Dr Ash Qama

Doctor, epidemiologist and reality TV enthusiast. Awareness needs to translate into action.

[Louise stone @GPswampwarrior]

My thoughts on bulk billing & greedy doctors. When Medicare started, we did 6 years of medical school, hung up our shingle & became GPs. Medicare subsidised most of the cost of care so we could privately bill those who could afford it to subsidise the gap for those who couldn’t.

[Doherty Institute @TheDohertyInst]

Why does #HepB appears to hit Aboriginal Australians especially hard? In this article for @Nature Outlook, Doherty Epidemiologist @AshQama and Medical Researcher Margaret Littlejohn discuss the factors which contribute to this.

https://t.co/6wra4U56RJ

[Erica C Kaye @EricaKayeMD]

I wrote this article for my own catharsis. I never expected it to be peer reviewed. When @NEJM accepted it, I experienced my first panic attack. 1/
@WomenInMedicine @WomeninOnc @AMWADoctors @womeninmedchat @WomeninAcademi1

[Doctors Are People Too @DoctorsRHuman]

11- We can ask ourselves what kind of future we want. Because what I see in medicine is a sort of climate-change-like tsunami of reckoning coming. And perhaps it's up to the young people to reshape medicine, but I want to just put the question to everyone.

[Dr Ash Qama @AshQama]

@kristi_milley @RMIT Not sure if I’m family or the guy with a beer

[Dr Ash Qama @AshQama]

@phoebeobrien_ Thanks Lady O’Brien!

[Dr Ash Qama @AshQama]

In true 2020 style, I am attending my graduation from medical school over a Zoom webinar in my pajamas. Wearing a graduation hat though 🎓

[Dr Ash Qama @AshQama]

We came second! 🥈

[Milla @millamacc]

Very excited to present as a finalist for this year's @auscancercomp as the 'Transfer of Trust' team alongside @RebeccaCWebster @AshQama and @NicholasJBrooke where we present a theoretical model of cancer survivorship!
More info here:
https://t.co/lkhRZPLeU1

[Nicholas J. Brooke @NicholasJBrooke]

Tomorrow night myself, @millamacc, @RebeccaCWebster
and @AshQama will be presenting a novel model of cancer survivorship care in the @auscancercomp 2020 University Cancer Case Competition! We call our model the 'Transfer of Trust.' Join us tomorrow at 5:30 https://t.co/jmROgmJ70J

[Milla @millamacc]

Very excited to present as a finalist for this year's @auscancercomp as the 'Transfer of Trust' team alongside @RebeccaCWebster @AshQama and @NicholasJBrooke where we present a theoretical model of cancer survivorship!
More info here:
https://t.co/lkhRZPLeU1

[Bubbly Activist Junior Doc 🌈 @jaz_medicine]

And I wonder just how many patients are falling through the cracks because we don’t have time. And how many of them are not feeling seen or heard, and are struggling, feeling alone, because the systems are built efficiently, and doesn’t give us enough time /19

[QandA @QandA]

Meyne Wyatt closes #QandA with a monologue from his play, City of Gold.

[Doherty Institute @TheDohertyInst]

For the first time @GlobalFund has put #viralhepatitis on the agenda of its Replenishment Conference following an advocacy campaign spearheaded by us and @ICE_HBV https://t.co/ghLCJWNEuv

[Dr Ash Qama @AshQama]

@BrendanLHarney Can you provide a source for reinfection not being covered under the PBS? I'm unable to find anything stating this

[HepB Cant Wait @swang8]

Ben Cowie presents on how common it is to be 1st diagnosed w #HBV #HCV within 2 years of #LiverCancer diagnosis (including at time of or even after!) "This is not just a health disparity, this is a serious #HumanRights issue."
#AVHEC19 #ScreeningDelay #FindTheMissingMillions

[Dr Ash Qama @AshQama]

@ICE_HBV @TheDohertyInst Just a note - whilst our data suggests the current vaccine protects against C4, we didn't have access to clinical records, so we might be missing people who were vaccinated but not tested before their HBV dx. We need a specific study looking at the serotype mismatch to be sure!

[Dr Ash Qama @AshQama]

@jenmcintosh22 Thanks Jen!

[Dr Ash Qama @AshQama]

Last week, my first (joint) first-author paper on #inhalants was published. You can see my illustrations in all their glory here: https://t.co/aw8u7k43Qr #neuroscience

[Dr Ash Qama @AshQama]

Super excited to be speaking at #AVHEC19 today about hep B vaccination in the NT. Looking forward to seeing all my other @TheDohertyInst colleagues present too #hbv