Prof Osvaldo Almeida, Director of Research at the WA Centre for Health and Ageing and Chair of Old Age Psychiatry at UWA was awarded the Senior Research Award by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists at its annual conference in Perth, last month.
Mandurah GP Dr Frank Jones has nominated for the presidency of the RACGP. He is currently vice president. He will contest next month’s election against Queensland GP Dr Evan Ackermann. Voting opens on June 14, and the winner will be announced on 14 July.
Kimberley doctor Dr Rob Phair has been appointed to the Board of ACRRM as its Western Australia director. His new role will continue until October this year.
Prof Simon Willcock will replace A/Prof Stuart Boland as Chair of Avant Mutual Group Limited on June 30.
Dr Marion Davies has been appointed JuMP Rural Committee Member at Rural Doctors’ Association of Australia
Prof Geoff Laurent is the new director of the Lung Institute of WA. Professor Laurent will continue on as director of the Centre for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine (CCTRM) at UWA.
Prof Andrew Whitehouse, head of development disorders research group at the Telethon Kids Institute, has been made patron of the Kids are Kids Therapy and Education Centre.
Lifeline WA has appointed five new board members. Qube property Group MD Mr Mark Hector, Emeco Holdings CEO Mr Ken Lewsey, Department of Transport DG Mr Reece Waldock, PPR GM Ms Nicole Moody and Quickboats marketing director Ms Nicole Walton all take their seats. NAB’s Mr Wayne Rimmer has stepped down. The board continues to be chaired by Mr Brett Goodridge and Ms Fiona Kalaf remains CEO.
The purchase of Mercy Hospital Mt Lawley by St John of God Health Care (SJGHC) has been approved by regulators and settlement took place last month. Ms Chris Hanna has been appointed CEO of the hospital, which will now been known as St John of God Mt Lawley,
Mr Christopher How has been appointed as the new CEO of Bethanie, after acting in the position while the board conducted an executive research. Mr How began his career with Bethanie in 1990 as a registered nurse.
The chair of HealthEngine, Mr Patrick O’Sullivan, has been appointed to the board of internet service provider, iiNet.
Prof Markus Melloh has taken up a residency at the Zurich University of Applied Science. He is still working as an adjunct professor at UWA and Curtin University.
Assist/Prof Gabrielle Brand, Prof Christopher Etherton-Beer, A/Prof Rosemary Saunders and A/Prof Helen Dugmore have won a WA Nurses Memorial Centre Charitable Trust grant to explore and evaluate the use of photographs as a teaching and learning tool for UWA medical and nursing students.
The Genetic Support Council WA has won a $1.2m DoH contract to provide statewide support and information services to the community on a range of rare diseases.