WOMEN’S HEALTH, CHILD HEALTH & MEDICAL EDUCATION IN GENERAL PRACTICE
With
Dr Ramya Raman, Specialist GP and Clinical Researcher
Discipline Head of General Practice, University of Notre Dame,
Fremantle, Western Australia &
Vice President & Western Australia Chair
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
Australia
RESEARCHER PROFILE
Filmed in Sydney, Australia | July 2026
Dr Ramya Raman is a specialist general practitioner, practice owner, medical educator and supervisor for RACGP Academic Registrars, with research interests spanning women’s health, primary care, workforce development and medical education. Her work is grounded in the realities of contemporary general practice, with a focus on translating evidence into clinical care, strengthening preventive health approaches and improving outcomes for patients and communities.
Her research has explored areas of women’s health relevant to primary care, including screening, prevention and the implementation of best-practice care in general practice settings. This includes work examining how general practitioners respond to emerging clinical information, such as dense breast notifications following screening mammography, as well as research into the delivery of sexually transmitted infection screening for pregnant women in Western Australia.
Dr Raman also has a strong academic interest in medical education and the role of general practice in shaping the future medical workforce. Through the RACGP Educational Grant Program , she is involved in research investigating models of longitudinal clinical learning in outer metropolitan general practice. This work considers how medical student placements can support GP recruitment and retention, foster academic practice, and build training capacity in geographic areas of need.
Across her research portfolio, Dr Raman is particularly interested in projects that are embedded in real-world practice, support high-quality primary care, and contribute to a sustainable, academically engaged general practice workforce.
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Infections and other lung diseases using models of human lung tissue grown from stem cells
Dr Rhiannon Werder is a Team Leader at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute leading a multidisciplinary team, combining expertise in stem cell biology and immunology, to develop new therapies for lung diseases. Her research centres around induced pluripotent stem cells to investigate respiratory diseases, spanning acute respiratory infections to chronic lung diseases. Using stem cells, Dr Werder’s team creates models of human lung tissue. With these models, Dr Werder is investigating how human-specific pathogens infect different regions of the lung, the ensuing immune responses, and how the lung repairs itself after infections, especially in people with preexisting lung diseases.
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Interventions for improving outcomes of children who are deaf or hard of hearing
Professor Teresa Ching is a Conjoint Professor at NextSense Institute and Macquarie University, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland in Australia. Her current research focuses on devising culturally sensitive practices in early detection and intervention to maximise children’s outcomes. Working with international colleagues, her current research is also directed towards developing global guidelines and recommendations for hearing screening beyond the newborn period, so that all children can benefit from early detection and intervention. The ultimate goal is to attain equity of care and outcomes for all children with hearing difficulties.
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Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine
Professor Daniel Fatovich is a senior emergency physician and clinical researcher at Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department (ED), with over 30 years’ experience in the design and conduct of clinical research in Emergency Medicine. He is also Head of the Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine (CCREM) within the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.
