Dr Rachel David is the CEO of Private Healthcare Australia, the private health insurance industry’s peak representative body that currently has 22 registered health funds throughout Australia and collectively represents 98% of people covered by private health insurance. Dr David was a medical adviser to the Federal Minister for Health between 1996 and 2000, and subsequently held senior positions with CSL Ltd and McKinsey & Company before taking up her current post in 2015.

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Dr Mark Horowitz is a training psychiatrist, split between UK and Australia, working in London as a Clinical Research Fellow in the NHS and an Honorary Clinical Research Fellow at University College London. He has completed a PhD in the neurobiology of depression and the pharmacology of antidepressants at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London and for this received two prizes from the British Association of Psychopharmacology. He is also the lead author of the recently published Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines, a handbook on how to safely stop psychiatric drugs.

AJGP article Antidepressant prescribing in general practice: A call to action

Royal College of Psychiatrists "Stopping anti-depressants" guidance

YouTube video for patients

NICE guidelines: Depression in Adults Treatment and Management

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Dr Emma Tippett MBBS FRACP, PhD completed her medical degree in 2012 and underwent specialist Infectious Disease Physician training in Melbourne and completed her PhD at the Burnet Institute.  Since the beginning of the pandemic she has been immersed in all facets of COVID-19 and established one of the first long COVID telehealth clinics in Victoria in 2020 called Clinic Nineteen.  In addition, she currently holds appointments at two Melbourne Hospitals.

Interview starts at ~5:30 mins

Rural Doctors Association of QLD RDAQ2024 annual conference held in Meanjin | Brisbane from 20-22 June

The Essential Health Summit, combining the Lifestyle Medicine 2024 conference and the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association’s (APNA) Festival of Nursing

Brain ageing and longevity medicine webinar 11 June 2024 | 7:00pm AEST

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Tracey Johnson is the CEO of Inala Primary Care, a charitable general practice in Queensland’s most disadvantaged suburban location and co-founder of Cubiko, a practice dashboard software solution.   The IPC model was named as one of four which should be adopted nationally under the 10 Year Health Reform Process and embraces multi-disciplinary care, social prescribing, shared medical appointments, beacon clinics with hospital partners and a raft of research with universities exploring how practices provide value based care.  She is Deputy Chair of the Primary Care Advisory Group of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and she is on the Expert Advisory Panel overseeing the review of general practice incentives.

Interview starts at 5:20 mins

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For more information on our new 3 week online microcredential in Lifestyle Medicine and Mental Health: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/lifestyle-medicine-for-mental-health-services. This course is designed to support the innovation of whole of person mental health care in primary, tertiary and community settings. We cover the evidence for lifestyle and social assessment and interventions in mental health, health coaching and behaviour change, medication optimisation to reduce side effects and how to implement lifestyle and social programs in mental health settings.

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Dr Ahmed Kazmi is a UK trained Dermatologist and GP currently based in Melbourne, Australia. He loves all dermatology but has a special interest in hair and scalp disorders, transgender medicine and skin of colour dermatology. He is a keen medical educationalist and enjoys empowering his GP colleagues with dermatology knowledge and skills. He is a clinical senior lecturer at the University of UWA. He is passionate about doctor wellbeing and also often speaks on this topic. When he isn't consulting he moonlights as a professional cabaret artist and comedian.

Website and upcoming show details: www.doctorahmed.net

Twitter/X/Facebook/instagram/YouTube: @drahmedkazmi 

Podcast content and times:

0-26.05 mins = Introduction and doctor's wellbeing

26.05 mins to end = Scalp and hair disorders (seborrheoic dermatitis, dandruff, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, scalp and hair care)

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Emma Stirling is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian, Director of Scoop Nutrition consultancy and award-winning nutrition communicator.  She is also a Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics and the Academic Lead for the Graduate Certificate in Culinary Nutrition at the Australian Catholic University (ACU).

Upskill in culinary nutrition through Australian Catholic University courses:

• Graduate Certificate in Culinary Nutrition Science https://www.acu.edu.au/course/graduate-certificate-in-culinary-nutrition-science
• Short course microcredentials https://www.acu.edu.au/course/microcredentials-in-dietetic-practiceculinary-nutrition-science?campus=Online
•  Join the ACU Culinary Nutrition Community of Practice on LinkedIN – click and “follow” below, all welcome https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/acu-culinary-nutrition/?viewAsMember=true
•  The Teaching Kitchen Collaborative https://teachingkitchens.org/

Interview starts at ~3:30 mins.

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Professor Judy Lowthian leads a multidisciplinary research team as Head of Research and Principal Research Fellow at Bolton Clarke, a national not-for-profit aged and community care provider. She is an Adjunct Professor with University of Queensland’s Faculty of Health and Associate Professor with Monash University’s School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine. Her early professional career was as a speech pathologist in rehabilitation following acquired brain injury, and in management of interdisciplinary child and adolescent health services. Judy is internationally recognised in the field of gerontological health services research in emergency care, hospital-to-home care transitions, frailty, cognitive impairment and dementia, loneliness, palliative care, and implementation of new models of care with a focus on patient and family experience.

Some resources:

Jacques Lee from Mount Sinai in Toronto, radio interview that discusses loneliness as a vital sign https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-the-current/clip/16024574-loneliness-bad-smoking-says-who

-        Volunteer delivered social support program HOW R U? | Bolton Clarke

Connect Local Connect Local - A FREE program linking over 65's to supports and activities in Glen Eira

Storytelling – an intergenerational approach to social connection Life Stories Project | Bolton Clarke

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Dr Alana Gall is a proud Truwulway woman, a Pakana (Tasmanian Aboriginal) from the north-east coast of Lutruwita (Tasmania). Alana is passionate about Indigenous peoples' holistic health and wellbeing globally. She has a background with degrees in nutritional medicine, Master of Research and a PhD. Alana is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine at Southern Cross University, and an Honorary Research Fellow at both the University of Queensland and Menzies School of Health Research. She is the Co-Vice Chair of the World Federation of Public Health Associations Indigenous Working Group, and the Vice President-Elect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health at the Public Health Association of Australia.  Alana pioneered the use of individual yarns with a think-aloud component, called the ‘think-aloud yarn’, and co-developed the Key Principles to Co-Design with First Nations peoples, which have informed the development of Cancer Australia's Australian Cancer Plan and will underpin its implementation. She leads a research program that centres around First Nations Australians traditional medicines and healing practices, with the aims of protecting and preserving these medicines for future generations and improving accessibility for all First Nations communities across Australia.

National survey focused on First Nations traditional medicines:

• First Nations Patient survey: https://scuau.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8rakLaErMmT4QyW
• Health Sector survey: https://scuau.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_819HrxWE5RUglP8

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Dr David Cunnington is a specialist sleep physician with qualifications from two Australian Universities and a Fellowship at Harvard Medical School. He is also a Diplomat of Behavioral Sleep Medicine from the US Board of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, serves on the Advanced Training Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and is the Chair of the Clinical Committee on the Board of the Australasian Sleep Association.

To support this mission he is a co-founder of the website SleepHub, which provides information on sleep, and produces the monthly podcast Sleep Talk. 

For more episodes on sleep, please see #95 The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience and the Secret World of Sleep with Dr Guy Leschziner

JCU Lifestyle Medicine Webinar December 4th (evening): Lifestyle Medicine in Diabetes Remission and Mental Health: New Careers in Clinical Care and Research Webinar.

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Dr Anju Joham is an Endocrinologist, Senior Research Fellow and Doctoral Coordinator at the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation at Monash University. Dr Jillian Tay is also an Endocrinologist and Research Fellow at the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation at Monash University.

They are both lead authors of the International evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome 2023, available here.

AskPCOS is a resource and app available for those with polycystic ovary syndrome.

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JCU Lifestyle Medicine Webinar December 4th (evening): Lifestyle Medicine in Diabetes Remission and Mental Health: New Careers in Clinical Care and Research Webinar.

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Professor Julia Rucklidge is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing at the University of Canterbury and the Director of Te Puna Toiora, the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Lab.  Professor Rucklidge has been researching the interface of nutrition and mental health for 20 years and has published over 150 empirical papers.  Julia is also the recipient of numerous local and international awards and her TEDx talk, ’The surprisingly dramatic role of nutrition in mental health’ has been viewed close to 5 million times, and in 2021 co-authored a book, The Better Brain: Overcome Anxiety, Combat Depression, and Reduce ADHD and Stress with Nutrition.  Her online course is free and available here: University of Canterbury: Mental Health and Nutrition.

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