Podcasts
Preventive health policy lags behind
Professor Rob Moodie, Ms Jane Martin and Ms Penny Tolhurst
Volume 204, Issue 6: 4 April 2016. Rob Moodie, professor of Public Health at the University of Melbourne, Jane Martin, executive manager of the Obesity Policy Coalition and Penny Tolhurst, from the Australian Health Policy Collaboration at Victoria University, talk about Australia's flagging chronic disease prevention policies. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Million-patient uncontrolled asthma gap
Associate Professor Mark Hew and Professor Michael Abramson
Volume 204, Issue 6: 4 April 2016. Associate Professor Mark Hew, Head of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, and Professor Michael Abramson, Deputy Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash University, discuss their recommendations for reducing the million-patient gap in uncontrolled asthma. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
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.