Dr Simon Vanlint

Biography/ Background

Current positions:

 

1. Lecturer, Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide
2. Assistant Dean (Students, Years 4-6), MBBS Program, University of Adelaide
3. General Practitioner, No Pulgi team (for homeless persons), Nunkuwarrin Yunti of SA, 182 Wakefield St, Adelaide (0.2 FTE)
4. PhD candidate (commenced April 2007)
   
   

Previous experience:

 

1987 – 1991                  Basic hospital medical rotations, RACGP Family Medicine Program     

                                    GP terms at Meningie (SA) & Townsville (Qld)

1991 – 2000                  Rural general practitioner (also practicing obstetrics and anaesthetics), Barmera, South Australia.

2000 – 2003                  General practice in Suffolk, UK.

2004                             Ashford International Research Centre as a clinical investigator, helping conduct over 20 clinical trials, principally in the areas of endocrine diseases, women’s health and cardiovascular diseases.

In October 2004 I commenced work with the University of Adelaide.

2005                             In January 2005 I commenced clinical practice at Nunkuwarrin Yunti.

2007                                       PhD candidacy commenced

Awards & Achievements

'Rural clinical teacher of the year', 2007 (awarded by year 6 student body)

 

Teaching Interests

Convenor, Year 2 Committee, MB BS Program

Assistant Dean (students), years 4-6

Research Funding

2007 PHCRED seeding grant 'vitamin D and Aboriginal Australians'

2007 RACGP Vicki Kotsirilos Integrative Medicine Grant 'omega-3 fatty acids and bone health'

Publications

Vanlint, S                     ‘Droperidol & Dysphoria.’ (letter) Anaesth Intensive Care. 1998;26(2):224-5

Vanlint, S                      'Vitamin D and adult bone health in Australia and New Zealand: a position statement.’ (letter) Med J Aust. 2005;183(1):52

Vanlint, S & Nugent, M  ‘Vitamin D and fractures in people with intellectual disability.’ J Intellect Disabil Res. 2006 Oct;50(Pt 10):761-7.

Vanlint, S et al               ‘Vitamin D and intellectual disability.’ Aust Fam Phys 2008;37(5):348-351

Vanlint, S et al                       ‘A guide to the assessment and management of vitamin D status in people   with intellectual disability’ J Intel Dev Dis 2008 Jun;33(2):184-8.

Professional Interests

Fellow, RACGP

Member, ANZ Bone & Mineral Society

Member, Endocrine Society of Australia

Member, The Endocrine Soiety (USA)

Secretary, Adelaide Bone Group

Vitamin D

Bone health

Health of marginalised populations/groups

Entry last updated: Thursday, 19 May 2011