Who we are
Dr Jonathan Dartnell
Managing Director
Jonathan brings many years of experience in QUM research and implementation, as well as senior management for independent and not-for-profit organisations dedicated to improving the quality of health care.
For several years he led the development and implementation of national QUM programs for NPS MedicineWise. This included multistakeholder and multifaceted programs for biologic medicines, chronic kidney disease, mental health, anticholinergics, dementia, heart failure, opioids, anxiety, neuropathic pain, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, antibiotics and others.
Rawa Osman
Director
Rawa is a clinical pharmacist and program manager with a strong track record for leading cross-functional teams and achieving large scale impact with complex national healthcare programs. She specialises in strategic leadership, program design, implementation science and stakeholder management. She has a special interest in data and feedback educational services for health professionals.
During her time at NPS MedicineWise, Rawa contributed to the development of new governance, partnerships and advisory structures to increase collaborative engagement with the health sector and improve program outcomes.
Gloria Antonio
Director
Gloria is an experienced business strategist with a deep understanding of what it takes to successfully deploy human services programs, implement quality frameworks and develop policy within the private and public sectors in Australia and the Asia-Pacific regions. She is service oriented and astute in identifying areas in need of improvement with the vision to develop and implement successful business models.
Over the past decade, Gloria has provided executive leadership at
NPS MedicineWise including five years as Deputy CEO.
Anthony Carr
Director
Anthony had an extensive career in marketing and advertising agencies before starting his QUM journey at NPS MedicineWise.
He was responsible for social marketing campaigns such as Join the fight against antibiotic resistance and industry recognised campaign work on generic medicines. Anthony also led the marketing effort for multiple national QUM behaviour change programs, with demonstrated impact on health professionals and consumers across a range of settings.
Sue Brown
Director
Sue draws on her extensive clinical pharmacy, education, management and consulting experience across public and private health sectors. Over the past 15 years she has worked with a range of clients including NPS MedicineWise, supporting program governance and management, stakeholder engagement and technical writing. Sue is passionate about improving QUM, in particular for consumers in rural and regional areas.
Most recently she led stakeholder engagement for the Value in Prescribing bDMARDs Grant - a consortium of nine organisations focused on the quality use of specialised medicines.
Teresa Vaccaro
Director
Teresa is a medical education and health communication specialist with over 20 years experience working in academia, with industry and government, and at NPS MedicineWise.
She is passionate about improving health literacy so individuals and professionals can make better choices in their approach to healthcare. She has contributed to the successful delivery of multiple state and national health programs supporting QUM, Real-time Prescription Monitoring, National Cervical Screening Program Renewal and scheduling changes to high-risk medicines.
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Dr Pradnya Naik Panvelkar
Pradnya is an experienced senior research and project officer with a strong interest in public health and supporting quality use of medicines. She has extensive experience in evidence-based research, qualitative research and stakeholder engagement across public and private health sectors.
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Professor Catherine Hill
Catherine is an experienced clinical rheumatologist and a passionate advocate for person-centred, evidence-based healthcare for all Australians. She currently leads a clinical research group in Adelaide and is the Medical Advisor for Arthritis SA.
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Dr Kate Annear
Kate is an experienced GP, specialising in women’s and children’s health. She has a special interest in medical education and public health.
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Jarrah Anderson
Jarrah is a clinical pharmacist with a keen interest in the design and delivery of health professional education programs. He has utilised his clinical experience alongside a passion for quality use of data to inform and evaluate a variety of public health promotion projects.
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Amanda Fuller
Amanda is an experienced consultant pharmacist with advanced clinical knowledge of chronic disease management.
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Benison O’Reilly
Benison is a clinical pharmacist, medical writer, and author, with extensive experience writing for both health professional and consumer audiences.
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Susan Daskalakis
Susan is a pharmacist with extensive experience as a medical writer and digital publisher most recently as Managing Editor, Therapeutic Guidelines.
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Alli Patterson
Alli is a pharmacist and an experienced program manager, who has a strong interest in developing robust digital health resources that positively influence prescribing and promote quality use of medicines.
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Dr Caroline West
Caroline is a GP with extensive experience in urban, rural and remote setting practices, including Royal Flying Doctors and Aboriginal community health. She is a well-respected medical journalist and media doctor.
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Kara Joyce
Kara is a consultant pharmacist with special interests in mental health management and optimising outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
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Anne-Marie Martin
Anne-Marie is a consultant pharmacist who specialises in behaviour change practices, including academic detailing, and stakeholder engagement. She has a diverse background in primary care, aged care and tertiary care.
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Caroline Morris
Caroline is a consultant pharmacist and clinical educator who has delivered a broad range of evidence-based educational sessions to over 5000 health professionals nationally, in urban, rural and remote areas of Australia.
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Clare Weston
Clare is an experienced healthcare program manager, people leader and registered pharmacist with further qualifications in quality and project management.
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Dr Anna Samecki
Anna is a GP and experienced medical educator, with expertise across medical affairs, clinical leadership, educational program design and delivery and clinical data interpretation.
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QUM Connect acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and the Torres Strait Islands, and recognise their continuous connections to land, sea and community.
We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
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