QMWS MAY MEETING

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Queensland Medical Women's Society

QMWS MAY DINNER MEETING 
"Celebrating United Nations"

United Service Club

Please join us for a special dinner meeting Thursday May 27th 2021 at the United Services Club in Brisbane.The theme for our May dinner meeting is &quot;Celebrating United Nations&quot;. We are so excited to have three special guest speakers for the night - Dr Jillann Farmer, Brendan Rook &amp; Dr Helena Franco. Raffle tickets on sale now! <a href="https://www.rafflelink.com.au/qmwsmay2021" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.rafflelink.com.au/qmwsmay2021</a>-------------------------In the event COVID-19 restrictions prevent us meeting in person, the meeting will proceed as an online event using Zoom. The zoom meeting details will be emailed 24hrs prior to the event.

Jillann Farmer Dr Jillann Farmer commenced as the Deputy Director-General of Clinical Excellence Queensland in June 2020, returning to Queensland Health after employment as the Medical Director of the United Nations, based at the headquarters in New York for 8 years. During tenure in this role, she was responsible for the health, safety and wellbeing of all UN personnel deployed throughout the world and was also responsible for the standards in healthcare facilities operating under UN the UN flag. Prior to serving in the UN, she was the Medical Director of the Patient Safety Centre in Queensland Health, and the inaugural Director of the Clinician Performance Support Service. In her earlier career, Jillann worked as a GP, and also for the Medical Board of Queensland, building the Health Assessment and Monitoring Program for management of registrants with illnesses that impact on their ability to practice. She has been a Director of Medical Services at a mid-size acute Hospital, and a Senior Medical Officer Emergency Medicine. She holds fellowships of both the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators. During 2014, she led the UN’s internal response to Ebola, allowing the safe deployment of UN personnel into the Ebola Outbreak area, and ensuring delivery of healthcare services to them throughout the crisis. In 2020, she led the UN’s New York response to the first wave of COVID-19 in the USA, advising the Secretary General and the then President of the General Assembly. During her tenure as UN Medical Director, she developed and launched the UN system workplace mental health strategy, developed the UN Safety and Quality Standards and implemented reforms of the UN Trauma care system. AS DDG Clinical Excellence Queensland, Jillann has the lead for safety and quality across the healthcare system of Queensland. Outside of work, Jillann has been a martial arts practitioner for over 30 years, and is a keen hiker, kayaker, cyclist and cross-country skier.

Brendan RookBrendan Rook is currently a lecturer in the School of Justice at QUT. Brendan was formerly a senior investigator for the International Criminal Court (ICC) based in the Hague, the Netherlands. As the only international permanent criminal court, the ICC investigates war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. Over the past 11 years Brendan has planned and led many field missions across the globe, particularly across eastern, central, western and northern Africa, interviewing offenders, victims and witnesses. In the context of conflict, Brendan has conducted numerous sex and gender based victim (SGBV) interviews. This includes sex and gender based crimes (SGBC) against children, women and men. Brendan entered the world of law enforcement at the age of 17 when he joined the Queensland Police Service. After 18 months on the beat in Beenleigh, Woodridge and Coolangatta, he became the youngest Detective in Queensland’s history when he was appointed to the Gold Coast Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB). During his time as a QPS Detective, he worked in various specialist squads including homicide, fraud and corporate crime, drugs and property, arson, and sexual crimes (child abuse) investigation units. Brendan also served on secondment to the Australian Crime Commission (currently the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission), the Treasury Department and the Department of Justice and Attorney General.Whilst at the QPS, Brendan signed up as an Army Reservist and is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon - appointed Platoon Commander 9RQR Infantry Regiment. His last appointment with the Australian Army prior to joining the ICC in 2010 was as the Adjutant of Battalion 9RQR as the Commanding Officers’ Staff Officer.

Dr Helena FrancoDr Helena Franco is an Orthopaedic Principal House Officer working at Cairns Hospital. She has a strong interest in global health, and was previously the Vice Chair and Board member for the International Student Surgical Network (InciSioN), a global team of medical students and junior doctors conducting advocacy, research and education in the field of Global Surgery. She was previously the sponsorship officer for the QMWS. Through the opportunities through QMWS and AFMW, she attended the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland where she participated in the Essential Surgical Care Programme Technical Meeting, learning of the pioneering work towards national surgical planning.

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