Queensland
2025 Meetings
- Thursday 27 March
- Thursday 24 July
- Thursday 25 September
- Thursday 27 November
In case you missed it....
Recordings from previous presentations can be accessed below
QLD Branch Council Members
Co-Chair: Dr Clare Wood and Dr Helena Hurst
Secretary: Helen Truscott
Treasurer: Dr Andrew Lingwood
Nurse Representative: Helen Truscott
AFOEM Trainee Representative: Dr Kris McQuaid
PREVIOUS MEETING
Worker health and safety in an era of extreme heat
Dr Brett Shannon
Join us for our next ANZSOM QLD Branch Webinar as Dr Brett Shannon explores recent research on the health and safety impacts of extreme heat on workers. Learn about global barriers that prevent adequate protections, including weak regulations, exploitative labour systems, and cultural and language divides. The session will also highlight examples of advocacy, policy change, research collaborations, and community-led interventions that are making a difference.
The evening will include a pre-recorded presentation by Dr Brett Shannon followed by a live Q&A session, as Dr Shannon joins us from Chicago where he is currently working.
Date: Thursday 25 September 2025
Time: 7.30pm (AEST)
Cost: Free for ANZSOM/AFOEM members, $25 non-members
Session overview
Extreme heat and Increasing temperatures due to climate change are predicted to result in increased occupational injuries and deaths related to heat stress. Vulnerable worker populations are at increased risk of the hazards related to heat due to (1) poor regulations and standards related to heat that set exposure limits, acclimatization protocols and safety programs (2) limited reporting of heat-related injuries and illnesses and appropriate treatment; and (3) language and cultural barriers. This session will be a broad discussion on recent research that explores recent trends in occupational injuries and illnesses during acclimating and extreme heat temperatures and how collective power and cross-sector collaboration can confront the growing threat of extreme heat and increasing temperatures and protect our most vulnerable workers
About the presenter
Dr Brett Shannon is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago. He is Ngugi descendant from Stradbroke and Moreton Islands in Queensland. He has practiced clinically and conducted research in occupational medicine over the past 8 years. He completed a PhD in the United States on Global Indigenous Occupational Health and currently teaches Injury Epidemiology to post-graduate students.
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION RECORDINGS
The interface of mental health and work
Dr Rob McCartney
Date: Thursday 24 July 2025
The occupational health continuum and the role of occupational hygiene
Micheal Lewis
Date: Thursday 27 March 2025
Matters of the heart: A laboratory perspective of biomarkers of cardiac disease
Dr Yashna Rampursat
Date: Thursday 28 November 2024
Meeting sponsor:
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
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