Speakers

A/Prof Laurens Manning is an infectious diseases physician and researcher based in Perth. He has a diverse set of research portfolios that include antimicrobial pharmacology, malaria, tropical paediatrics, diabetic foot disease, C. difficile infection and peri-prosthetic joint infections.

James Williamson is Assistant Director General of the Western Australian Health Department leading the Clinical Excellence Division. After graduating in medicine from Edinburgh University he completed his PhD at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute before returning for post-doctoral training in stem cell biology and gene targeting.  He then specialised in scleroderma and pulmonary hypertension, conducting the first human trial of an endothelin receptor antagonist in Sydney.  In Perth he introduced acute medical units, established the WA Drug Evaluation Panel and was appointed Clinical Lead for the State eHealth Program and the Musculoskeletal Health Network. As Medical Co-Director at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital he had oversight of the hospital-in-the-home program and the residential care line.

With a background in Rural Medicine, Dr Young has transferred his knowledge of acute and community based medicine to the development of a regional Hospital in the Home Service in North Queensland.  He is a passionate advocate for the service and has been involved in developing an innovative service model that prides itself in providing patient focused, innovative and safe care in the home.  He is a director of Hospital in Your Home which has been incorporated to provide contracted in home acute and palliative health care which is safe, sustainable and patient focused.  In his spare time he is a father to 4 children and competes in Ironman triathlon.

Matthew is a general and infectious diseases physician working in Perth. He trained in Melbourne, obtaining his undergraduate degree in 1996. Travel and volunteer work in Africa prior to 2000 sparked an interest in infectious diseases, especially HIV. Training was undertaken in Melbourne, before completing his fellowship in Perth in 2008. He returned to WA in 2012 to take up a post at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. He is currently the Head of Infectious Diseases at SCGH and Medical Co-Director for the Medical Division at SCGH.

Currently employed by a rural & remote health district in Western NSW in an Integrated Care Project Management role.  Priority district initiatives to expand hospital substitution models and deliver more acute care in the community in the last five years have included setting up Ambulatory Care clinics in rural facilities, expanding the number of rural health facilities offering Hospital in the Home from three to nine, and trialling remote tele-home monitoring services. A current project is implementing after-hours nurse-led clinics in three Base hospitals supported by a virtual GP service.

Background in Nursing, Midwifery, Child & Family Health, Community Health Management and more recently project change management. Professional interest in research, public health, change management and rural/remote health.

Brian Dolan has a background in emergency and mental health nursing and works in the UK, Australia and NZ. He has published over 70 papers and is author/editor of seven books, mainly on emergency care. He originated a global social #EndPJparalysis to encourage patients to get up, dressed and moving, especially while in hospital. 

Rishelle Hume is the Manager, Aboriginal Employment Strategy Chevron Australia.

A proud Noongar Woman with traditional ties to the Whadjuk, Ballardong and Gnaala Karla Boodja peoples and a proud mother of 3 children. She is also the direct descendent and granddaughter of the highly respected Noongar Wadjuk Elders, Mr Patrick and Ms Lorna Hume who spent their lives tirelessly promoting Aboriginal Rights and his Noongar culture. Following in her grandparent’s footsteps, she has successfully and inspirationally devoted her working life to the advancement of Aboriginal people and the Noongar culture.

Rishelle has over 25 years’ experience in Aboriginal engagement ranging from employment, education, justice and health and is actively involved in the Aboriginal community within the Perth region as the following:

• Chairperson of the Mandjah Boodjah Aboriginal Corporation;
• Co-Chairperson of the Western Australian Aboriginal Leadership Institute;
• Noongar Charitable Trust Advisory Council Member;
• Ambassador of the EON Foundation;
• Director – Australia Day Council WA;
• Director – Ronald McDonald House Charities WA;
• Director – Little Athletics WA; and
• UNESCO Commissioner of Culture for Australia.