Special Interest Groups
About
The TSANZ Special Interest Groups (SIGs) play a valuable role within the Society. They are the product of considerable thought, consultation and discussion by TSANZ members who wish to further the development of new knowledge and practice in a particular area of expertise. The SIGs are also the main contributors in the program development of the highly anticipated TSANZSRS Annual Scientific Meeting.
The leadership role of SIGs are voluntary and are elected by the Members of the SIG.
Further information about SIGs, including their role, terms of reference, communication strategies, can be found in the by laws of TSANZ Constitution and the SIG Convenor’s Toolbox.
Listed below are all current TSANZ SIGs and the Convenors. All communications with the SIGs are coordinated through the TSANZ Office.
| Asthma & Allergy SIG |
| Convenors: Adam Collison and Eve Denton |
| Deputy Convenors: Kimberley Wang and Richard Kim |
| Cell, Immunology & Molecular Biology of the Lung SIG |
| Convenor: Alen Faiz |
| Deputy Convenor: Vacant |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) SIG |
| Convenors: Sukhwinder Sohal and Arwel Jones |
| Deputy Convenors: Philip Masel and Wenying Lu |
| Cystic Fibrosis SIG |
| Convenor: Simone Visser (Adult) |
| Convenor: Bernadette Prentice (Paediatric) |
| Evidence-Based Medicine & Practice SIG |
| Convenor: Arwel Jones |
| Deputy Convenor: Mariana Hoffman |
| Interventional Pulmonology / Bronchology SIG |
| Convenor: Rajesh Thomas |
| Deputy Convenor: Arash Badiei |
| Lung Cancer SIG |
| Convenor: Ingrid Cox |
| Deputy Convenor: Calvin Sidhu |
| Nutrition SIG |
| Convenor: Vanessa Murphy |
| Deputy Convenor: Evan Williams |
| Occupational & Environmental Lung Disease / Population Health SIG |
| Convenor: Sheikh Alif |
| Deputy Convenor: Janet Williams |
| Orphan Lung Diseases, Lung Transplant, Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Vascular Disease (OLIV) SIG |
| Convenor: Yet Hong Khor |
| Deputy Convenor: Edmund Lau |
| Paediatric SIG |
| Convenor: Vikas Goyal |
| Deputy Convenors: Sandra Chuang |
| Physiotherapy SIG |
| Convenor: Mariana Hoffman |
| Deputy Convenor: Leona Dowman |
| Primary Care SIG |
| Convenor: Anthony Sunjaya |
| Deputy Convenor: Chris Barton |
| Pulmonary Physiology & Sleep SIG |
| Convenor: Anna Hudson |
| Deputy Convenor: Kaj Blokland |
| Respiratory Infectious Diseases SIG |
| Convenor: Simone Barry |
| Deputy Convenor: Anthony Byrne |
| Respiratory Nurses SIG |
| Australian Convenor: John Harrington |
| Australian Co-Convenor: Catherine Buchan |
| New Zealand Convenor: Nikola Ncube |
| New Zealand Co-Convenor: Sharon Hancock |
| Symptom Support & Palliative Care SIG |
| Convenor: Rebecca Disler |
| Deputy Convenor: Vacant |
| Tobacco & Related Substances SIG |
| Convenor: Henry Marshall |
| Deputy Convenor: Moya Vandeleur |
Enquiries
If you would like to get involved or if you wish to send a message to any of the SIGs please email your enquiry to TSANZOffice@thoracic.org.au. Or,