Australasian Medical Writers Association

The Australasian Medical Writers Association provides resources for members — medical writers, medical journalists and medical editors.

2008 RANZCO media awards

We hold networking functions where you can meet and mingle with other medical writers and people with a professional interest in medicine and writing.

AMWA's 25th anniversary conference

Put these dates in your diary today!

Brisbane, Friday 17 and Saturday 18 October 2008

Confirmed speakers include:

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Gold Walkley award winner Hedley Thomas, on Patel, Haneef and the pressures of investigative journalism

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Professor Michael Good, Queensland Institute for Medical Research director and NHMRC chair

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Professor Mark von Itzstein, director of the Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University

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Professor Ross Homel, Griffith School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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ABC journalist Ian Townsend, on researching Affection, a novel based on a true story of an outbreak of bubonic plague in Australia

Papers on:

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Vaccines we need in the time of climate change

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Booze, bingeing and the brain

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Publishing — how to get that book out of your head and into print!

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Breaches of the therapeutic goods advertising code: who’s culpable?

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Medical history, and why some people like acting it out in medieval costume!

Our conference venue
The Ship Inn has played a colourful and vibrant role in the landscape of South Brisbane including its 100 years as a popular watering hole for sailors and wharfies.
Refurbished and now part of Griffith University’s South Bank campus, the Ship Inn continues to be an important link between Brisbane’s inner city life of the past, and the present. It is located at the southern end of the Goodwill Bridge, adjacent to the spectacular bougainvillea arbour that threads its way through the commercial and recreational hub of the South Bank Parklands.

Full program and registration details coming soon! For more information on the program, registration or sponsorship contact conference convenor Rada Rouse on 0407 139 127.