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The RMA is comprised of a Chairperson and four other members. All members are appointed by the Minister on a part-time basis and at least one member must have at least 5 years experience in the field of epidemiology. The current membership consists of Professors Donald (Chairperson), Kaldor, Wilson, Bryrne and Cicuttini.
The Ministerial appointment of the RMA Members is as follows: Professor Donald until 30 June 2011; Professor Kaldor until 1 February 2011; Professor Wilson until 30 September 2010; and Professors Byrne and Cicuttini until 30 June 2012.
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Professor Ken Donald AO,
MBBS QLD 1962 - PhD, FRCPA, FRCPath, FRACMA, FRACS, formerly Head of the School of Medicine, University of Queensland (2000-2006) and Professor of Social & Preventive Medicine and Head of Department of Social & Preventive Medicine, University of Queensland (1992-2000). Professor Donald was recently appointed as Assistant Commissioner (Medical), Queensland Health Quality and Complaints Commission, and was previously Chair of the Public Health and Research Development Committee of the National Health and Research Council, an Executive Member of the Council and a past president of the Australian Cancer Society.
Professor Donald is also Chairperson of the Repatriation Medical Authority having held that position since the establishment of the Authority in 1994.
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Professor John Kaldor,
PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and the Deputy Director of the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales. Prior to this appointment Professor Kaldor worked as a researcher at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. He is past President of the Australasian Epidemiological Association (1996-2000), and has research interests in infectious disease, cancer and epidemiological methods.
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Professor Andrew Wilson,
B.Med Sci 1979, MBBS (Hons) QLD 1981, PhD, FRACP, FFAPHM, Executive Dean, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology. In addition to his academic career, he has worked in senior public sector roles in the NSW Health Department as Chief Health Officer and the Queensland Health Department as Deputy Director-General, Policy, Strategy and Resourcing.
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Professor Gerard Byrne,
BSc(Med),MBBS (Hons ) ,PhD , FRANZCP is Head of the Discipline of Psychiatry within the School of Medicine at the University of Queensland and Director of Geriatric Psychiatry at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. He is Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and an Assisting Psychiatrist on the Queensland Mental Health Court. Professor Byrne has active research interests in depression, anxiety and dementia in older people.
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Professor Flavia Cicuttini,
MBBS (Hons I) 1982, PhD 1993, FRACP 1989, MSc (Lond) 1995, DLSHTM 1996, FAFPHM 1996 is Head of Rheumatology, Alfred Hospital and Head of Musculoskeletal Unit, School of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. She leads an active research group aimed at understanding factors that effect the development and progression of osteoarthritis. She is Chair of the Victorian Consortium for Public Health and a current member of the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions Advisory Group.
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This page last updated 22 June 2009.
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