Who We Are

Professor Terence Campbell AM, MD (UNSW), DPhil (Oxon), FRACP is Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). He is a Fellow and Past-President of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand and is now Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), having been both Professor of Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney and Deputy Dean of Medicine at UNSW. 

Professor Campbell has held senior medical, academic and management positions and is also currently a Pro-Chancellor at UNSW. 

He has served on many committees and councils associated with medicine and medical research and was a Member of the Board of Directors of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute until 2020 having formerly been its Deputy Director. 

Professor Campbell has made substantial contributions to research and scholarship and is widely published in his specialist field.   

In 2003 Professor Campbell was awarded a Member, Order of Australia (AM) for service to medicine in the fields of clinical pharmacology and cardiology, to the development of medical and health policy, to education, and to the community. 

Professor Campbell's term of appointment expires on 30 June 2026.

Professor Gerard Byrne, BSc(Med) 1978 UNSW, MBBS (Hons) 1980 UNSW, PhD 1997 UQ, FRANZCP. Professor Byrne 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 chairs the Research Advisory Committee at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and is a member of the advisory board of the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research at the Queensland Brain Institute. Professor Byrne has active research interests in depression, anxiety and dementia in older people.

Professor Byrne was first appointed to the Authority on 1 July 2009, and his current term of appointment expires on 30 June 2025.

Professor Flavia Cicuttini AM, MBBS (Monash), PhD , FRACP, MSc (Lond), DLSHTM, FAFPHM, FAAHMS. Professor Cicuttini is Head of Rheumatology, Alfred Hospital and Head of Musculoskeletal Unit, School of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. Professor Cicuttini leads an active research group aimed at developing new approaches to the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis.

Professor Cicuttini was first appointed to the Authority on 1 July 2009, and her current term of appointment expires on 30 June 2026.

Professor Jenny Doust BA, BEcons, BMBS, Grad Dip Clin Epi, PhD, FRACGP. Professor Doust is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology in the Centre for Research in Evidence Based Practice at Bond University and also works half-time as a general practitioner in Brisbane. Her research areas of interest are the use of diagnosis, screening and monitoring test in general practice and the problem of overdiagnosis. She was a member of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (2008-2012), the Economic Sub-Committee of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (2005-2013), and Therapeutic Guidelines (Cardiovascular) advisory group (2011-2012) and is a member of the advisory group for the NPS MedicineWise.

Professor Doust was first appointed to the Authority on 1 October 2015, and her current term of appointment expires on 30 September 2025.

Professor Michael Hensley MBBS, PhD, FRACP is Director of Medical Services at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney and Emeritus Professor of Medicine of the University of Newcastle.

Professor Michael Hensley MBBS, PhD, FRACP was appointed to the Authority in April 2022. He was the Dean of Medicine at the University of Newcastle, Faculty of Medicine and Public Health from 2002 to 2010, Director of Medical Services at John Hunter Hospital from 2014 to 2020 and is currently Director of Medical Services at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Professor Hensley’s primary professional focus is in respiratory and sleep medicine and clinical epidemiology, with numerous publications. He has had experience with Commonwealth and State Government medical regulatory work, including as a member of the Economic Sub-Committee of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee from 2013 to 2020.

Professor Hensley's term of appointment expires on 3 April 2027.

Amanda Evans BA (Hons) LLB is the Registrar and Legal Counsel of the Repatriation Medical Authority (RMA), and heads the RMA Secretariat based in Brisbane. Amanda is a legal practitioner and has extensive experience in private practice and public law.