Annual General Meeting
This year's Annual General Meeting will be held at the State Conference on Monday the 19th of July at 1:00pm. Several positions are up for nomination this year and we are pleased to announce the following nominees.
President: Dr Sara Gollschewski
Secretary: Rhianna Murray
Treasurer: Tania Patrao
Executive Committee Member: Danette Langbecker, Peter Anderson, Paul Gardiner, Lauren Waters, Jillian Scholes, Gaery Barberry, Brad McCulloch, Kerrianne Watt.
Anyone is free to attend the AGM to hear about what's happened in PHAA-QLD over the past year. If you are unable to attend and would like to vote, the proxy voting form can be downloaded below. As per instructions, please complete and return by Friday 16th July.
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Elkington Oration The 2010 Elkington Oration was held on Thursday April 15, 2010 and we were delighted to have Professor W Phillip T James from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine present "Why the future of food is important for health". Professor James is Chair of the International Obesity Task Force and presented an engaging and stimulating oration to an audience of almost 70 people. A copy of the presentation can be downloaded below with the audio recording available also available. Please note the audio of the presentation is split into four files to reduce the size of the files. |  |
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Professor Larry Green
In February, PHAA-QLD sponsored a keynote address by Professor Larry Green at the Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine Conference in Brisbane. Professor Green, Co-Leader of the Program on Society, Diversity and Disparities at the University of California, San Fransisco spoke on, "If we want more evidence-based practice, we need more practice-based evidence".
At the conclusion of the conference, PHAA members were invited to meet Professor Green and his wife, Associate Professor Judith Ottoson. We were delighted to be able to facilitate teh opportunity to meet Larry and Judith who are not only leaders in their fields but also friendly and engaging people. Some members travelled from Cairns to meet Larry!
Valentine's Day Breakfast
In February, PHAA-QLD sponsored a table at a breakfast seminar held by Emily's List to allow members to hear Dr Caroline de Costa, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Director of the Clinical School at James Cook University of School of Medicine, speak on the challenges facing women in Queensland who wish to procure an abortion. The challenges and barriers to changing laws in Queensland were also dicussed.
