PARAMEDICINE WORKFORCE ACROSS AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND
With
Associate Professor Liz Thyer
Associate Professor in Paramedicine
Western Sydney University, Australia
RESEARCHER PROFILE
Filmed in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia | March 2026
Liz Thyer is an Associate Professor in the Western Sydney University Paramedicine program and is passionate about innovations and excellence in health sciences teaching and learning.
She was an advanced life support paramedic with Ambulance Victoria for 11 years including roles as a clinical instructor and peer support officer. She has previously worked at Victoria University with the Paramedic programs and at Deakin University in Learning Futures.
She is an active member of the Australasian College of Paramedicine and is the inaugural chair of the ACP Professional Standards Committee and Education Committee.
Her PhD was in physical anthropology, highlighting a continuing passion for anatomical studies, but her more recent research and HDR supervision focuses on the fields of health education, mental health, and paramedicine workforce issues.
She is the chief investigator of the Australasian Paramedicine Workforce Survey, a three-year study providing the most comprehensive data exploring trends affecting the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand paramedicine workforce.
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Next Generation Condom Contraception, Dr Simon Cook
Dr. Simon Cook, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Operations at Eudaemon Technologies, has had a diverse and impactful career journey. Beginning with a background in biotechnology from the University of Wollongong, his focus on bacterial pathogenesis during his PhD led him to study Group A Strep and the streptokinase protein.
Subsequently, Dr. Cook ventured into a unique project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where he became involved in the development of a next-generation condom to address existing issues such as feel, odour, and taste.
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Large-scale clinical and population-based research
Christopher Reid is an internationally renowned cardiovascular epidemiologist with appointments as a Research Professor in both the School of Population Health at Curtin University and the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, at Monash University.
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Development of novel analytical and diagnostic tools using nanotechnology and microfluidics
Dr Alain Wuethrich is an NHMRC Emerging Leader fellow and ARC DECRA awardee at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.
Hailing from Switzerland, research focuses on the development of novel analytical and diagnostic tools that harness nanotechnology and microfluidics; two rapidly growing fields with high potential to provide diagnostic solutions needed for precision medicine.
