ANZAHPE Committee of Management (CoM) - Elected Board members
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PRESIDENT
CHARLOTTE DENNISTON
Charlotte began her career as a physiotherapist and completed a PhD in health professions education at Monash University in 2018. Since then she has worked across health and university sectors, across the continuum of health professions education, including at Monash Health, Monash University and the College of Intensive Care Medicine. As a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Medical Education, University of Melbourne, Charlotte currently leads the Professional Practice Theme in the Melbourne MD and is a member of the Work Integrated Learning Research Group. Her work is focused on the nexus between learning through work and preparing the workforce for professional practice. Charlotte has a number of collaborations across Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. These include research projects, scholarship of teaching and learning activities and higher degree by research supervision.
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VICE PRESIDENT
SCOTT MCCOOMBE
Scott is the Head of International Medical Education and Sub-Dean at The University of Western Australia Medical School. He is an experienced medical and health professions educator developing and delivering award winning curricula in the broad field of Health, Medicine and Society. Scott is a collaborative educator delivering student-centred, solution-oriented and community contextualised curricula. He has over 8 years’ experience as a leader in recruitment and support of International Health students into Australian Higher Education and has expertise in selection, admissions and student diversity. He understands the impact the current pandemic has had on international health students and their respective institutions and is implementing a COVID-normal international Applicant-to-Alumni strategy at UWA medical school.
He is an Associate Fellow of AMEE and has been an active member on the Leaders of Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) network and, as a non-Indigenous man, is committed to highlighting Indigenous health and cultural safety as a foundation component of Health Professional Education in Australia and globally.
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TREASURER
KIAH EVANS
Kiah has two decades of experience as an interprofessional health professions educator, spanning tertiary teaching, clinical leadership, and research management roles. She has a Graduate Certificate in Health Professions Education and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Kiah’s core professional value is ‘impact’, which she demonstrates through embedding authentic learning activities and assessment items into units, supporting research students to publish their findings, conducting translational research projects, collaborating with state and federal government departments, and building the education, evidence-based practice and research capacity of health professionals and students.
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OPERATIONS CHAIR/SECRETARY
STEPHEN TOBIN
Stephen Tobin is CEO and Dean at New Medical Education Pty Ltd. The raison d’être of this company is to establish an outstanding new medical school for Australia. Prior to this, Stephen was Associate Dean and Professor of Clinical Education at the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University (2019-2023). He continues as Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, at WSU.
Over the last 25 years, Stephen's career developed from full time regional surgical practice to full time medical education. He had leadership roles at three Victorian medical schools and was RACS Dean of Education from 2012-2018.
An ANZAHPE Fellow, he has been involved with ANZAHPE for over 15 years. Stephen contributes nationally with the AMC through medical school and college accreditations, assessment workshops, and the Progress Monitoring Subcommittee of SEAC. He is also Clinical Advisor at the Australian Council for Healthcare Standards.
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MEMBERSHIP CHAIR/SECRETARY
NALINI PATHERNalini Pather is deeply committed to medical and health education, recognising its potential to transform society. With over 25 years of experience in medical education, including 14 years in Australia, she demonstrates a strong alignment with ANZAHPE's values and strategic priorities. Nalini has also held leadership roles in several academic societies and is a Fellow of ANZAHPE, having actively participated in ANZAHPE conferences including organising the 2022 NSW Hub. Her commitment to diversity is evident in her advocacy for underrepresented groups and involvement in initiatives promoting equity and inclusion. She has successfully co-led mentorship and professional development activities and has received recognition for her work in collaborating and supporting educators in developing countries.
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COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE CHAIR
PRIYA MARTIN
Dr Priya Martin began her career as an occupational therapist and has worked in clinical, research, project, and academic roles in Australia and India, spanning over two decades. Currently, she works as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland Rural Clinical School, furthering evidence for health professional education, healthcare workforce support and wellbeing, and rural health. Priya is a member of the Australasian Interprofessional Practice and Education Network (AIPPEN) Steering Committee and has also served on Interprofessional.Global working groups to progress interprofessional education and collaborative practice and research at national and international levels. Priya has been an ANZAHPE member since 2017.
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION CHAIR
BRAHM MARJADI
Leading Community Engaged Learning at Western Sydney University School of Medicine since 2014, Brahm oversees, maintains and develops partnerships with 200+ community service organisations in teaching and learning, research and service. Brahm's Community Engaged Learning work led him to champion an Intersectionality approach in addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in medical education, the university, professional organisations and the community. Brahm has co-founded the Public Health Association of Australia’s DEI Special Interest Group and served as Inaugural Convenor (2019-2022) and co-founded the International Community of Practice (CoP) on DEI in Medical Education under the auspices of AMEE. Brahm's other DEI works range from raising awareness of perimenopause, to supporting refugee doctors’ integration to clinical practice in Australia.
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GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CHAIR
jo bishop
Jo was elected to the Committee of Management in July 2020. Her current role as Associate Dean of student Affairs and Service Quality for the Health Science and Medicine faculty, at Bond University as well as Curriculum lead for the Bond Medical Program enables her to work strategically with key stakeholders within the tertiary and health service sector.
Jo’s research focus is specifically in the area of student (and staff) well-being and its alignment within curricula using empirical evidence.
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professional development
TEHMINA GLADMAN
Tehmina is a Senior Lecturer and Education Adviser for The University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand. Tehmina started in the field of Experimental Psychology and taught for many years, developing an interest in technology and staff development. Before becoming the Education Adviser, she had the role of e-Learning Facilitator, working with staff to develop their use of e-learning tools to enhance teaching and learning. Tehmina has a keen interest in student academic motivation and the use of educational technology to engage learning.
She has been a member of ANZAHPE since 2018 and an Associate Fellow since 2020.
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RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR
megan anakin
Megan is a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Education within the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. Megan's research focuses on examining the experiences, influences, and impacts on students and teachers when learning/teaching decision-making about providing patient care in a range of contexts including simulation and interprofessional education; and how this knowledge can be used to inform curriculum and faculty development in health professions education. Megan is also exploring how Cultural Historical and Activity Theory can be used inform health professions education research and practice.
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MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS STAFF
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EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Jill Romeo
Jill Romeo is the Executive Officer with the Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE). Jill manages the administration and operations of the Association including the management of the Association’s peer reviewed journal, Focus on Health Professional Education (FoHPE).
She works in partnership with the ANZAHPE committee of management, member committees and regional and international networks to support the goals and range of activities ANZAHPE offers. Jill has been in her role with ANZAHPE for over 12 years and is particularly interested in association culture, sustainability and the member experience.
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ADMINISTRATIVE officer
KENDALL MARRIOTT
Kendall joined the ANZAHPE operations staff in May 2022. With an extensive Events and Marketing background at one of Adelaide's top Universities, Kendall now manages the ANZAHPE online events, marketing communications, social media, advertising, memberships, and the operations of the Association’s peer reviewed journal, Focus on Health Professional Education (FoHPE). Kendall works in collaboration with the Committee of Management directors of specific portfolios to meet the strategic needs of the association and to create a greater experience for ANZAHPE's members.
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Nomination and Election of the ANZAHPE Committee of Management
The Committee of Management are elected at the Annual General Meeting. The CoM consists of up to ten members; five Office Bearers and five ordinary members. The Office Bearers comprise the President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary and Membership Secretary. Other than the Office Bearer positions, particular responsibilities are given to CoM members by appointment. These may vary from one year to the next, depending upon the particular activities and requirements at the time. Additional roles that may be held by non-CoM members that report to the Board include the Public Officer, FoHPE Editor, and Conference Convenor.
The term of office for each member of the CoM is two years. In any one year, no more than four members shall reside in any one state of Australia or in New Zealand. CoM members are eligible for re-election for a maximum continuous period of six years, and are then eligible for re-election after a period of absence of at least one year. The President is eligible to hold this office for a continuous period of three years, and then is ineligible to hold this office for the following three years.
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A reflection on her time on the ANZAHPE Committee of Management
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As I come to the end of my sixth and final year of service on the ANZAHPE Board, I can still recall how I was welcomed by then ANZAHPE President Chinthaka Balasooriya, executive officer Jill Romeo, and board members Margo Brewer, Ben Canny, Avril Lee, Joy Rudland, Di Eley, Joanna Tai, Koshila Kumar, Carole Steketee. A special shout out to Carole for her mentorship. She encouraged me to shadow her in the Secretary role during my first year on the Board.
A significant event shaped my time on the Board: the pandemic. This crisis gave rise to new ways of working and engaging with ANZAHPE members. We swifty moved our annual conference online and this effort spawned new monthly online events and a mentorship program. During this time, we also saw FoHPE become an open access journal and growth in interest in the awards and research grant schemes. Consequently, during my tenure on the board, our membership has roughly tripled, and we’ve been fortunate to have Kendall Marriot join the ANZAHPE office team to maintain the high-quality administrative support that enables our association to thrive.
I leave the Board knowing ANZAHPE is in great hands to lead our association onwards. The Board has a clear strategic vision underpinned by ‘The ANZAHPE Way’ – our ethos of learning together and nurturing the next generation of health professions educators, scholars, and researchers. I look forward to continuing my contributions to ANZAHPE as a Fellow and by co-chairing the Mentorship Committee with Jo Bishop. It has been a fantastic experience serving on the ANAHPE Board. I encourage others to take on this important leadership role in our association.
- Megan Anakin, 2025
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