Podcasts
Dust, decompression and deposition: how lungs function in space, with EmProf G Kim Prisk
Emeritus Professor G Kim Prisk
Vol 211, Issue 6: 16 September 2019. Emeritus Professor G Kim Prisk from the University of California, San Diego, is a global expert on aerospace respiratory medicine. He talks about how human lungs function in space and the challenges of long-haul space travel. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 15 mins, 36 secs.
The real 2019 influenza season, with Dr Vicky Sheppeard
Dr Vicky Sheppeard
Vol 211, Issue 6: 9 September 2019. Dr Vicky Sheppeard, then Director of the Communicable Diseases Branch of NSW Health, discusses the facts about the 2019 influenza season. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 7 mins, 46 secs.
Adolescent concussions, with Dr Amanda Clacy
Dr Amanda Clacy
Vol 211, Issue 5: 2 September 2019. Dr Amanda Clacy is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Suicide Prevention at the University of the Sunshine Coast's Mind and Neuroscience -- Thompson Institute. She discusses the need for more longitudinal research into the effects of concussion on the adolescent brain development. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 11 mins, 55 secs
Migrant and Refugee Health Partnership, with Dr Kym Jenkins and A/Prof Jacqui Boyle
Dr Kym Jenkins and Associate Professor Jacqui Boyle
Vol 211, Issue 5: 2 September 2019. Dr Kym Jenkins is the Chair of the Migrant and Refugee Health Partnership. Associate Professor Jacqui Boyle is the RANZCOG representative on the Partnership. They discuss culturally-responsive practice in a diverse Australian society. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 16 mins, 2 secs
Aeromedical retrievals for mental health crises, with Dr Fergus Gardiner
Dr Fergus Gardiner
Vol 211, Issue 5: 26 August 2019. Dr Fergus Gardiner is Director Research and Policy with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. He talks about aeromedical retrievals for mental health crises in rural and remote Australia, and what they tell us about access to mental health services in the bush. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 13 minutes. 8 seconds.
Disruption in academic publishing, with Prof Ginny Barbour
Professor Ginny Barbour
Vol 211, Issue 4: 19 August 2019. Professor Ginny Barbour is Director of the Australasian Open Access Strategy Group, and an advisor to the Office of Research Ethics and Integrity at the Queensland University of Technology. She discusses the irreversible road to change for academic publishing. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 23 minutes, 54 seconds.
Advancing women in medical leadership, with Prof Helena Teede, Dr Liz Sigston, A/Prof Jacqui Boyle and Dr Anju Joham
Professor Helena Teede, Dr Liz Sigston, Associate Professor Jacqueline Boyle, Dr Anju Joham
Vol 211, Issue 4: 12 August 2019. Four leading medical women talk about mentoring women into more leadership roles in medicine. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 36 minutes, 58 seconds.
Hormone therapy for transgender and gender diverse adults, with Dr Ada Cheung
Dr Ada Cbeung
Vol 211, Issue 3: 5 August 2019. Dr Ada Cheung is an NHMRC Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne and an endocrinologist at Austin Health. She discusses hormone therapy for transgender and gender diverse adults in Australia, to accompany her coauthored position statement in the MJA. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 23 mins, 50 secs.
Diverticular disease, with Ms Amy Sweeny
Ms Amy Sweeny
Vol 211, Issue 3: 29 July 2019. Ms Amy Sweeny is a nurse researcher at Griffith University and Gold Coast Hospital Emergency. She discusses diverticular disease and its management, to accompany her coauthored narrative review on the subject. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 11 mins, 17 secs
National Medicines Policy review, with Dr Brendan Shaw and A/Prof Orin Chisholm
Dr Brendan Shaw and Associate Professor Orin Chisholm
Vol 211, Issue 3: 22 July 2019. Associate Professor Orin Chisholm is Program Director of Pharmaceutical Medicine at UNSW. Dr Brendan Shaw is principal of Shawview Consulting. They discuss the need for a review of the National Medicines Policy and what contemporary issues need to be taken into account when redeveloping it. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 11 mins, 58 secs