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Open Forum details - Professor Robert Booy will discuss the topic: “COVID: disease and prevention – reflections from epidemiology, immunology and virology.” - 28 April 2022
 Dr Lydia Pitcher

AFMW Open Forum – CRISIS SERIES No.4 – “An Australian reflection of vaccination to control infectious diseases: influenza, polio, TB and COVID-19.” – 28 April 2022

[EVENT REMINDER] 28 APR: We are pleased to announce the next in our AFMW Open Forum Crisis Series, will be held at 7pm EDST on Thursday 28 April 2022 (just after the Anzac Day long weekend!). AFMW supporter, friend and colleague, Professor Robert Booy, a founder of the Oxford vaccine group, who was pivotal in establishing routine paediatric Haemophilus vaccination in the 1990s, will discuss the topic: “An Australian reflection of vaccination to control infectious diseases: influenza, polio, TB and COVID-19.” Save the date.

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Open Forum details - First Nations Peoples and COVID-19 concerns and their relevance to National Apology Day - 13Feb 2022
 Dr Lydia Pitcher

AFMW Open Forum – First Nations Peoples and COVID-19 concerns and their relevance to National Apology Day – 13 Feb

13 FEB: The next in our AFMW Open Forum series will be this Sunday 5PM AEDT. We have commenced our 2022 Open Forum sessions with a “COVID Crisis” series last week, and this week it seems timely to acknowledge National Apology Day on 13 February, and again express our sorrow for the impact COVID-19 is having on First Nations peoples, in the context of known harm from actions that caused the Stolen Generation.

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Recap: AFMW Open Forum – Moving Forward With COVID: GPs Advancing Vaccinations And Health Literacy Held 3 Feb 2022
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 Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President

Recap: AFMW Open Forum – Moving forward with COVID: GPs advancing vaccinations and health literacy held 3 Feb 2022

EVENT RECAP: On Thursday 3 February, the 2022 AFMW Open Forum series launched with GP Leaders Associate Professor Charlotte Hespe  RACGP NSW/ ACT Faculty and RACGP Board Director,  Associate Professor Margie Danchin Group Leader, Vaccine Uptake, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and Dr Magdalena Simonis, RACGP Expert Committee Quality Care discussing COVID in primary care in 2022. Watch the recording here.

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Photo of the GP Leaders Associate Professor Charlotte Hespe  RACGP NSW/ ACT Faculty and RACGP Board Director,  Associate Professor Margie Danchin Group Leader, Vaccine Uptake, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, and Dr Magdalena Simonis, RACGP Expert Committee Quality Care will be discussing COVID in primary care in 2022.
 Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President

AFMW Open Forum – Moving forward with COVID: GPs advancing vaccinations and health literacy – 3 Feb

3 FEB: AFMW Open Forum launches on Tuesday February 3rd 8pm-9PM AEDT with GP Leaders Associate Professor Charlotte Hespe  RACGP NSW/ ACT Faculty and RACGP Board Director,  Associate Professor Margie Danchin Group Leader, Vaccine Uptake, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and Dr Magdalena Simonis, RACGP Expert Committee Quality Care will be discussing COVID in primary care in 2022. This is the first in the COVID Crisis Open Forum Series. Register today.

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AFMW Open Forum – Medical Women in Technology and Health (MedWiTH) - event recap
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 Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President

Recap: AFMW Open Forum – Medical Women in Technology and Health (MedWiTH) held 14 Oct 2021

EVENT RECAP: On Thursday 14 October, the AFMW MedWiTH Group organised a webinar with hosts Dr Louise Schaper, CEO of Australasian Institute of Digital Health AIDH and Dr Amandeep Hansra of Creative Careers who is a leader in digital health in Australia. It was an inspiring session during which we learned about how how medical women can get involved in the biggest industry – the Digital Health industry. Watch the recording.

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Professor Helen O’Connell Open Forum Recap
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 Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President

Recap: AFMW Open Forum with Professor Helen O’Connell AO held 22 Sept

EVENT RECAP: Let’s get ‘cliterate’. Professor Helen O’Connell AO presented at our AFMW Open forum on September 22nd, and educated us around the complex anatomy of the female genital tract focussing on the clitoris. Her research is a world first and has instigated the ‘cliteracy movement‘ bringing the arts and science together. Watch the recording.

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Professor Caroline De Costa Open Forum Recap
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 Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President

Recap: AFMW Open Forum with Professor Caroline De Costa AM held 25 Aug

EVENT RECAP: Professor Caroline De Costa AM presented at our AFMW Open forum on August 25th in a Q&A style conversation between the two of us which was then opened up to the audience. Professor Caroline De Costa AM is Australia’s first female Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, sexual and reproductive health trailblazer, mother of seven, author of 15 books and numerous research publications. Watch the recording.

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