Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer

Biography/ Background

My current position is Associate Professor in Ethics in the Discipline of Public Health.  I have been a member of the Discipline since 1987, during which time I have completed a PhD (1999), and been promoted from Lecturer Level A to Associate Professor.  I have also held short appointments as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Ethics in Medicine at the University of Bristol in the UK and Radboud University in the Netherlands. 

 

I am currently responsible for higher degree by research students and research development in the School of Population Health.  I also coordinate and deliver graduate courses in public health ethics and qualitative research methods and I contribute medical ethics topics to the first three years of the undergraduate medical program.

 

My research reflects the multi-disciplinary nature of my teaching (in applied ethics and qualitative research methods) and my position as an ethicist in a medical school.  I have sought to apply ethical theory and the methods of the social sciences together to public health and medicine, and focused on addressing problems of relevance to practitioners and academics also working in applied contexts.  I have applied this approach to the problem of the relevance of moral philosophy to ‘everyday’ professional practice and to lay interpretations of issues of public health importance, the place of privacy and confidentiality in medicine and public health in the 21^st century, the role of ethics in the education of medical students, and  to the relationship between ethics and health technology assessment.  

 

Qualifications

1999 Doctor of Philosophy (Bioethics) University of Adelaide

 

1984 Bachelor of Medical Science (Hons) University of Adelaide

Research Funding

RESEARCH GRANTS

 

Category 1 grants:

2009-2013            Jamrozik K, Hiller JE, Braunack-Mayer A, Gericke C, Ryan P, Karnon J, Nasir R, Beilby J. Health care in the round: building capacity for integrated decision-making for improving health services. NHMRC Capacity Building Grant. ($2,094,714)

 

2009-2011            Hiller JE, Elshaug AG, Braunack-Mayer AJ, Moss JR, Wale J, Buchan H. Changing policy and practice in health care. NHMRC Project Grant 565327. $860,750 (Year 1 $250,250; Year 2: $365,250; Year 3: 245,250). Associate Investigators: Littlejohns P, Wells R, Phillips P, Goss A, Norman R, Southcott A, Karnon J, Merlin T, de Lacey S, Street J.

 

2008                       Haren M, Stokes A, Taylor J, Daniel M, Lynch J,  Price K,  Braunack-Mayer A. Intergenerational Wellbeing and Community Environmental Conditions in Whyalla: A Whyalla Community Health and Wellbeing Partnership. Centre of Intergenerational Health - ARC Seed-Funding Developmental Linkage Scheme.  $5000.

 

2008                       Braunack-Mayer AJ, Marshall HS, O’Keefe M. Human Papillomavirus immunisation: Why are adolescent girls opting out? University of Adelaide Faculty of Health Sciences - Small Grants Scheme; $12,000.

 

2008-10                 Gold MS, Braunack‑Mayer AJ, Ryan P, Gericke CA, McNeil JJ, Freemantle CJ, Thomson CJ, Roughead EE, Taylor LK, Elliott E, Filby DR, Buttery JP.  Can and should we link data at a national level? Vaccine safety surveillance: A case study.  ARC Linkage Project. LP0882394 (2008: $165,154; 2009: $146,254; 2010: $142,824. Total partner contribution: $411,000)

 

2008-10                 Bi P, Ryan P, Weinstein P,  Pisaniello DL, Parton KA, Moss JR, Braunack‑Mayer AJ. Extreme weather and population health in Australia: risk assessment, prediction of health impacts and disease burden, and adaptive strategy exploration. ARC Discovery Project. DP0880933 (2008: $70,000; 2009: $56,899; 2010: $62,586)

2008                       Rogers WA, de Lacey S, Braunack-Mayer A (AI), Richards B (AI). Donations after cardiac death: ethical issues encountered by practitioners. Flinders University Faculty of Health Sciences Partnership Research Grants 2008; $50,000.

 

2007-08                 Braunack-Mayer AJ, Rogers WA, Moss JR, Hiller JE, Bi P, Salter AB, Givney RC, van Eyk H.  Citizens’ juries: enabling effective influenza pandemic policy through engagement with the community (FluViews). ARC Linkage Project. LP0775341 (2007- $32,000; 2008 - $52,000)

 

2007-09                 De Lacey SL, Rogers WA, Naffine NM, Braunack-Mayer AJ, Richards BJ, Ballantyne AJ. Consent in the void: moral, legal and community values in decisions before birth and after death. ARC Discovery Project. DP0773141 (2007- $30,000; 2008 - $35,000; 2009 - $40,000)

 

 

Category 2 grants:

2008 - 2011          Merlin T, Hiller J, Braunack-Mayer A, Elshaug A, Karnon J, Moss J, Street J. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (Medical Benefits Division). Provision of health technology assessment and research related support services. 

 

2008                       Street J, Braunack-Mayer A, Bi P. Consultations with young people on South Australia’s strategic plan (SASP) targets. SA Government, Office of Youth.

2008                       Rogers W, Braunack-Mayer A, Street J. Ethics of Communication Strategies in Pandemic Flu Plans.  Bellberry Limited.

 

2006-09                 Hiller J, Merlin T, Moss J, Braunack-Mayer A, Ryan P. Medicare Benefits Branch, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Provision of Horizon Scanning services on behalf of the Medical Services Advisory Committee and the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council.

 

2006                       McDermott B, Ryan P, Griffith E, Braunack-Mayer A, Moss J. National Medical Device Tracking System.  Therapeutic Goods Administration, Commonwealth Government of Australia.

 

2005 – 09              Hiller J, Merlin T, Moss J, Braunack-Mayer A, Ryan P. The provision of assessment and research related services on medical technologies and procedures for the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC). Department of Health and Aged Care.

 

2005 – 06              Hiller J, Merlin T, Moss J, Braunack-Mayer A, Ryan P. Australia’s Health Technology Horizon Scanning Unit. Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) and Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Committee (AHMAC),

 

Publications

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

 

Books:

1.       Rogers W & Braunack-Mayer AJ. Practical Ethics for General Practice. 2^nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.

2.       Rogers W & Braunack-Mayer AJ. Practical Ethics for General Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.

 

 

Edited Collections:

3.       Rogers WA, Braunack-Mayer AJ. Section Editors (Ethical and Legal Issues) Encyclopedia of Public Health. NY: Elsevier, 2008.

 

Book chapters:

4.       Braunack-Mayer AJ, Palmer N. New Technologies: Introduction - ethical, legal and social issues in health technology assessment.  Encyclopedia of Public Health. NY: Elsevier, 2008.

5.       Braunack-Mayer AJ.  The ethics of primary health care. In Ashcroft R, Dawson A, McMillan J, Draper H. (eds) Principles of Health Care Ethics. London: Wiley, 2007.

 

 

Refereed Journal Articles:

6.       Oprea L, Braunack-Mayer AJ, Gericke CA. Ethical issues in funding research and development of drugs for neglected tropical diseases. Journal of Medical Ethics 2009;35:310–314.

7.       Anikeeva O, Braunack-Mayer AJ, Rogers WA. Ethics and practice in relation to health care worker influenza immunisation rates. American Journal of Public Health 2009;99:24-29.

 

8.       Smith JA, Braunack-Mayer A, Wittert G, Warin M. Qualities men value when communicating with GPs: Implications for primary care settings. Medical Journal of Australia 2008; 189:618-621.

 

9.       Lee C, Rogers W, Braunack-Mayer A. Social justice and pandemic influenza planning: the role of communication strategies. Public Health Ethics 2008; 1:223-234.

10.    Braunack-Mayer AJ, Louise J. The ethics of community empowerment: tensions in health promotion theory and practice. Promotion & Education 2008; 15: 5-8.

 

11.    Anikeeva O, Braunack-Mayer A, Street J. What will Australian General Practitioners do in a Pandemic and why? A Qualitative Study of Ethical Values.  Medical Journal of Australia 2008; 189(3):148-150.

 

12.    Street J, Braunack-Mayer AJ,  Hiller J, Ashcroft R, Facey K. Virtual Community Consultation? Using the literature and weblogs to link community perspectives and health technology assessment. Health Expectations 2008; 11(2):189-200.

13.    Smith JA, Braunack-Mayer A, Wittert G, Warin M.  “It’s sort of like being a detective”: Understanding how Australian men self-monitor their health prior to seeking help.  BMC Health Services Research 2008; 8:56 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/8/56

 

14.    Smith JA, Braunack-Mayer A, Wittert G, Warin M. “I’ve been independent for so damn long!”: Independence, masculinity and aging in a help seeking context. Journal of Aging Studies 2007; 21(4): 325-335.

15.    Avery JC, Braunack-Mayer AJ. The information needs of women diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome - Implications for treatment and health outcomes. BMC Women’s Health 2007;7:9. (20 Jun 2007) http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6874/7/9

 

16.    Braunack-Mayer AJ. What makes a screening program ethical? Public Health Bulletin 2006; Edition 5:7-9.

 

17.    Palmer N, Braunack-Mayer A, Rogers W, Provis C, Cullity G. Conflicts of interest in Divisions of General Practice. Journal of Medical Ethics 2006;32:715-717.

 

18.    Braunack-Mayer AJ. Ethics and Health Technology Assessment: Handmaiden and/or Critic? International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2006; 22: 307-312.

 

19.    Mulligan E, Rogers W, Braunack-Mayer A. Research within the privacy regulations: problems and solutions for data base custodians. Electronic Journal of Health Informatics 2006; Vol 1 (1): e7 (http://www.ejhi.net) ISSN: 1446-4381

 

20.    Smith J, Braunack-Mayer A, Wittert G. What do we know about men’s help seeking and health service use? Medical Journal of Australia. 2006; 184(2): 81-83.

 

21.    Edwards I, Braunack-Mayer A, Jones M. Ethical reasoning as a clinical reasoning strategy in physiotherapy. Physiotherapy 2005;91:229-236.

 

22.    Tan H, Braunack-Mayer A, Beilby J. The impact of the hospice environment on patient spiritual expression. Oncology Nursing Forum 2005;32:1049-55.

 

23.    Braunack-Mayer AJ. What is a good GP? An empirical perspective on virtue in general practice.  Journal of Medical Ethics 2005;31:82-87

 

24.    Stocks N, Braunack-Mayer A, Somerset M, Gunnell, D. Binners, fillers and filers: A qualitative study of GPs who don’t return postal questionnaires. European Journal of General Practice 2004;10(4):146-151.

 

25.    Lawlor A, Braunack-Mayer AJ.  Doctors’ views about the importance of shared values in HIV-positive patient care: a qualitative study. Journal of Medical Ethics 2004;30:539-543.

 

26.    Rogers WA, Mansfield P, Braunack-Mayer AJ, Jureidini J. The ethics of pharmaceutical industry relationships with medical students. Medical Journal of Australia 2004;180(8):411-414.

 

27.    Edwards A, Jones M, Carr J, Braunack-Mayer A, Jensen G. Clinical reasoning strategies in physical therapy. Physical Therapy 2004;84:312-330.

 

28.    Mulligan E, Braunack-Mayer A.  Why protect confidentiality in health records? A review of research evidence. Australian Health Review 2004; 28:48-55.

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Entry last updated: Sunday, 7 Mar 2010