Podcasts
Reporting adverse events in Phase IV trials
Professor Paul Myles and Ms Sophie Wallace
Volume 204, Issue 6: 4 April 2016. Professor Paul Myles, Director of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the Alfred and Monash University, and Sophie Wallace, research manager at Alfred Health, discuss the need to streamline the reporting of serious adverse events in Phase IV clinical trials. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Also available as a video here.
HPV vaccination program success, with A/Prof Julia Brotherton
A/Professor Julia Brotherton
Volume 204, Issue 5: 21 March 2016. Associate Professor Julia Brotherton is medical director of the National HPV Vaccination Program Register. She discusses the latest findings from the program’s data analysis. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Also available as a video here.
Serving with MSF, with Dr Lisa Searle
Dr Lisa Searle
Volume 204, Issue 5: 21 March 2016. Dr Lisa Searle is training to be a GP. She also regularly volunteers with Medicins Sans Frontieres and is just back from a 4-month mission to Haiti. She speaks with MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Burns Registry of ANZ, with Dr Heather Cleland
Dr Heather Cleland
Volume 204, Issue 5: 21 March 2016. Dr Heather Cleland is Director of the Victorian Adult Burns Service. She discusses data from the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand and its vital role in advancing and improving burns treatment. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Also available as a video here.
Prof Garry Jennings, CEO of the Heart Foundation
Professor Garry Jennings
Volume 204, Issue 5: 21 March 2016. Professor Garry Jennings is CEO of the Heart Foundation. He discusses the need to beware complacency when it comes to prevention of cardiovascular disease. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Also available as a video here.
Multiple gene panel testing and breast cancer
Professor Ingrid Winship and Professor Melissa Southey
Volume 204, Issue 5: 21 March 2016. Professor Ingrid Winship is head of the Office of Research at Melbourne Health. Professor Melissa Southey is from the Department of Pathology at the University of Melbourne. They discuss multiple gene panel testing and the boons and dilemmas it presents for breast cancer research. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Digital native doctors
Dr Nikhil Pooviah, Dr Raghav Murali-Ganesh and Dr Akshat Saxena
Volume 204, Issue 4: 7 March 2016. Dr Nikhil Pooviah, Dr Raghav Murali-Ganesh and Dr Akshat Saxena are junior doctors at the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse in Sydney. They had an idea and saw an opportunity to improve cancer care both for patients and in institutions. The result is CancerAid, a smartphone they will launch mid-year. With Cate Swannell, the MJA's News and Online Editor.
Ice and the General Practitioner, with Prof Margaret Hamilton
Professor Margaret Hamilton
Volume 204, Issue 4: 29 February, 2016. Professor Margaret Hamilton, AO, is a legend of the drug and alcohol healthcare sector. She was the founding director of Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre in Victoria and has been a member of the Australian National Council on Drugs. She speaks about the crystal methamphetamine “epidemic” and what GPs can do to help their addicted patients. With MJA News and Online Editor, Cate Swannell.
Barriers to chlamydia testing in GP settings
Professor Jane Hocking
Volume 204, Issue 3: 15 February, 2016. Professor Jane Hocking is an epidemiologist at the University of Melbourne, specialising in sexual health. She discusses her co-authored research on the barriers to chlamydia testing in 16-29 year olds in the GP setting. With MJA News and Online Editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Dementia challenges and advances
Professor Nicola Lautenschlager and Dr Terence Chong
Volume 204, Issue 3: 8 February, 2016. Professor Nicola Lautenschlager, head of Psychiatry of Old Age at the University of Melbourne, and Dr Terence Chong, a research fellow and psychiatrist, discuss advances and challenges in the treatment of dementia, to coincide with their editorial in the MJA. With MJA News and Online Editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.