Solving the prostate cancer dilemma
To improve outcomes for prostate cancer sufferers, Associate Professor Selth is searching for markers that could distinguish a ‘sleeper’ from a ‘killer’ cancer. There is a terrible dilemma […]
Medicine
The smallest idea can create enormous impact
In February 2020 Dr Nicole Townsend (BMBS(Grad Entry) ’10) and her colleague opened a small GP clinic in Bendigo, two hours north of Melbourne. The practice […]
Exposing ethical failures in organ transplants
The shocking truth of human organ transplant abuse, revealed in the 2015 documentary Hard to Believe, spurred Professor Wendy Rogers to take action. Professor Wendy Rogers […]
Global leader in pharmaceutical science
As a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor, Ross McKinnon is an academic pharmacist with a substantial and diverse record of achievement spanning education, research, policy, professional activity […]
FightMND - the legacy of a brilliant mind
When the brilliant mind of Dr Ian Davis OAM was cruelly afflicted with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), he channelled his energy into driving research into this […]
Influential intensive care
Professor Jamie Cooper is renowned as an ICU specialist and a university professor. He serves as Senior Specialist and Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the […]
Mature age student now a Fellow in the NT
After graduating in the first cohort of the Flinders NT Medical Program, Dr Darren Jewell (MD ’14) also became the first graduate of the NT Program […]
Celebrating the work of a local GP
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the essential role that general practitioners play in Australian communities. We caught up with Dr Sue Wells (BMBS […]
On the Pandemic Frontline in Hong Kong
Currently on the frontline of his country’s response to COVID-19, Dr Kwan Leung Chia (MD ’16) is a member of the Home Quarantine Taskforce at the […]