Dr Peter Mansfield (He/Him)
Visiting Research Fellow

Organisation unit

College of Health School of Medicine

Location

Adelaide University
Profile of Dr Peter Mansfield

About me

Dr Peter R Mansfield OAM BMBS is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Discipline of General Practice and a Medical Advisor for the Ngaanyatjarra Health Service. He was the founder of Healthy Skepticism Inc, an international organisation aiming to improve health by reducing harm from misleading drug promotion: www.healthyskepticism.org 

Healthy Skepticism started with the name Medical Lobby for Appropriate Marketing (MaLAM) Peter conceived MaLAM during his final year medical student elective in Bangladesh in 1982. MaLAM produced open letters that were signed by many people around the world and sent to the international headquarters of pharmaceutical companies questioning them about specific advertisements in developing countries. During the late 1990s MaLAM moved towards doing more research and educational work and in 2001 the name was changed to Healthy Skepticism. Healthy Skepticism has been inactive since 2010.

2007 Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to medicine, particularly as an advocate for ethical pharmaceutical marketing practices and the quality use of medicines in Australia and in developing countries."

2003 Centenary Medal for "contributions to Australian society especially through Healthy Skepticism."

2003 Flinders University Convocation Medal for "outstanding leadership in the advancement of professional practice and service to the community in the safe use of pharmaceutical drugs". The convocation medal is Flinders University's highest award for outstanding graduates.
Last updated on 19/04/2026 by Peter Mansfield