Annual Report 2015–2016

Professor Michael Kidd AM
Member with expertise in health care training
Professor Kidd is a general practitioner, primary care
researcher, medical educator and author. He is the
Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing
and Health Sciences at Flinders University. He is
the current president of the World Organization of
Family Doctors and a past president of the Royal
Australian College of General Practitioners. He is
an elected fellow of the Australian Academy of
Health and Medical Sciences. He is chair of the
South Australian Government’s Clinical Training
Council, and a member of the board of directors of
beyondblue, Therapeutic Guidelines, GPEx, Flinders
Fertility, FCD Health and the Channel 7 Children’s
Research Foundation.
Professor David Story
Member with expertise in professional and postgraduate
medical training
Professor Story is Foundation Chair of Anaesthesia
at the University of Melbourne and Head of the
Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Unit.
He promotes research, teaching and engagement
at the 14 hospitals affiliated with the University.
His clinical work involves perioperative care for all
surgical specialties including liver transplantation.
Professor Story is a senior investigator with the
Clinical Trials Network of the Australian and New
Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA), sits on
the ANZCA Research Committee. His research is
focused on effective approaches to reduce short
term and long-term perioperative risk, complications,
disability and mortality. He is committed to
integrating research evidence and methodology into
safety and quality in health care.
Professor Brendan Crabb AC
Member with expertise in health research and
medical research issues
Professor Crabb is the Director and CEO of Burnet
Institute and the current chair of the Victorian
chapter of the Association of Australian Medical
Research Institutes. Professor Crabb is a molecular
biologist with a particular interest in infectious
diseases and in health issues of the developing
world. His personal research is the development
of a malaria vaccine and the identification of new
treatments for this disease.
He holds Professorial appointments at the University
of Melbourne and Monash University and is a
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and
Medical Sciences.
He was awarded a Companion of the Order of
Australia (AC) in the 2015 Australia Day Honours
for eminent service to medical science as a
prominent researcher of infectious diseases,
particularly malaria, and their impact on population
health in developing nations, as an advocate,
mentor and administrator, and through fostering
medical research nationally and internationally. He
continues to serve on the board of the Association
of Australian Medical Research Institutes as well as
that of Research Australia.
Professor Jonathan Carapetis
Member with expertise in public health
Professor Carapetis is the Director of the Telethon
Kids Institute in Perth, Western Australia. He holds
separate qualifications as a medical practitioner
(MBBS), specialist paediatrician (FRACP Paediatrics),
specialist infectious diseases physician (FRACP
Infect Dis) and specialist public health physician
(FAFPHM), as well as a PhD.
His research interests include rheumatic fever
and rheumatic heart disease, other group A
streptococcal diseases, vaccine preventable
disease, indigenous child health, child development
and education, youth health and education and skin
sores and scabies.
Previous positions include Director of the Menzies
School of Health Research in Darwin, Northern
Territory, from 2006–12, terms as Director of
the Centre for International Child Health at the
University of Melbourne, Theme Director at the
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Melbourne
and Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Infectious Diseases
at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Professor Carapetis holds a clinical position with
the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and is a
professor at the University of Western Australia.
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