We are excited to welcome the following invited speakers to the 2025 AWSA Summer School stage.
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Professor Keryln Carville
Professor Primary Health Care and Community Nursing, Silver Chain Group and Curtin University
Prof Richard Ferrero
Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Prof Amit Gefen
Department of Biomedical
Engineering, Tel Aviv University;
Berman Chair, Vascular Bioengineering
Dr Emily Haesler
Adjunct Professor, Curtin University;
Adjunct Associate Professor,
La Trobe University
Judy Haviland
Director, Judy Haviland Consulting
Dr Tim Hughes
Principal Research Scientist and Research Team Leader, CSIRO Manufacturing Flagship
Regina Kendall
Nurse Practitioner Palliative Care
Dr Kwee Chin Liew
Clinical Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Physician
John McKenna
Empowerment advocate and active inclusion advisor
Andrea Minnis
Nurse Practitioner
Dr Dean Samaras
Podiatric Surgeon
Dr Ramin Shayan
Brighton Plastic Surgery
Lachlan Singe
Lawyer, Arnold Dallas McPherson
Dr Geoff Sussman OAM
Wound Care, Monash University
Terry Swanson
Nurse Practitioner
Prof Debie Turner
Discipline Lead Program for Podiatry, Queensland University of Technology
Dot Weir
Co-Chair, Symposium on Advanced Wound Care USA; Secretary, International Wound Infection Institute
Cathy Young
Occupational Therapist
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