Synopsis
Interested in combining research with your clinical work? This Grand Round features clinician scientists from the Department of General Medicine. You will hear about their diverse career pathways and research programs, as well as how they balance research with their clinical work and other commitments.
The RCH Clinician Scientist Fellowship program supports doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals to undertake research up to 2 days a week for up to 5 years. The Fellowship enables talented, clinically qualified professionals who have completed a higher research degree to continue academic research alongside their clinical practice. The RCH Clinician Scientist Fellowship is supported by the University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and the RCH Foundation.
Speakers
Associate Professor Tom Connell is the Chief of Medicine at RCH and a General Paediatrician within the Department of General Medicine. Tom was the inaugural recipient of a Career development award within General Medicine in 2013 and was part of the committee that led to the revised Clinician Scientist Fellowship Program.
Dr Katherine Chen is Consultant Paediatrician and Clinical Lead of the Short Stay Unit, RCH. After completing her PhD on the immunological aspects of Kawasaki disease, Katherine transitioned her post-doctoral research to childhood asthma with the Health Services and Economics Group, MCRI.
Dr Hamish Graham is Consultant Paediatrician, RCH, and Team Leader, International Child Health, MCRI, and senior lecturer in the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics. Part of Hamish’s post-doctoral research is on oxygen therapy globally.
Associate Professor Margie Danchin is Consultant Paediatrician, RCH; Group Leader, Vaccine Uptake, MCRI. Margie is Honorary Principal Fellow, Department of Paediatrics and School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne. Margie is also Director Clinician Scientist pathways, The University of Melbourne.
Dr Sarah McNab is Director, General Medicine, RCH. Sarah’s PhD was on fluid management in paediatrics, and following this she founded the CIRCAN network (Children’s Inpatient Research Collaboration of Australia and New Zealand).