Podcasts
Dr Katrina Alford
Dr Katrina Alford
Volume 203, Issue 10 - 16 November, 2015. Dr Katrina Alford is a health economist who has authored a Short Report on Indigenous health expenditure in this issue of the MJA. Her findings -- that while health expenditure is rising overall, it is dropping in the Indigenous health sector -- are shocking. With MJA engagement editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Prof Ian Olver, Sansom Institute
Professor Ian Olver
Volume 203, Issue 10 -- 16 November 2015. Professor Ian Olver is director of the Sansom Institute for Health Research at the University of South Australia, and is a former CEO of the Cancer Council Australia. He discusses rare cancers, the work of the Sansom Institute and the update to his book, the Cancer Prevention Manual. With MJA engagement editor Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Dr Alessandro Demaio, NCDFree
Dr Alessandro Demaio
Volume 203, Issue 9 - 2 November, 2015. Dr Alessandro Demaio is co-founder of global social movement NCDFree. He is about to take up a new position with the World Health Organization in Geneva, working on global health in the fields of non-communicable diseases and nutrition. He discusses NCDFree's achievements, the upcoming Festival21 in Melbourne, and his hopes for his new position at WHO. With MJA engagement editor, Cate Swannell.
Prof Jane Speight, ACBRD
Professor Jane Speight, ACBRD
Volume 203, Issue 9 - 2 November, 2015. Professor Jane Speight is a health psychologist and Foundation Director of the Australian Centre for Behaviour Research in Diabetes. She discusses the changes to PBS stipulations on self-monitoring blood glucose strips and consequences for doctors and patients. With MJA engagement editor Cate Swannell.
Ms Renata Morello
Ms Renata Morello
Volume 203, Issue 9 - 2 November, 2015. Ms Renata Morello is a physiotherapist and PhD candidate at Monash University's School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine. She discusses the results of an in-hospital falls cost and LOS analysis. With MJA engagement editor Cate Swannell. Also available as a video here.
A/Prof Mark Stoove, Burnet Institute
Associate Professor Mark Stoove
Volume 203, Issue 8 - 19 October, 2015. Associate Professor Mark Stoove is the head of the HIV and Justice Health Research programs at the Burnet Institute in Melbourne. He discusses the issues around the introduction of needle and syringe programs in Australian prisons and why it's been a Rubicon our politicians have been unwilling to cross so far. With MJA engagement editor Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Dr Karyn Alexander, GP
Dr Karyn Alexander
Volume 203, Issue 8 - 19 October, 2015. Dr Karyn Alexander is a Melbourne GP and a PhD candidate at Monash University's Department of General Practice. She discusses the Healthy Kids Check and what its cancellation by the Federal Government will mean for preventative health care in our youngest patients. With MJA engagement editor Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Dr Mohana Amirtharajah, MD
Dr Mohana Amirtharajah, MD
Volume 203, Issue 7 - 5 October, 2015. Dr Mohana Amirtharajah is an American orthopaedic surgeon, living in Australia and working on missions with Medicins Sans Frontieres in Jordan and Haiti. She discusses her experiences treating Syrian war wounded. With MJA engagement editor Cate Swannell.
Prof Gerard FitzGerald, QUT
Professor Gerard FitzGerald
Volume 203, Issue 6 - 21 September. Professor Gerard FitzGerald is professor of Public Health at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, and is also a former Commissioner of the Queensland Ambulance Service. To accompany his editorial in the 21 September issue of the MJA, Professor FitzGerald talks about whether paramedics are exceeding the scope of their practice. With MJA engagement editor, Cate Swannell.
Dr Dominica Zentner
Dr Dominica Zentner
Volume 203, Issue 6 - 21 September. Dr Dominica Zentner, a cardiologist, and Associate Professor Paul James, a clinical geneticist, both work at the Royal Melbourne Hospital's Cardiac Genetics Clinic. To accompany their research published in this issue of the MJA, Dr Zentner and Prof James talk with MJA engagement editor Cate Swannell about the CGC's outcomes and its multidisciplinary format. Available as a video here.