Our Board
Em Professor Ian Chubb, Chairman
Professor Ian Chubb was Chief Scientist for Australia from May 2011 to January 2016.
Prior to that, Professor Chubb was Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University from January 2001 to March 2011; Vice-Chancellor of Flinders University of South Australia for six years and the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Provost) of Monash University for two years. While at Monash he served as Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics for 16 months...Read More
Ben Tansley, Treasurer
B Com (Acc), FCA
Ben is a highly experienced Chartered Accountant with over 25 years’ experience in the professional services industry working within Australian and international markets. He is currently the Canberra Assurance Leader for EY. His experience over the last 25 years includes providing of a broad range of assurance and financial advisory services to a diverse range of clients in the corporate, not-for-profit and government sectors. Ben is passionate about working with executives and Boards in supporting them improve governance, finance and risk management practices.
Professor Deborah Schofield
Deborah is Professor and Chair of Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University. Her career has spanned the Australian Government public service, academia and clinical practice and she has a national and international reputation for her work in economic modelling of the health system, health, and its impact on families and the economy.
Dr Will Howard
Will became a pain medicine physician via rural general practice and anaesthesia. He has been strongly involved in the Australian Pain Society since 2004, initially as Editor of the newsletter and later as Secretary. Will has recently retired from clinical practice but continues his involvement in research into lessening pain and disability after surgery, and he remains active in seeking system change to lessen pain and disability in the community.
Professor Paul Glare
Professor Paul Glare is the Chair of Pain Medicine, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Sydney; Head of the Specialty of Pain Medicine in the Sydney Medical School; Director, Pain Management Research Institute (PMRI), Kolling Institute. He is also a specialist physician in pain medicine with a Clinical Academic appointment in Northern Sydney Local Health District as well as having external appointments at North Shore Private Hospital and Genesiscare at St Leonards and Macquarie University Hospital. He is also a medical advisor to Cymra Life Sciences Pty Ltd.
Dr Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes is a specialist pain medicine physician who works at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle NSW and has been Director of Hunter Integrated Pain Service, since its foundation in 1997. He is immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. Additional roles have included co-chair of NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation’s Pain Network and Chair of the Pain Management Clinical Committee of the Medicare Benefits Schedule Review.. His research interests include a "whole person" approach to pain, outcome measurement and redesign of health systems to achieve greater integration between specialist pain services and primary care.
A/Prof Meredith Craigie MBBS, B Med Sc, MM(PM), FANZCA, FFPMANZCA, GAICD
Meredith is a specialist pain medicine physician working in the CALHN Pain Management Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide. She is the immediate past-Dean, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FPM). She has a Masters of Pain Medicine (Sydney University) and has fulfilled numerous roles locally and nationally as a teacher, advocate, and advisor to government, researcher and journal editor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care as well as clinician in anaesthesia and pain medicine. Meredith is passionate about medical education, pain education for healthcare practitioners and consumers, pain at the extremes of life and the transition from acute to chronic pain.
Associate Professor Malcolm Hogg
Malcolm is full-time specialist in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine and Head of Pain Services, Melbourne Health. He is a past president of the Australian Pain Society (APS) and fellow of Faculty of Pain Medicine, ANZCA, and member of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP).
Malcolm's leadership roles include membership of external advisory groups to Victorian Dept of Health and Human Services safescript (medication monitoring system) external advisory group, Drugs of Dependence committee and Pain services clinical advisory committee. Research interests include pain outcomes following trauma and models of care for pain service delivery.
Catherine Murphy
Catherine holds degrees in Economics and Law from the Australian National University. She held senior positions in the Australian Public Service before joining the Prime Minister’s Office where, for several years, she was senior legal adviser to Prime Minister the Hon John Howard. Subsequently she served as Chief of Staff to Minister the Hon Dr Brendan Nelson. She was also CEO to a major industry organisation.
Catherine’s main interest is working with Board’s dealing with social and health related public policy to improve the lives and outcomes for all Australians. She is an active volunteer with OzHarvest, Legacy and a women’s resource and referral centre.
Sister Mary-Lynne Cochrane
Mary- Lynne Cochrane is a Consumer Representative with the Agency for Clinical Innovation Pain Network and a member of the Executive Committee.
Mary- Lynne lives with a form of arthritis and over 35 years she has endured twenty-two surgeries, including three knee replacements, three hip replacements, three back surgeries, a shoulder replacement, pelvic bone transplants and surgeries in both feet and hands.
Mary-Lynne entered the Sisters of the Good Samaritan in 1977 after a period working with the Endeavour Foundation a facility for intellectually slow children. She has a background in Social Science with Welfare.
In her current role, within the Good Samaritan Congregation Mary-Lynne conducts training programs for her sister nuns in the use of mobiles handsets and iPads to enhance Communication and connect.
Last year Mary-Lynne was appointed as Wellbeing Coordinator for another religious order.
Dr Graeme Killer AO
Graeme is the former Principal Medical Adviser to the Department of Veterans Affairs, a position he held for 25 years. After retiring in 2015, he became Principal Medical Adviser to the Returned Soldiers League. He has helped pioneer major improvements in the care of veterans, with a particular focus on the management of chronic pain and related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.