Queensland
2024 Meetings
- Thursday 29 February
- Thursday 23 May
- Thursday 26 September
- Thursday 28 November
In case you missed it....
Recordings from previous presentations can be accessed below
QLD Branch Council Members
Chairperson: Dr Angus Forbes
Secretary: Vacant
Treasurer: Tegan Kwon
Nurse Representative: Helen Truscott
Branch Council members: Helena Hurst
UPCOMING MEETING
ANZSOM QLD Branch Educational Meeting & AGM
Thursday 28 November 2024
Topic: Matters of the heart: A laboratory perspective of biomarkers of cardiac disease
Speaker: Dr Yashna Rampursat
Date: Thursday 28 November
IN-PERSON MEETING
Time: 6.00pm (finger food and drinks), 6:15pm (AGM), 6.30pm (presentation
Venue: Level 16, 100 Edwards Street, Brisbane (Phoenix Occupational Medicine office)
Cost: Free for ANZSOM / AFOEM members, $25 non-members (includes finger food, drinks and tea/coffee)
Click to register (in-person meeting)
WEBINAR
Time: 6.30pm (AEST)
Cost: Free for ANZSOM / AFOEM members, $25 non-members
About the presenter
Dr Yashna Rampursat is a senior registrar in chemical pathology at QML Pathology, since February 2024. Having completed her FRCPA earlier this year, she will soon be admitted as a consultant chemical pathologist Fellow of the RCPA. She is also a Fellow of the College of Pathologists of South Africa and has worked in chemical pathology in both the state and private sectors in South Africa for 12 years. Her interests include paediatric clinical biochemistry, endocrinology and toxicology.
QLD Branch Annual General Meeting
The QLD Branch Annual General Meeting will be held in-person and online on Thursday 28 November 2024 at 6:15pm (AEST). We would encourage all members to attend.
In-person AGM
The AGM will be held in-person at 16/100 Edwards Street, Brisbane (Phoenix Occupational Medicine office).
Online AGM
The AGM will also be streamed online using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8z3R_1ekQ7agymnRMQqPhw (NOTE: same link as webinar link above)
Branch elections
The Branch is calling for nominations for the positions of Branch Secretary and Treasurer. To make a nomination for either of these positions, please complete the form (refer link below) and return it to the Secretariat by Tuesday 26 November. Nominations may also be made at the meeting.
To register an apology for the AGM, please email the Secretariat on secretariat@anzsom.org.au.
AGM Documents:
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION RECORDINGS
Work hazards for rideshare drivers
Dr Brett Shannon
Date: Thursday 26 September 2024
Mastering clinical assessment and medical reporting
Dr Chris Cunneen
Date: Thursday 23 May 2024
Update on Medicinal Cannabis and the Workplace
Dr Sid O'Toole
Date: Thursday 29 February 2024
Indigenous occupational health: Return to work statistics in Indigenous Australians
presented by Dr Brett Shannon
Date: Thursday 30 November 2023
Towards better work injury schemes, including early psychosocial triage and intervention for practitioners
presented by Dr Mary Wyatt and a panel of experts
Date: Thursday 13 July 2023
Deficiencies and toxicities of metals and minerals on the full blood count
presented by Dr Aarya Murali
Date: Thursday 2 June 2022
Meeting sponsor:
A virologist's perspective of living under COVID
Dr David Seibert, Infectious Diseases Specialist & Pathologist (Microbiologist & Virologist)
Date: Thursday 2 December 2021
PTSD: Are we making progress in treatment and prevention?
Dr Greg Apel, consultant in Occupational Psychiatry
Date: Thursday 7 October 2021
COVID Vaccination and Point of Care Testing – What’s Legal?
Danny Clifford, Director of Clifford Gouldson Lawyers
Date: Thursday 3 June 2021
COVID-19 Update
Professor Peter Collignon and Dr Sally Appleton
Date: Thursday 25 March 2021
Meeting sponsor:
Dust sampling in the field
Micheal Lewis, Principal Occupational Hygienist, Simtars
Date: Thursday 4 February 2021