Scientific Advisory Committee

The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men's Health was established to provide advice to the Centre's Management Group on matters related to the strategic development and research program of the Centre including advice on:

• specific strategies and initiatives that enable the Centre to fulfil its mission and achieve its objectives 
• the development of a comprehensive and multidisciplinary research program on men's health 
• the development of strategic relationships with a range of key stakeholders including representatives of government, industry, academia, and the non-government sector
• strategies for health professional training, public education, resource development and information dissemination
• funding opportunities of relevance to the Centre

Chair:

• Professor David Handelsman
  Director, Anzac Research Institute, Concord Repatriation Hospital

Co-Chair:

• Professor Gail Risbridger
  Director, Centre for Urological Research, Monash Institute of Medical Research

Members:

• Professor Julie Byles
  Director, Research Centre for Gender, Health and Ageing, University of Newcastle

• Professor John Funder AO
  Senior Fellow, Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, Monash Medical Centre

• Professor Michael Kidd AM
  Executive Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia

• Associate Professor John Litt
  Senior Lecturer, Department of General Practice, Flinders University of South Australia

• Professor John Lynch
  NHMRC Australia Fellow, School of Population Health & Clinical Practice, The University of Adelaide

• Professor Robyn McDermott
  Director, SA NT Datalink, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia

• Professor Bronwyn Stuckey
  Medical Director, Keogh Institute for Medical Research