Prof Natasha Smallwood
BMedSci BMBS MSc MHLM AFRACMA FRCP FRACP PhD FThorSoc GAICD
Prof Natasha Smallwood is the Professor and Director of Respiratory Medicine at the Alfred Hospital (Melbourne) and School of Translational Medicine at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia). In addition to her respiratory qualifications, she holds postgraduate qualifications in Medical Leadership, Epidemiology and Palliative Care.
Prof Smallwood has authored over 150 publications and been awarded approximately $12 million as major research grants. She has clinical and research interests in severe lung disease, particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and interstitial lung disease.
Prof Smallwood is the President for the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, a past Board Director for the Victorian Doctors Health Program (Australia), and holds multiple leadership roles. She is a taskforce member for various national and international respiratory guidelines. She recently worked with the Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Healthcare to develop the first ever national clinical care standard in respiratory medicine for people with COPD.
Dr James Fingleton
Dr James Fingleton is Clinical Director Sub-speciality Medicine and a respiratory physician at Wellington Hospital. He has a sub-specialist interest in asthma and COPD and was lead for the previous NZ National Asthma audit. He is a Fellow of the Thoracic Society of Australia New Zealand (TSANZ) NZ branch and Co-Chief Investigator of the Australia New Zealand Respiratory Audit Program (ANZRAP).
James also teaches as a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Otago, Wellington and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board and Asthma and COPD guidelines committees of the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation New Zealand.
Prof John Blakey
BMedSci(Hons.) BM BS FRACP FAPSR FRCP PhD
Respiratory Physician & Professor of Respiratory Medicine
John Blakey is the Head of Department of Respiratory Medicine at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth. He is the medical advisor for Asthma Australia and is proud to be working as part of a multi-professional team towards halving asthma admissions in Australia. John is a Clinical Professor at Curtin University Medical School and has a record of award-winning health services research.
Mr John Harrington
RN BN MPH
John is a Registered Nurse leading respiratory nursing for Hunter New England Area Health as the Clinical Nurse Consultant for Airway Disease. Significant roles are developing a multi-disciplinary approach to airway disease, developing new models of care for COPD, asthma and Pleural disease. John is a Professional Member for the NMC and an affiliate with HMRI Breathing for Life Program.
A/Prof Joy Lee
BHB MBChB FRACP PhD
Description goes hereAdjunct Associate Professor Joy Lee leads the Asthma and Allergy Unit at the Austin Hospital and consults for Melbourne Allergy Asthma & Immunology Consultants, as well as in the public sector at the Alfred Hospital and Monash Medical Centre. She has a special interest in the management and treatment of allergic diseases, including allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma. She has experience in the use of immunotherapy for grass pollen and dust mite allergy as well as monoclonal antibody treatments for severe asthma and urticaria.
Prof Vanessa McDonald
PhD, BN, Dip Health Sci, FThorSoc
Vanessa McDonald is a Professor of Nursing in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Newcastle, Australia and an honorary clinical nurse consultant in the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at John Hunter Hospital. She is Director of the Centre of Excellence in Asthma Treatable Traits, and the Hunter Medical Research Institute’s Asthma and Breathing programme.
Vanessa’s research interests are centred around the development of innovative approaches to the management of chronic airway diseases. She is passionate about the development and implementation of personalised medicine strategies that place the person at the centre of health care delivery.
Over 25 years Vanessa has developed expertise in respiratory clinical nursing practice and education, has contributed extensively to respiratory health advocacy and health policy and, is recognised as an internationally recognised respiratory researcher having published over 250 manuscripts or book chapters. She is committed to improving the health and quality of life of people with lung disease in our region and internationally, and to the mission of lung health.
