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Contact detailsFor any enquiries contact:
Dr. D
avid Shearman (Secretary)
2 Reynolds Drive
Crafers SA 5152
Tel: +61 8 8339 3972
Fax: +61 8 8339 4463
Email: m
ountlofty@ozem
ail.com.au
Dr. N
ick Towle (M
edical student contact)Em
ail: m
[email protected]
Dr. Bill Castleden (Chair)
Tel: +61 8 9757 6777
Email:
wm
[email protected]
Dr. John Stokes (Treasurer)
Tel: +61 8 9384 3419
Email:
[email protected]
Scientific Comm
itteeProfessor Stephen Boyden pioneer on hum
an ecology and biohistory.
Professor Bob Douglas O
A. leads Australia 21, an
organisation that tackles unsolved problems in Australia
including sustainability.
Professor Frank Fenner AC
pioneer in small pox
vaccination, Prime M
inister’s Science Prize 2002.
Professor Michael Kidd is head of the D
iscipline of G
eneral Practice at the University of Sydney.
Professor Ian Lowe A
O President of the Australian
Conservation Foundation and mem
ber of the National
Environmental Council.
Professor Steve Leeder Professor of Public Health and
Comm
unity Medicine and D
irector of the Australian Health
Policy Institute at the University of Sydney.
Professor Tony McM
ichael is Director of the N
ational Centre for Epidem
iology and Population Health, AN
U,and
Lead Author and Coordinator for health impacts on the
UN
’s Intergovernmental Panel on Clim
ate Change.
Professor Peter New
man Professor of City Policy and
Director of the Institute for Sustainability and Technology
Policy at Murdoch U
niversity.
Professor Emeritus Sir G
ustav Nossal A
C
Professor Hugh Possingham
Conservation Biologist and m
ember of the W
entworth G
roup.
Professor Lawrie Pow
ell AC, w
as appointed Director of
The Queensland Institute of M
edical Research and was
instrumental in the developm
ent of the Comprehensive
Cancer Research Centre which opened in 2002, and is now
D
irector of Research at the Royal Brisbane and Wom
en’s H
ospital.
Professor Fiona Stanley AC
Founding Director of the
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research established in
Perth in 1990. Australian of the Year 2003.
Dr. N
orman Sw
an The Health Report, Radio N
ational
Professor David Yencken A
O Professor Em
eritus at the U
niversity of Melbourne and Patron of the Australian
Conservation Foundation. He is also Convenor of the
Australian Collaboration, a collaboration of peak national com
munity bodies.
Doctors for the Environment AustraliaPromoting health through care of the environment
www.dea.org.au
For any enquiries contact:
Dr. D
avid Shearm
an (Secretary)
2 Reynolds Drive
Crafers SA 5152
Tel: +61 8
8339 3972Fax: +
61 8 8339 4463
Email: m
ountlofty@ozem
ail.com.au
Dr. N
ick Towle (M
edical student contact)Em
ail: medstudents@
dea.org.au
Dr. B
ill Castleden (Chair)Tel: +
61 8 9757 6777
Email: w
mc@
iinet.net.au
Dr. John S
tokes (Treasurer)Tel: +
61 8 938
4 3419Em
ail: [email protected]
Professor Stephen B
oyden pioneer of human ecology and
biohistory.
Professor Peter Doherty A
C, FRS, FA
A, Laureate Professor
of the Departm
ent of Microbiology and Im
munology at the
University of M
elbourne, Michael F Tam
er Chair of B
iomedical Research at S
t Jude’s Children’s ResearchH
ospital, and Nobel Laureate for Physiology or M
edicine.
Professor Bob D
ouglas OA
. leads Australia 21, an
organisation that tackles unsolved problems in A
ustraliaincluding sustainability.
Professor Frank Fenner AC pioneer in sm
all poxvaccination, Prim
e Minister’s S
cience Prize 2002.
Professor Michael Kidd is head of the D
iscipline ofG
eneral Practice at the University of Sydney.
Professor Ian Lowe AO
President of the Australian
Conservation Foundation and mem
ber of the National
Environmental Council.
Professor Steve Leeder Professor of Public H
ealth andCom
munity M
edicine and Director of the A
ustralian Health
Policy Institute at the University of Sydney.
Professor Tony McM
ichael is Professor at the National Centre for
Epidemiology and Population H
ealth, College of Medicine and H
ealth S
ciences, and Lead Author and Coordinator for health im
pacts on the U
N’s Intergovernm
ental Panel on Climate Change.
Peter New
man, Professor of Sustainability. D
irector, Curtin University
Sustainability Policy Institute Curtin University
Professor Emeritus S
ir Gustav N
ossal AC
Professor Hugh Possingham
Conservation Biologist and
mem
ber of the Wentw
orth Group.
Professor Lawrie Pow
ell AC, w
as appointed Director of
The Queensland Institute of M
edical Research and was
instrumental in the developm
ent of the Comprehensive
Cancer Research Centre which opened in 20
02, and is nowD
irector of Research at the Royal Brisbane and W
omen’s
Hospital.
Professor Fiona Stanley A
C Founding Director of the
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research established in
Perth in 1990. Australian of the Year 2003.
Dr. N
orman S
wan The H
ealth Report, Radio National
Professor David Yencken AO
Professor Emeritus at the
University of M
elbourne and Patron of the Australian
Conservation Foundation. He is also Convenor of the
Australian Collaboration, a collaboration of peak national
comm
unity bodies.