Associate Professor Nicholas Lennox (BMedSc, MBBS, DipObst, FRACGP, PhD) - Nick is a researcher, educator, advocate and clinician. He has specialised in the health of adults with intellectual disability since 1992. He trained in general practice, and has developed several interventions to improve the health of people with intellectual disability. They include the CHAP (Comprehensive Health Assessment Program) re-view; the Ask health diary; the first whole of life handbook on health people with intel-lectual disability; a dual diagnosis educational kit, and a website and book on how to manage Diabetes. He has been instrumental in the IASSID (International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability) ratification of health guidelines and has successfully advocated for systemic change at local, state, national and international level. This includes the adoption of the CHAP health review process by most state governments and many NGOs across Australia and overseas. He has also been instrumental with others in the successfully advocating for of a health assessment Medicare payment system to support GPs to perform these assessments on people with intellectual disability. He is the current President of the Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine (AADDM). Dr. Lennox has published widely in national and international journals.
Dr Lisa Bridle (B. Soc Wk (Hons), PhD)Lisa as Clinical Coordinator provides phone/email consultation on QCIDD's clinical service and she links people to appropriate supports. Lisa is passionate about working to build a community where people with disability would routinely find welcome, and where their gifts and contributions would be justly recognised.
Dr Robert Craig (MB BChir, FRACGP, MRCGP) - Robert provides clinical services.
Dr Gillian Eastgate (MBBS, FRACGP, Grad Cert Health Studies) - Gillian provides clinical services.
Dr Cathy Franklin (MBBS, FRANZCP, MPhil, Cert Adv Tr Cons Liais Psych) - Cathy is the Consultant Psychiatrist who provides assessments and management plans.
Mrs Dell Hele (JP (Cdec)) - Dell is personal assistant to Dr Lennox. She has been with QCIDD since 1999 in various administrative support positions for projects including DSQ CHAP study, Dual Diagnosis Education, Training and Needs Analysis and PAS-ADD.
Ms Lyn McPherson (BSc, BLS, Grad.Dip.Health Sciences) - Lyn is the manager of the Ask Project
Mrs Roslyn Murrell - Ros has been with QCIDD for more than 6 years on various projects including Advocacy and Health, Endeavour CHAP Study and Diabetes.
Ms Miriam Taylor (BA, DipEd, MLitt) - Miriam re-joined QCIDD in November 2007 as a researcher project officer.
Dr Madonna Tucker (B.A., MpsychEd, PhD) - Madonna is a psychologist, member of the Clinical team, and the initiator of the Challenging Behaviour Mentoring Programme. She is actively involved in the teaching programmes.