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Guest: Nigel Spence
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Nigel Spence is the CEO of ChildFund Australia. Since joining ChildFund in 2006, Nigel has overseen the expansion of its child-focused development programs in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam, as well as continuing aid and development work through ChildFund Alliance partners in Africa, Asia and the Americas. Nigel has a long history of working with vulnerable and marginalised children, both in Australia and internationally. Prior to his role at ChildFund, he was CEO of the Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies (ACWA), and Director of Children and Youth Services with Centacare, Catholic Community Services, Sydney.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, let us welcome ChildFund Australia CEO Nigel Spence as he shares the various programs that they have in order to help reduce poverty for children in developing countries such as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. Nigel has just returned from Papua New Guinea after launching a counselling helpline and spending some time with the counsellors who are staffing the phone lines where the endemic violent abuse of women and children is recognised as the most pressing human rights issues. Women are already being helped by the service, they have received 40 calls on the first day and the phones have been busy ever since.

Guest: Professor Mark Hancock
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Mark Hancock is an Associate Professor of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Macquarie University. He has 20 years of clinical experience as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist working in a primary care setting. Mark now works full time as an academic/researcher. His research focuses on the diagnosis and management of back pain. He has published over 70 peer reviewed papers and received over 2.7 million dollars in funding. He has published in leading medical journals (e.g. Lancet, BMJ and Annals of Internal Medicine) and discipline specific journals (e.g. Spine, Physical Therapy).

Segment overview: For our Health Academy Series today, our guest is Associate Professor of Physiotherapy Mark Hancock from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science at the Macquarie University. He has a particular research interest in better understanding the causes of low back pain and identifying subgroups of patients who respond best to specific interventions. Today he will be sharing his thoughts about the different approaches which may lead to better outcomes. Many believe in better matching of treatment to individuals but how we do this is controversial and interesting.

Guest: Associate Professor Graham Hall
Presenter: Patrick Reyes
Guest Bio: Professor Graham Hall is a Research Strategy leader and the Head of the Paediatric Respiratory Physiology group at the Telethon Kids Institute in Perth. Graham completed his PhD at the Telethon Institute before working in the University Children’s Hospitals in Zurich and Bern in Switzerland. In 2003, he was appointed as Senior Respiratory Scientist of the Respiratory Laboratory at Princess Margaret Hospital in Perth before returning to full-time research at the Telethon Kids Institute in mid-2010 as the Head of Paediatric Respiratory Physiology. Prof Hall an internationally recognized pediatric respiratory physiologist and contributes to a number of national and international working groups aimed at improving the standard of lung function testing.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, Associate Professor Graham Hall joins us to discuss health issues associated with preterm birth, among these is the possibility of having asthma in light with the celebration of Lung Health Awareness Month this November. Professor Hall will talk about current statistics for asthma in Australia, why does Australia have one of the highest asthma rates in the world as well as some of the common triggers for asthma. November 17 commemorates World Prematurity Day and Professor Hall will also share his thoughts the health issues associated with preterm birth, among these is the increased possibility of having asthma.

Guest: Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoity
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoity currently serves as Associate director, division of Neurology, Section Chief of epilepsy and neurophysiology at Children’s Mercy Hospital. He is also the Director of Children’s Mercy Hospital’s level 4 epilepsy center, which is one of the few level 4 pediatric epilepsy centers in the country. He has developed and is directing the clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship at Children’s Mercy Hospital. He has also developed and is directing the Neurodiagnostic Program. He finished his medical degree at Cairo University in Egypt. Dr. Abdelmoity then started molecular neurobiology research at UT Southwestern at Dallas, where he later started his pediatric Neurology residency.

Segment overview: Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoity, MD, Director of Children’s Mercy Hospital’s level 4 epilepsy center, discusses quality of life, treatment options, and compares the different therapies available, for those living with epilepsy.