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
Chairperson: Vacant
Secretary: Vacant
Treasurer: Vacant
Nurse Representative: Helen Truscott
Branch Council members: Helena Hurst
UPCOMING WEBINAR
The interface of mental health and work
Dr Rob McCartney
Join us for our next ANZSOM QLD Branch Webinar as Dr Rob McCartney explores the dynamic relationship between mental health and the workplace. Learn how work can impact mental wellbeing, and vice versa, and discover practical strategies to support healthier, more sustainable working environments.
Date: Thursday 24 July 2025
Time: 6.30pm (AEST)
Cost: Free for ANZSOM/AFOEM members, $25 non-members
About the presenter
Dr Robert McCartney is a physician who has specialised in the field of Occupational Medicine for over 20 years. His career goal is to maximise the health, wellbeing and productivity of working people.
He is a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine with the Royal Australian College of Physicians and a past president of ANZSOM. He is also on the faculty and board of AMROA.
He has extensive experience in the prevention, diagnosis and management of occupational injury and illness. This experience combined with his understanding of internal risk context and business imperatives enables him to provide effective and efficient solutions to the employers whilst serving the needs of employees.
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION RECORDINGS
The occupational health continuum and the role of occupational hygiene
Micheal Lewis
Date: Thursday 27 March
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