Dr Meghan McIlwain, Clinical Research Manager
President, The New Zealand Association of Clinical Research,
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
Bench Side Story continues with a Clinical Research Manager, and President of New Zealand Association of Clinical Research based in Auckland, NEW ZEALAND.
Dr Meghan McIlwain is a Clinical Research Manager, the President of the New Zealand Association of Clinical Research, a pharmacist and a guest lecturer at the University of Auckland School of Pharmacy. Through her career she’s been a hospital pharmacist, a community pharmacist, a postgraduate student, a postdoctoral researcher, a lecturer and an independent research consultant. Her PhD in is Pharmacy; specifically neuropsychopharmacology.
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Mental wellbeing in rural and regional communities dealing with environmental challenges
Associate Professor Suzie Cosh is a psychologist and clinical researcher. Her work focuses on the intersection of climate change and mental health and she currently leads a body of work that focuses on supporting small rural communities to recover from and prepare for extreme weather events such as bushfires, floods and droughts.
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Renal care & data linkage of Tasmanian kidney disease cases
Professor Matthew Jose is a Renal Physician & Head of the Renal Unit at the Royal Hobart Hospital, and Professor of Medicine for the University of Tasmania.
Winner of the 2021 Rural Science Award from the Australia and New Zealand Society of Nephrology, he has worked in regional, rural and remote Australian locations for nearly 20 years as a Renal Physician, including the Northern Territory.
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Vision impairment in children and the impact on children and their families
Dr Sue Silveira holds a conjoint academic position with Macquarie University and is the Course Director for their Master of Disability Studies, which is administered and delivered by NextSense Institute in affiliation with the University. She teaches in the areas of vision impairment and disability, and aims to share her knowledge while learning from others, especially people who are blind or have low vision and their families.
