Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health. Paediatric Immunologist with expertise in immune deficiency, and research interests in airway immunology, RSV, pertussis and medical education
Presiding Chair of the South Australian Department of Health Medical Education and Training Council
Chair, Children's Research Foundation Scientific Committee and Board member of the CRF
President, IPALA, International Pediatric Academic Leaders Association
Co-Chair, GPI, Global Pertussis Initiative
CPMEC Board member
Chair of GPEx (the SA General Practice training RTO) 2019-2020
Convener of a global pediatric academic group committed to improving support for child health workers in leadership, clinical competence and training expertise globally. This group is called GapHeal, Global Alliance for Pediatric Health Education and Leadership
Expertise in academic leadership and medical education--was the inaugural Dean and Director of Education for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians 2006-2010 and Dean, People & Resources for the College of Medicine and Public Health, 2018-2020
Qualifications
MB, ChB MD PhD FRACP FRCPA
Key responsibilities
Responsible for the academic staff and resources within the Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health
Teaching, research, clinical duties in Paediatrics at Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University
State-wide responsibilities for medical education and training in SA Health
National responsibilities in Clinical Supervision
Coordination of a global approach to supporting education and training in paediatrics and child health
Supporting the global pediatric academic community in training, leadership development, standards and workforce research
Teaching interests
Responsible for the academic teaching staff in the College of Medicine and Public Health
Child health teaching locally and globally
Supervisory interests
Airway immunology
Child and adolescent health
Clinical teaching, student supervision
Medical education
Higher degree by research supervision
Current
Principal supervisor:
PEANUT ALLERGY IN INFANTS (1),
Evaluation of outcomes in high-risk children (1)
Associate supervisor:
DYNAMIC HIP ULTRASOUND IN NEWBORNS (1)
Completion
Principal supervisor:
GUT MICROBIOME AND LPS AND ITS ROLE IN THE HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS AND IMMUNE MARKERS OF INFLAMMATION IN THE LUNG AND GUT (1),
BRONCHIOLITIS IN INFANTS AND IMMUNOLOGICAL MECHANISMS (1)
Associate supervisor:
RSV AND LUNG INFALMMATION AND LIPIDS IN INFANT LUNGS (1),
T-CELL MARKERS (1),
Diarrhea in top-end aboriginal children (1),
Airway smooth muscle cell expression of proteins (1),
LIPIDS AND BRONCHIOLITIS AND AIRWAY INFLAMMATION IN INFANTS (1),
BRINCHIOLITIS AND AIRWAY NEUTROPHILS (1)
Professional engagement
Chair, South Australian Medical Education and Training Health Advisory Committee; overseeing this Council
Director, Supervision Project of Medical Deans, Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils and Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges--responsible for national clinical supervision support project
Immediate past Dean and Director of Education, Royal Australasian College of Physicians--responsible for completely new program of postgraduate medical specialist training
Inaugural Chair of a new Academy of Child and Adolescent Health, www.acah.org
Director of CPMEC (Confederation of Postgradute Medical Education Committees)
Convener of GapHeal, global alliance of pediatric health education and leadership
Member of multiple international committees on medical education, paediatric academic groups, WHO education advisory group, pertussis GPI
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