MSAC
Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee
The Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee suggests research
that needs to be undertaken and advises on funding distributions. The Committee
reports to the Board of Management and is chaired by an independent clinical
scientist: (currently Professor Lawrie Powell AC).
It was launched officially in Brisbane on 12 August 2005 at an international
symposium on fatty liver disease, attended by most of Australia's liver specialists.
Committee Members are as follows:
Professor Lawrie W Powell AC,
Royal Brisbane and Women’s
Hospital, Brisbane (Chairman);
Professor Darrell Crawford,
Princess
Alexandra Hospital and Greenslopes Hospital, Brisbane;
Associate Professor Jacob George,
Westmead
Medical Centre, Sydney;
Dr Hugh Harley,
Dept Gastroenterology,
Royal Adelaide
Hospital, Adelaide;
Professor Geoff McCaughan,
AW Morrow Dept Gastroenterology,
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney;
Professor John Olynyk,
Dept Medicine,
University of Western Australia, Perth;
Associate Professor Grant Ramm,
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane;
Dr William Reed,
Gastroenterologist,
The University of Western Australia, Perth;
Dr William Sievert,
Gastroenterologist,
Monash University Medical School, Melbourne;
Dr Katrina Watson,
Gastroenterologist,
St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne.
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