To all of our members we hope you had a relaxing break over Christmas and New Year and are ready for plenty of research action in 2025.
Our new elected executive team is as follows:
Chair – Prof Simon Craig
Co-Vice Chair – A/Prof Shane George
Co-Vice Chair – Dr Libby Haskell
Dr Sharon O’Brien
Dr Natalie Phillips
Dr Mark Lyttle
Dr Elyssia Bourke
Ms Amanda Williams
Co-opted members:
Past Chair – Prof Meredith Borland
A/Prof Emma Tavender
Ms Cate Wilson
Prof Franz Babl
Prof Stuart Dalziel
The successful nominees for the Research Assistant and Research Higher Degree PREDICT executive positions for 2025/26 are as follows:
2025 – RA – Megan Duck, Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospital, NT
2025 – RHD – Lauren Thurlow, Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS – PhD student (UTAS), focusing on quality improvement within Tasmanian emergency departments.
2026 – RA – Gaby Nieva, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, SA
2026 – RHD – Leah Armit, Flinders Medical Centre, SA – Master of Clinical Health and Research in 2025, (Flinders Uni), asthma research