Matthew Flinders Fellow presides over national health economics body, student leader acknowledged with national accolade, and a win for military birth experiences advocate.
Win for advancing military motherhood discussion
Liz McNeill’s talk on ‘sharing experiences of military midwifery’ won the best oral presentation at the Australian College of Midwives conference – ACM 2019 – held over 17 to 19 September in Canberra.
Understanding the birthing and post-natal experiences of female veterans is a key field of interest for the lecturer in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, who was a nurse before she transitioned to midwifery.
Social leader rewarded with national accolade
Flinders student and queer advocate Sean Henschke has made the ‘Out For Australia 30 Under 30 leaders of tomorrow’ list for 2019, recognised for his outstanding contributions to our nation’s queer community.
The national awards, hosted by LGBTQI mentorship organisation Out for Australia, celebrate the contributions of people who are leading change to support and improve the lives of LGBTQI people. People shortlisted are outstanding role models who display the qualities of authenticity, courage and resilience.
Mr Henschke, 20, is founder and president of Flinders University’s Queer Society, which started as a Flinders University club but has evolved into an advocacy society offering free membership to all. Among its activities are events, communications and campaigns for change.
Also a member of the Flinders University Student Association in the capacity of Queer Officer, Mr Henschke is studying a Bachelor of Arts degree with a focus on social and gender issues.
Health economics expert leads national body
Matthew Flinders Fellow Professor Julie Ratcliffe has been elected president of the Australian Health Economics Society – the first time a president has been chosen from a non-eastern states university.
The society was established in 1997 to promote and support the field of health economics in Australia, including its role informing policy and health practice.
Professor Ratcliffe joined Flinders at the beginning of 2019 as Professor of Health and Social Care Economics. She is also the Health Economics cross-cutting theme leader for the Caring Futures Institute.
Along with evaluating new and emerging health technologies and aged care service innovations, her group focus on measuring and valuing quality of life outcomes for economic evaluation. This includes an ARC project to develop a quality of life instrument for older Australians.
Professor Ratcliffe has previously led large-scale projects including a recent multi-state ARC project to assess the cost effectiveness of consumer directed community aged care, and has been chief investigator on more than 50 multi-disciplinary research grants.