 Acting Director appointed
Frith Rayner, APHCRI
Mr Robert Wells has been appointed Acting Director of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) until the Institute's future funding is determined. Mr Wells is well known to many of those involved with the Institute, having not only worked very closely with the team since he came to The Australian National University in 2004, but also through his participation in Stream Four and Stream Six as part of the John Wakerman and John Humphreys projects.
Mr Wells is also a Co-Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy, a joint ANU and University of Sydney institute. Prior to joining ANU Mr Wells had a distinguished career in the public service, rising to the level of First Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and Ageing. Mr Wells' appointment brings to an end Associate Professor Kirsty Douglas' tenure as Acting Director, which she extended from July until mid-October.
Associate Professor Douglas has made an enormous contribution to the Institute during her nine months at its head, leading the development of six new streams of work and building the base for others to be developed in the coming months. APHCRI Research Advisory Board (RAB) chair Professor John Marley thanked Associate Professor Douglas for keeping the Institute on course through its evaluation year.
“The RAB would like to acknowledge the wonderful work Kirsty has done in keeping APHCRI not just running, but running very well and efficiently at full speed in the interim period. We all appreciate the debt we owe to her for her great contribution,” he said.
Associate Professor Douglas and Laurann Yen will remain part of the APHCRI team, having jointly taken up the role of Research Fellow.
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