University of Tasmania, Australia

Following a number of senior academic positions in nursing, including six years as Head of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Tasmania, Professor Denise Fassett was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Health Science in 2013.

Denise is a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Health Science, Graduate Diploma in Aged Care, Master of Nursing and a PhD. She was Chair of the Nursing Board of Tasmania from 2006 until July 2010 and appointed a member of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia in 2009, a position she currently still holds. Denise was appointed a Governing Council Member to the Tasmanian Health Organisation (THO) North, in 2012.

Matthew Jose is Professor of Medicine for the University of Tasmania, Clinical Director of Medicine at the Royal Hobart Hospital and a member of the Tasmanian Lead Clinician Group.

Professor Tom Marwick was appointed Director of the Menzies Research Institute Tasmania in July 2012 and commenced in this position on 15 October 2012.

He has a strong interest in research directed at practical health outcomes. He has an outstanding record in both research and research leadership in Australia and internationally.

Professor Marwick's specialty is cardiac imaging in heart failure and coronary disease, and the detection of early stages of cardiac dysfunction. His other clinical interests include the cardiac complications of cancer and cancer treatment, valvular heart disease and advanced coronary disease. He is particularly interested in appropriate and cost-effective application of cardiac imaging techniques for treatment selection and monitoring.

Before coming to Menzies, Professor Marwick was Section Head, Cardiovascular Imaging, at the Center for Cardiovascular Imaging at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA.

Professor Marwick has a long and distinguished career in cardiovascular health and research since his graduation with honours from the University of Melbourne in 1981 with a degree in Medicine. He completed his PhD in Cardiovascular Imaging at the University of Louvain in Belgium in 1994 and a Masters of Public Health in 2011 at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, USA.

In 2011 Professor Marwick was invited to give the Kempson Maddox Lecture, the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand's premier annual oration.

Other career highlights to date include winning his first program grant from the National Health and Medical Research Foundation in 2009, the culmination of a decade's work in his field, and winning the Foundation's Eccles Award (named after the Australian Nobel Prize-winner Sir John Eccles) in 1999.

Grant leads the Safety and Quality program for Tasmania’s Department of Health and Human Services. He has worked as a Gastroenterologist in public and private practice, and has extensive experience in clinical management. He is Associate Professor of Clinical Leadership with Deakin University’s Medical School, and has previously worked for Victoria’s Health Department as clinical lead on their Clinical Engagement program. Grant is a Board Member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and leads with colleagues the College’s work on Quality and Safety and physician performance.

Professor Vickers completed a BSc (Hons) at the University of Tasmania, a PhD at the Flinders University of South Australia, and was awarded a DSc from the University of Tasmania in 2005. He has previously held NHMRC CJ Martin, RD Wright and Senior Research Fellowships, and currently holds the Chair of Pathology at the University of Tasmania.