The Medical Journal of Australia

Vol 217, Issue 11: 12 December 2022. Associate Professor Andrew Morokoff is a neurosurgeon with The Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne. He talks about the role of spinal surgery, particularly spine fusion, in the treatment of low back pain, to accompany his coauthored narrative review published by the MJA. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.

Vol 217, Issue 11: 5 December 2022. Professor Anne Kelso AO will be stepping down as CEO of the National Health and Medical Research Council in 5 months' time after 8 years in the role. She talks about gender equity in medical research funding and a new program introduced by the NHMRC, to accompany her MJA article on the subject. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.

Vol 217, Issue 11: 5 December 2022. Dr Sandro Demaio is Chief Executive Officer of VicHealth. He wrote recently for InSight+ about five design principles which should be the foundation of any national centre for disease control, and in this podcast he expands on those ideas. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.

Vol 217, Issue 11: 30 November 2022. Dr Violet Kieu, Dr Antoinette Anazodo and Professor Kate Stern are coauthors of new COSA guidelines for fertility preservation for people with cancer, and of a guideline summary published in the MJA. They talk about options for preservation, recent advances, and the importance of early referral to fertility specialists after cancer diagnosis. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell.

Vol 217, Issue 11: 28 November 2022. Professor Markus Schlaich is Director of the Dobney Hypertension Centre in Perth, and Dobney Chair of Clinical Research at the University of Western Australia. His recently published research on dual endothelin antagonist aprocitentin for resistant hypertension can be found at The Lancet. His op-ed for InSight+ is free to access and can be found here. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell.

Voice of the GP Episode 7: 21 November 2022. Associate Professor Louise Stone is a GP, researcher, and medical educator. She is a vocal advocate for her GP colleagues through her articles at InSight+, other media and her Twitter account, @GPswampwarrior. Her new coauthored book on sexual abuse between doctors is in the works. For more information about the book and how you can help make it open access, visit ofdoctorsbydoctors.com ... With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.

Vol 217, Issue 10: 14 November 2022. Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska is Director of the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health at QUT in Brisbane, a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre. Her coauthored MJA Perspective on the need for Australian standards for indoor air quality is available here. Prof Morawska is a member of OzSAGE. Their advice on ventilation and air quality is available here. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.

Vol 217, Issue 10: 14 November 2022. Professor Eddie Holmes is an ARC Australian Laureate Fellow and one of the world's leading experts on emerging viruses and zoonotic diseases. He talks the need to fix the politics before we can fix pandemics, the toxicity of conspiracy theories and the three viruses that worry him the most. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.

Vol 217, Issue 9: 7 November 2022. Sarah Larkins is Professor of Health Systems Strengthening at James Cook University. Dr Nicole Allard is a GP and COVID Clinical Lead at cohealth in Melbourne. Their Perspective -- Management of COVID‐19 in the community and the role of primary care: how the pandemic has shone light on a fragmented health system -- is part of an MJA Supplement -- Managing mild to moderate COVID-19 in Australia. They would like to acknowledge the contribution of the Primary and Chronic Care Panel of the National Clinical Evidence Taskforce. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.

Vol 217, Issue 9: 31 October 2022. Professor Raina MacIntyre is Professor of Global Biosecurity at the Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales. Her new book, Dark Winter: an insider's guide to pandemics and biosecurity is available from NewSouth Books from 1 November, 2022. Prof MacIntyre is one of the founders of OzSAGE, and developer of EPIWATCH. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.