Officer, NHS England & NHS Improvement, on evidence-based approaches to achieving a greener healthcare system. This was shared at our 2021 annual meeting.
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 […]
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 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.