Memberships & affiliations
- Member, Australian Medical Council (AMC) (Universities Australia representative) - appointed January 2006 for 4 year term
- Member, AMC National Code of Professional Conduct Working Group - appointed March 2007
- Member, Medical School Accreditation Committee of the Australian Medical Council (MedSAC) - appointed January 2005
- Member, Executive of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand - appointed December 2007
- Member, Council of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand (Formerly Deans of Australian Medical Schools) - appointed February 2004
- Convenor, Medical Deans Australia Recommendations of MedEd2007 Working Group - appointed June 2007
- Chair, Medical Deans Australia Research Advisory Committee for the MSOD project - appointed December 2006
- Court Appointed Expert assisting the Coroner, Crown Law, Queensland from November 2005 -
Recognition & awards
- Inaugural Distinguished Alumni Award ??? Flinders University of South Australia (1 of 40 awards) - March 2006
Current teaching areas
- Clinical teaching - obstetrics and perinatal medicine
Professional services
- Australian College of Health Service Executives (ACHSE) ??? Associate Fellow
- Association of Medical Education (ASME) - Member
- Association of New Zealand and Australian Health Education (ANZAME) - Member
- Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) - Member
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - Member
- R.A.N.Z.C.O.G. - Fellow
- Public Health Association (Australia) ??? Member
- Doctors Reform Society - Member
- Flinders University Alumni Association - Life member
Research expertise
- Clinical medicine
- Medical education
- Public health - epidemiology
- Public health - workforce planning
Current research projects
- Environments for Healthy Living ??? a 25 year cohort study to examine the multi-level social determinants of health in South East Queensland (NHMRC funding sought for 2009) - Chief Investigator
- Career Choices for Australian Medical Students: How, what, where and why - a 15 year longitudinal cohort study to examine the predictive factors that impact on graduates workforce decisions (ARC Discovery Grant funded) - Chief Investigator
- Clinical Research Workforce - a triangulated examination of the nature and determinates of a clinical research workforce (self funded) - Chief Investigator
- The Growing Years Project: a multiphase project to address nutrition and exercise interventions in pregnancy and early childhood (Health Promotion Queensland funded ) - Chief Investigator
Current grants
- ARC Discovery Grant (2007-2009) "Career Choices for Australian Medical Students: How, what, where and why ??? a longitudinal study" - $275,500
- Health Promotion Queensland (2006-2008) "The Growing Years Project - a food and nutrition and physical activity project for pregnancy and early life in urban locations" - $500,000