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Director of the Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Vic.\u202fShe\u202fis a practising respiratory physician with longstanding clinical and research interests in\u202fnon-pharmacological management of\u202fchronic lung disease, particularly\u202fCOPD,\u202foxygen therapy\u202fand pulmonary rehabilitation, and\u202fhas\u202fover 200 publications.\u202f\u202fShe\u202fis\u202flead author of the current Thoracic Society Guidelines on Domiciliary Oxygen and has published widely in this field, including\u202fseminal articles on ambulatory and palliative oxygen, current recipient of NHMRC funding to assess the use of ambulatory oxygen in interstitial lung disease (a multicentre international randomised controlled trial).\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Professor McDonald is a key contributor to Lung Foundation Australia\u2019s\u202fclinical COPD program,\u202fhaving served on many committees, including:\u202f\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chair of the COPD Clinical Advisory Committee\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Member of the Clinical and Research Council<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Member of the National Council<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Member of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Network\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Member of the COPD-X Guidelines Clinical Committee\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Member of the COPD-X Concise Guide for Primary Care Writing Committee<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Member of the COVID-19 Expert Working Group<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Professor McDonald also supports\u202fLung Foundation Australia educational events both for patients and health professionals.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Professor McDonald was\u202fhonoured in the Queen\u2019s Birthday Honours list 2018 for significant service to respiratory and sleep medicine as a clinician-researcher, administrator and mentor, and to professional medical\u202forganisations.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ian-Yang.jpg\" width=\"205\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Professor Ian Yang<\/h4>\n<p>Professor Ian Yang is a Thoracic Physician and Director of Thoracic Medicine at The Prince Charles Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service; Head of the UQ Northside Clinical Unit and Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane. His clinical work is in the field of thoracic medicine, and his research team is studying gene-environmental interaction in COPD, asthma, lung cancer, smoking cessation and air pollution, and approaches to improving prevention, diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases. He is one of two Co-Chairs of the national COPD-X\u00a0Guidelines Committee of Lung Foundation Australia. He is a member of editorial boards of respiratory journals, and serves as a Co-Chair of the Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners Chronic Disease Theme.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Yang is a longstanding contributor to Lung Foundation Australia,\u00a0having served on many committees, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair of the COPD-X Guidelines Clinical Advisory Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Clinical and Research Council<\/li>\n<li>Member of the COPD Clinical Advisory Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the COPD-X Concise Guide for Primary Care Writing Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Lungs in Action Expert Advisory Panel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ian-Glaspole.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Associate Professor Ian Glaspole<\/h4>\n<p>Associate Professor Ian Glaspole is the head of the Alfred Hospital interstitial lung disease clinic and an adjunct clinical associate professor within the Monash University Faculty of Medicine Central Clinical School. He is the co-Chair of the Australian Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry, and a principal investigator in the Centre for Research Excellence in Pulmonary Fibrosis. He performs clinical and translational research of interstitial lung disease.<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor Glaspole is a longstanding contributor to Lung Foundation Australia,\u00a0having served on many committees, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair of the Australian Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry Steering Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Clinical and Research Council<\/li>\n<li>Member of Interstitial Lung Disease Registry Steering Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Rare Lung Disease Clinical Advisory Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Pulmonary Intestinal Vascular Organisation Taskforce<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Australasian Clinical Trials Network (PACT)<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Centre of Research Excellence in Pulmonary Fibrosis Translation and Education Subcommittee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kerry-Hancock.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Dr Kerry Hancock<\/h4>\n<p>Dr Kerry Hancock is a General Practitioner and has over 35 years\u2019 experience in clinical practice. She graduated from Flinders University of South Australia Medical School in 1980 and established her own general practice, Chandlers Hill Surgery in 1985 in the outer southern suburbs of Adelaide. She remains one of the six\u00a0 Principals in the practice, with\u00a0 eleven\u00a0 other GPs, nurses and\u00a0 a clinical pharmacist, which\u00a0 in three and a half decades has grown into a moderate to large sized group practice renowned for its training of general practitioners and\u00a0 medical students and innovative practices to meet the needs of its community. Chandlers Hill Surgery was awarded Australian General Practice of the Year in 1999 and was also SA Practice of the Year in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>For the last 25 years Dr Kerry Hancock has had a special interest in general practice based respiratory medicine and maintains strong affiliations with professional and consumer organisations\u00a0such as RACGP, the International Primary Care Respiratory Group, Lung Foundation Australia,\u00a0 Asthma Australia,\u00a0 National Asthma Council of Australia,\u00a0 and Cancer Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Hancock remains passionate for patients with respiratory conditions to access excellent clinical care by all primary care practitioners and to ensure that patients are diagnosed in a timely manner and provided with excellent care to achieve best outcomes for health and wellbeing. Dr Hancock\u2019s active participation with respiratory organisations, government health services and research activities has enabled her to be involved in the development of national primary care focused respiratory management guidelines, educational activities and the development and promulgation of tools to assist GPs, Practice Nurses and Pharmacists in the management of their patients with respiratory disorders.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018 Dr Hancock was awarded Honorary Fellowship Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) for her services to general practice, respiratory medicine and teaching.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Hancock is a longstanding contributor to Lung Foundation Australia,\u00a0having served on many committees, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inaugural Chair of the GP Advisory Group<\/li>\n<li>Co-Chair of the Primary Care Clinical Advisory Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Clinical and Research Council<\/li>\n<li>Member of the COPD Clinical Advisory Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the COPD Nurses and Pharmacy Committees<\/li>\n<li>Member of the COPD-X Concise Guide for Primary Care Writing Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Your Voice Lung Cancer Clinician Advocates Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Kwun-Fong-1.jpg\" width=\"207\" height=\"311\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Professor Kwun Fong<\/h4>\n<p>Professor Kwun Fong is a Thoracic and Sleep Physician at The Prince Charles Hospital and Professor with the University of Queensland School of Medicine. He is Clinical Manager of the Pulmonary Malignancy Unit at The Prince Charles Hospital and Director of the University of Queensland Thoracic Research Centre which undertakes molecular, genomic and translational research in lung diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Fong\u00a0has\u00a0had the pleasure of working with the\u00a0Lung Foundation Australia\u2019s Lung Cancer program\u00a0team\u00a0for many years and\u00a0is a proud\u00a0volunteer\u00a0for\u00a0various committees, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair of the Australian Lung Cancer Conference<\/li>\n<li>Chair of the Lung Cancer Clinical Advisory Group<\/li>\n<li>Inaugural Chair of\u00a0Australasian Lung Cancer Trials Group<\/li>\n<li>Member of the National Council<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Clinical and Research Council<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Your Voice Lung Cancer Clinician Advocates Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_5941-scaled.jpg\" width=\"186\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Associate Professor Lucy Morgan<\/h4>\n<p>Associate Professor Lucy Morgan is a Respiratory Physician in Sydney with clinical roles at Concord Hospital, Nepean Hospital and Macquarie University Private Hospital. She has had a long\u00a0history with Lung Foundation Australia having been awarded the Lung Foundation Australia Boehringer Ingelheim COPD Fellowship in 1998, chaired the Lung Foundation Australia Palliative and Supportive Care Committee and the Respiratory Infectious Diseases Committee, been a member of the Australasian Lung Cancer Trials Group and COPD-X Committee, Lung Foundation Australia Clinical Council and more recently, Lead Clinician of Lung Foundation Australia\u2019s Australian Bronchiectasis Registry. She is a passionate advocate for equity of access to benchmark clinical care for all Australians with lung disease and for gender equity in research and clinical leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor Morgan\u00a0is a longstanding contributor to Lung Foundation Australia,\u00a0having served on many committees, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Member of the Lung Foundation Australia Board of Directors<\/li>\n<li>Chair of the Australian Bronchiectasis Registry Principal Investigators<\/li>\n<li>Chair of the Australian Bronchiectasis Consortium<\/li>\n<li>Deputy Chair of the Supportive and Palliative Care Advisory Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Clinical and Research Council<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Australian Bronchiectasis Registry Scientific Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the National Council<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Respiratory Infectious Diseases Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole-Goh.jpg\" width=\"186\" height=\"264\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Associate Professor Nicole Goh<\/h4>\n<p>Associate Professor\u00a0Nicole Goh is a Respiratory Physician and the Director of the Austin Hospital interstitial lung disease unit. She is a clinical associate professor within the faculty of Medicine at the University of Melbourne, Chair of the Medical and Scientific Research Committee at the Institute for breathing and sleep, Chair of the Lung foundation Australia rare lung disease group, and is on the Steering Committee for the Australian Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry and the Australian Interstitial lung disease Registry. She is involved in the Centre for Research Excellence in Pulmonary Fibrosis, working within the translational, educational and clinical trials arms. She is involved in clinical and translational research of interstitial lung diseases, with a particular focus on measures to improve the quality of lives of patients with interstitial lung disease.<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor Goh \u00a0is a longstanding contributor to Lung Foundation Australia,\u00a0having served on many committees, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair of the Australian Rare Lung Disease Conference Organising Committee<\/li>\n<li>Deputy Chair of the Australian Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry Steering Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Clinical and Research Council<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Rare Lung Disease Clinical Advisory Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Interstitial Lung Disease Registry Steering Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the National Council<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Australasian Clinical Trials Network (PACT)<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Pulmonary Interstitial Vascular Organisation Taskforce<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Centre of Research Excellence in Pulmonary Fibrosis Translation and Education Subcommittee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tamera-photo-2-3-scaled.jpg\" width=\"213\" height=\"262\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Associate Professor Tamera Corte<\/h4>\n<p>Associate Professor Tamera Corte, BSc(Med), MBBS, FRACP, PhD, is a Consultant Respiratory Physician and Director of Interstitial Lung Disease in the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>She is Chief Investigator on a recently awarded Centre of Excellence NHMRC grant for Pulmonary Fibrosis, which strives to improve and extend the lives of patients living with pulmonary fibrosis through the development of a comprehensive and integrated program of basic and clinical research and education across Australia.\u00a0 She is the founding Chair of the Steering Committee for the Australian Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry, the Australasian Interstitial Lung Disease Registry and a member of multiple international task forces for interstitial lung disease guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>A\/Prof Corte trained in respiratory medicine at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. She served as Clinical Fellow in Interstitial Lung Disease at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London with Professor Athol Wells. Dr Corte earned a doctor of philosophy degree in the identification of pulmonary vascular dysfunction in interstitial lung disease.\u00a0 She continues her research at Sydney University, where her interests include the interstitial lung diseases as well as pulmonary vascular disease.<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor\u00a0Corte volunteers on many Lung Foundation Australia committees focused on rare lung disease, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair of the Australasian Interstitial Lung Disease Registry Steering Committee<\/li>\n<li>Chair of the Australian Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry Steering Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Clinical and Research Council<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Rare Lung Disease Clinical Advisory Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Pulmonary Interstitial Vascular Organisation Taskforce<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer and Member of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Australasian Clinical Trials Network (PACT)<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Australasian Rare Lung Disease Conference Organising Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Centre of Research Excellence in Pulmonary Fibrosis Translation and Education Subcommittee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","link":""}],"subtitle":"","disable_header_overlay":false},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1643"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85279,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1643\/revisions\/85279"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}