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The membership of the Repatriation Medical Authority consists of a Chairperson
and four other members who are all eminent medical or scientific experts.
Members work on a part time basis and are appointed by the Minister for
Veterans’ Affairs. There is a legislative requirement for at least one
member to have at least five years experience in the field of epidemiology.
Members hold office for such period, not exceeding five years, as is specified
in the instrument of appointment. They are eligible for reappointment.
The current membership consists of Professors Ken Donald (Chairperson),
Beverley Raphael, John Kaldor, Andrew Wilson and Robyn Ward. The current
appointments for Professors Donald and Raphael extend to 30 June 2009.
Professor Kaldor’s term of appointment is to 1 February 2011; Professor
Wilson’s term of appointment is to 30 September 2010; and Professor Ward’s
term of appointment expires on 30 June 2007.
Biographical Details of RMA Members
Professor Ken Donald, MBBS QLD 1962 - PhD, FRCPA, FRCPath,
FRACMA, FRACS, Head of the School of Medicine, University of Queensland,
and formerly the Professor of Social & Preventive Medicine, and Head of
Department of Social & Preventive Medicine, University of Queensland.
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 Medical Research Council, an Executive Member of the Council
and past president of the Australian Cancer Society.
Professor Donald is Chairperson of the Repatriation Medical Authority,
having held that position since the establishment of the Authority in
1994.
Professor Beverley Raphael AM, MBBS Sydney 1957 - MD,
FRANZCP, FACP, FRCPsych, FASSA, Hon MD (Newcastle), Professor of Population
Mental Health and Disasters, University of Western Sydney. Professor Raphael
was Director, Centre for Mental Health, NSW (1996-2005), and immediately
prior to that appointment was Professor and Head of Department of Psychiatry,
University of Queensland. Professor Raphael is a well-known researcher,
working especially in the field of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She
has been President of RANZCP and member of many of their committees and
the National Health and Medical Research Council.
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.
Professor Andrew Wilson BMed Sci 1979, MBBS (Hons) QLD
1982, PhD, FRACP, FFAPHM, Professor in Public Health and Deputy Executive
Dean of Health Sciences at the University of Queensland. In addition to
his academic career, Professor Wilson has worked in senior public sector
roles in the NSW Health Department as Director of Clinical Policy and
Practice and then as Chief Health Officer and Deputy Director-General,
Public Health. He is currently Executive Director, Policy Planning and
Resources for Queensland Health.
Professor Robyn Ward, MBBS (Hons I) 1984, PhD 1994,
FRACP 1991 is a Senior Staff Specialist in Medical Oncology and Director
of the Family Cancer Clinic at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, and has
a conjoint academic appointment in the School of Medicine, University
of NSW. She leads an active research group that is focussed on the application
of recent advances in molecular biology to the clinical problem of colorectal
cancer. Amongst other roles, Professor Ward is a frequent invited speaker
at national and international meetings, and since 2001 she has served
as a member of the Commonwealth's Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee.
RMA Secretariat
The staff (see Appendix 1 - RMA Secretariat
Organisational and Staffing Structure) necessary to assist the RMA
consists of persons appointed or employed under the Public Service
Act 1999 and made available to the Authority by the Secretary, DVA.
For the year 2005- 2006, staffing of the Secretariat equated to 12.72
FTE (Full Time Equivalent) positions.
There are no Senior Executive Service positions in the RMA Secretariat.
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