Professor Dale Bailey BAppSc(Hons) MAppSc PhD FACPSEM FIPEM MRCP(Lond.) CSci(UK)
(Foundation Board Chair)
Principal Medical Physics Specialist (Nuclear Medicine), Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW
Professor of Medical Imaging Science, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Director, Sydney Vital Translation Cancer Research Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital and Northern Precinct, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW
Dale has over 35 years’ experience working in the field of nuclear medicine medical physics in Australia, the UK and the USA. His main theme has been improving the accuracy of quantitative 3D imaging measurements of radioisotopes as they distribute throughout the body to diagnose various diseases and disorders and monitor response to therapy. He currently works at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, as well as being Professor of Medical Imaging Science in the Faculty of Medicine & Health at the University of Sydney. He is passionate about developing more personalised approaches to managing a range of disorders, in particular, rarer cancers. Dale has also served as President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine.
Mr Simon Downes
Chief Medical Physicist,
Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre,
The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW
Simon Downes has worked at the Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre at Prince of Wales Hospital for the last 11 years as Chief Medical Physicist. Previous appointments were in radiotherapy physics at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the Mater Hospitals in Sydney, and two years in the Netherlands working for a major radiotherapy vendor. Simon has served for 10 years as an examiner for the ACPSEM Radiation Oncology Certification Panel and chairperson of ACPSEM’s Asia-Pacific Special Interest Group for the last 8 years. As APSIG Chair, Simon has coordinated voluntary professional aid to provide up-to-date training and education on modern equipment in radiotherapy centres located in many different South East Asia Pacific Countries.
Assoc. Prof. Ivan Williams PhD MSc MACPSEM
Head of the Medical Radiation
Service Branch and Chief Medical Radiation Scientist,
The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA).
Ivan is the Head of the Medical Radiation Service Branch and Chief Medical Radiation Scientist within the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA). Ivan trained as a Medical Physicist at PeterMac in Melbourne and worked in Ireland at St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network prior to returning to Australia as the inaugural Director of the Australian Clinical Dosimetry Service. Ivan believes that Medical Physics, as with all scientific and technical disciplines, is in the midst of revolutionary changes, underpinned by fundamental increases in every aspect of digital technology. The Foundation has a role to play in assisting medical professionals and the public to understand what is happening in the field and how, together, we can positively affect patient outcomes.
Ms Jayne Senior BSc (Hons.), MSc (Bham. & Cran.)GAICD, PgDip Mktg.
Director, Strategic Global Markets,
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO),
Sydney, Australia
Jayne is Director – Strategic Global Markets for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), based in Sydney, Australia. Jayne completed Honours and Master’s degrees in Science in the UK, together with a short period in research. She then moved into business there before working in Singapore and then Australia, where she has held senior positions in various companies operating across several industries and countries, including those operating in highly regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals and food. At ANSTO, Jayne has been involved in nuclear medicine sales, marketing and production, giving her insight into the benefits the Foundation and ACPSEM can play in the industry. Jayne has been a director of several not-for-profit organisations and is currently also a director of Arthritis New South Wales.
Professor Clive Baldock BSc (Hons) MSc MTEM PhD FRSN FACPSEM (Dist.) FAIP FIPEM FInstP
From 1980 to 1984 I was employed as a nuclear medicine technologist at St. Paul's Hospital, London. After graduating from the University of Sussex in 1987 with a BSc (Hons) in Physics with Microcomputing I was subsequently employed as a medical physicist at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals, London while studying for my MSc in Radiation Physics at St Bartholomew’s Medical College, University of London. I subsequently worked in a number of UK hospitals providing scientific support to clinical nuclear medicine, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and biomedical engineering services. My main research interests were in the field of gel dosimetry for improved three-dimensional radiotherapy (radiation therapy) dosimetry in cancer therapy for which I completed my PhD through King's College, University of London. I subsequently moved to Queensland University of Technology in 1997 as Lecturer in Medical Physics. I subsequently worked at the University of Sydney from 2003 as the founding Director of the Institute of Medical Physics, Professor of Medical Physics from 2006 and Head of the School of Physics from 2010. In 2010, I completed my Master of Tertiary Education (Management) from the University of Melbourne. From 2012 I was Executive Dean of Science and Engineering at Macquarie University. In 2014 I joined the University of Tasmania (UTAS) as acting Dean of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology. In 2015 I undertook a one-year secondment from UTAS to the Australian Research Council (ARC) as Executive Director for Engineering, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Information Sciences. I returned to UTAS in 2016 as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Researcher Development) and Dean of Graduate Research. I joined the University of Wollongong in 2020 as Dean of Graduate Research followed in 2021 by my most recent role as Dean of Graduate Studies and Researcher Development at Western Sydney University. In 2020, I completed the Oxford Executive Leadership Programme in the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. My research interests have continued to be in the fields of gel dosimetry, radiation therapy, dosimetry, medical imaging and biomedical engineering in which I have published over 170 publications in referred journals and over 200 peer reviewed conference papers with a resultant H-index of 57. I have been awarded over $4M in competitive research grant funding, led a successful bid for $140M in the Australian Commonwealth Government Education Investment Funds and raised $10M in gifts. I have supervised to completion 30 graduate research candidates. I have been awarded Fellowships of the Royal Society New South Wales, Australian Institute of Physics, the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (distinguished), the Institute of Physics (UK) and the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (UK). I am currently serving as president of the Australian Council of Graduate Research, the sector peak body for graduate research.