Dr Eric Moses has been appointed Winthrop Professor and Director of the Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UWA. Prof Moses is an Australian scientist currently living in the US where he is head of the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas.
Prof Neale Fong has been appointed President of the WA Branch of the Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM) and to the College’s national board. He is currently Director of the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute and project leader for Curtin University’s push to develop the third medical school in WA. He replaces Thelma Burnett.
After stepping down from her long-standing position as Research Director of the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Prof Fiona Stanley has been appointed to the ABC board as a Non-Executive Director.
Dr Ashwini Davray has been appointed the Head of Palliative Medicine at Bethesda Hospital where she has been a consultant since 2009.
Dr Greg Caddy has been nominated for the 2011 Medical Observer/GPET Supervisor of the Year Award.
Nursing research and training at The University of Western Australia and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital has been boosted with the appointment of Desley Hegney as Winthrop Professor of Nursing at UWA and Professor of Nursing Research at SCGH.
Serco Australia has been awarded the Facilities Management Services Contract for Fiona Stanley Hospital. This contract, together with related sub-contracts, is worth up to $4.3b over 20 years. The services covered by the contract include catering, cleaning, linen, security, energy and utilities, estate and grounds maintenance, sterilisation, health records management, internal logistics, supplies management, and reception services.
The Leukaemia Foundation WA has formed a Business Advisory Council comprising chair Dominic Sheldrick (life coach), Tim Goyder (Chalice Gold Mines), Linda Kenyon (Wesfarmers), John Poulsen (Minter Ellison Lawyers), and David Flanagan (Atlas Iron). The Council’s goal is to offer guidance and advice to the Foundation, and in particular, secure long-term accommodation for patients close to Perth’s major hospitals.
WA biotech bioMD recently acquired Allied Medical, with the latter’s shareholders having 70% of the share capital of the new entity named Allied Healthcare Group (ASX:AHZ). Prior to the merger, Allied Medical was tied up with Coridon Pty Ltd (Coridon), founded by Prof Ian Frazer, and in 2010 acquired Medevco Pty Ltd a supplier and distributor of medical devices. On the AHZ board is executive director Michael Bennett known to WA people through the company he established, Bennett Medical, before selling it in 2001.