Podcasts
Innovations in robotic-assisted surgery, with Prof. David Gillatt and Prof. Michael Wilson.
Prof. David Gillatt and Prof. Michael Wilson
Today we are discussing innovations in robotic-assisted surgery. My guests are Prof. David Gillatt, a specialist urological surgeon and the director of medical services at Macquarie University Hospital (MUH), and Professor Michael Wilson who is a specialist cardiothoracic surgeon at MUH, which sponsored this podcast. With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 19 mins.
The need for better equity in the NDIS, with Prof. Jennifer Smith-Merry.
Prof. Jennifer Smith-Merry
Today we are discussing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) with Prof. Jennifer Smith-Merry, who is the Professor of Health and Social Policy and the Director of the Centre for Disability Research and Policy at the University of Sydney. She has written about the need for better equity in the NDIS in the Medical Journal of Australia: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/mja2.51899 With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 19 mins.
Frontline perspectives of the COVID-19 pandemic with Dr Marion Mateos
Dr Marion Mateos
Today we are discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted medical staff on the frontline. Dr Marion Mateos was juggling being a new mother and her first consultant role, as the pandemic began. Marion is a paediatric oncologist based at the Kids Cancer Centre in Sydney, a clinical academic at the University of New South Wales and a clinic research fellow at the Children's Cancer Institute. You can read more here: https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2023/4/balancing-oncology-and-motherhood-in-a...
Doctors at war with Colonel Robert Likeman (Retd)
Colonel Robert Likeman (Retd)
Today we are discussing doctors at war, as part of ANZAC Day commemorations, with Colonel Robert Likeman (Retd). Colonel Likeman served in the Australian Army for 24 years as a medical doctor. You can read more at: https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2023/14/doctors-at-war-stories-from-the-frontline/ With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 19 mins.
Lived experience of Long COVID with Dr Danielle Hitch.
Dr Danielle Hitch
Today we are discussing Long COVID with Dr Danielle Hitch, an occupational therapist and a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Health and Social Development at Deakin University in Geelong and Western Health in Melbourne. Dr Hitch and her team have published the first Australian study into lived experience of Long COVID and COVID recovery. You can read more at https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2023/8/long-covid-why-isnt-anyone-listening/ With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 21mins.
Investing in mental health care with A/Prof. Jeffrey Looi
Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi
Vol 218, Issue 8: 10 April 2023. Today we are discussing the importance of investing in mental health care to help improve economic and social participation with Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi, a clinical academic psychiatrist and Head of the Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine at the Australian National University School of Medicine and Psychology. With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 19mins.
Australian Child Maltreatment Study, with Prof. David Lawrence and A/Prof. Holly Erskine
Prof. David Lawrence and A/Prof. Holly Erskine
Vol 218, Issue 6: 3 April 2023. The Australian Child Maltreatment Study is published as a supplement in the 3 April 2023 edition of The Medical Journal of Australia. We are joined by researchers David Lawrence, who is Professor of Mental Health in the School of Population Health at Curtin University, and Associate Professor Holly Erskine, who leads the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Epidemiology and Services research stream at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research. With MJA new...
Spinal surgery for low back pain, with A/Prof Andrew Morokoff
Associate Professor Andrew Morokoff
Vol 217, Issue 11: 12 December 2022. Associate Professor Andrew Morokoff is a neurosurgeon with The Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne. He talks about the role of spinal surgery, particularly spine fusion, in the treatment of low back pain, to accompany his coauthored narrative review published by the MJA. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 16mins, 16secs.
Towards gender equity in research funding, with Prof Anne Kelso AO
Professor Anne Kelso AO
Vol 217, Issue 11: 5 December 2022. Professor Anne Kelso AO will be stepping down as CEO of the National Health and Medical Research Council in 5 months' time after 8 years in the role. She talks about gender equity in medical research funding and a new program introduced by the NHMRC, to accompany her MJA article on the subject. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 23 mins, 8 secs.
How a national Centre for Disease Control should look, with Dr Sandro Demaio
Dr Sandro Demaio
Vol 217, Issue 11: 5 December 2022. Dr Sandro Demaio is Chief Executive Officer of VicHealth. He wrote recently for InSight+ about five design principles which should be the foundation of any national centre for disease control, and in this podcast he expands on those ideas. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 18 mins, 21 secs.