Podcasts
Bariatric surgery, ethics and hot topics with Prof Wendy Brown
Professor Wendy Brown
Volume 205, Issue 5: 5 September 2016. Professor Wendy Brown is clinical lead of the Bariatric Surgery Registry, head of Monash University's Department of Surgery at at The Alfred and director of the Centre for Obesity Research and Education. She discusses the ethics of collecting data for a Registry, as well as hot topics in bariatric surgery. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. Also available as a video.
Clinician-researchers, with Prof Ingrid Scheffer and Eddie Cliff
Professor Ingrid Scheffer and Eddie Cliff
Volume 205, Issue 4: 15 August 2016. Professor Ingrid Scheffer and her son, final-year medical student Eddie Cliff discuss the important role of the clinician-researcher, and encouraging young doctors in to the lab. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell.
Paleo diet and diabetes, with A/Prof Sof Andrikopoulos
Associate Professor Sofianos Andrikopoulos
Volume 205, Issue 4: 8 August 2016. Associate Professor Sofianos Andrikopoulos is head of the Islet Biology and Metabolism Research Group at the University of Melbourne. He discusses the lack of evidence about the Paleo diet and its benefits for people with type 2 diabetes. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Current issues in cardiology, with A/Prof Andrew MacIsaac
Associate Professor Andrew MacIsaac
Volume 205, Issue 3: 1 August, 2016. Associate Professor Andrew MacIsaac is Director of Cardiology at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne, and is also President of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. He discusses current issues in cardiology with MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
A call for a national physical activity program, with Prof Jo Salmon
Professor Jo Salmon
Volume 205, Issue 3: 1 August, 2016. Professor Jo Salmon is former chair of the Heart Foundation's National Physical Activity Committee, and is co-director of the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition at Deakin University in Melbourne. She discusses the need for a national physical activity program with MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Intensive physiotherapy following hip fracture surgery
Professor Anne Holland and Ms Lara Kimmel
Volume 205, Issue 2: 18 July, 2016. Professor Anne Holland is chair of Physiotherapy at LaTrobe University, and Lara Kimmel is a senior physiotherapist at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. They discuss their MJA research comparing outcomes after conventional once-a-day post-hip fracture physiotherapy with three sessions a day. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Time from general practice to cancer treatment
Professor Jon Emery
Volume 205, Issue 2: 18 July, 2016. Professor Jon Emery is the Herman Professor of Primary Cancer Care Research at the University of Melbourne’s Department of General Practice. He discusses his coauthored MJA research on presentations to general practice before a cancer diagnosis in Victoria. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Romlie Mokak, the Lowitja Institute
Romlie Mokak
Volume 205, Issue 1: 4 July, 2016. Mr Romlie Mokak, CEO of the Lowitja Institute, Australia's national institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research, discusses racism in the health system, Closing the Gap, Indigenous researchers and medical students, and the Institute's collaboration with The Lancet. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Traumatic brain injuries, with Dr Ben Beck and Prof Peter Cameron
Dr Ben Beck and Professor Peter Cameron
Volume 204, Issue 11: 14 June, 2016. Dr Ben Beck, research fellow at Monash University, and Professor Peter Cameron, academic director of Trauma at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, discuss their research about incidence and causes of traumatic brain injuries. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Nanosunscreens, with Associate Prof Paul Wright, RMIT
Associate Professor Paul Wright, RMIT
Volume 204, Issue 10: 6 June, 2016. Associate Professor Paul Wright, head of the Nanosafety Research Group at RMIT Melbourne, discusses the risks and benefits of sunscreens containing nanoparticles. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.