Board

Dr Samuel Heard has a distinguished career in medical education and private health sectors both in Australia and the United Kingdom. Sam is currently Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Informatics and has been a Senior Lecturer in General Practice, first with London University and until 2002 with Flinders University.

Dr Emma Kennedy is a practicing General Practitioner and has made a major contribution to medical education in the Northern Territory. Emma has lectured for the Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University and Sydney University. Emma has held medical educator positions with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and Northern Territory General Practice Education Limited.

Dr Jo Wright commenced in Remote Health with the Northern Territory Department of Health in 1990, and has extensive experience in primary health care service delivery, management, reform, evaluation and teaching. He has been a contributing editor to several editions of the CARPA Standard Treatment Manual. Jo is now the Director of Activity Based Funding, being responsible for the implementation of the hospital funding side of the national health reforms in the Northern Territory.

Max Chalmers is a practicing Rural General Practitioner at the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. Max has extensive experience in Rural General Practice Training as a Training Supervisor, Medical Educator, examiner and advocate. He has past experience as a Director for Divisions of General Practice, Rural Workforce Agency, Rural Doctors’ Association of Australia and currently family companies.

Professor Paul Worley is currently Dean of Medicine at Flinders University. A practicing rural and general practitioner, he was a founding Chairman of Sturt Fleurieu General Practice Education and Training and a long standing Director of the Rural Health Education Foundation.

Appointed 21 May 2013

Dorothy Morrison has been the CEO for the Heart Foundation Northern Territory since 2008. She has significant experience across the health and education sectors in policy analysis and development; strategic, operational and business planning; and professional practice. Ms Morrison's work in the health and education sectors included the development of policies and plans in health promotion, public health, Indigenous health and Indigenous education. She has also held senior executive roles in the Department of Education and Training (DET) and Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education (BIITE), which involved oversight of Indigenous education across the Northern Territory.

Appointed 21 May 2013

Professor Sue Carthew has been Pro Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Engineering, Health, Science and the Environment at Charles Darwin University since January 2012. Prior to that, she held positions of Head of the School of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Head of Discipline of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Adelaide, where she also lectured for many years. Professor Carthew holds a PhD in ecology from the University of Wollongong and maintains research interests spanning conservation biology, mammal ecology and plant-pollinator interactions.

Erin is an Aboriginal woman from Darwin and has been working in the Aboriginal community controlled health service (ACCHS) sector for over 15 years. Erin is the Program Manager at AMSANT, managing workforce policy, workforce support, leadership and accreditation for AMSANT and its members. Erin held previous roles with Danila Dilba Health Service (DDHS) and the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH). Erin has also been on the board of Danila Dilba Health Service for over 6 years and is currently the Deputy Chair. Erin holds tertiary qualifications in Business, Project Management and is currently studying a Bachelor of Health Science.