Ground-breaking partnership with WentWest leads to new lecturer appointed at Sydney Medical School
The University of Sydney’s Faculty of Medicine and Health and WentWest, the Primary Health Network (PHN) in Western Sydney, are delighted to welcome Dr Liliana Laranjo (MD, MPH, PhD) to the inaugural role of Senior Lecturer in Community and Primary Health Care Practice at the Sydney University Medical School.
Dr Liliana Laranjo, inaugural Senior Lecturer in Community and Primary Health Care Practice
Liliana is an Early Career Researcher and Medical Practitioner who trained in Portugal as a General Practitioner and completed qualifications in Public Health (MPH from Harvard) and in Health Informatics (PhD with a Dean’s Award, University of Lisbon). She has held an academic appointment with Macquarie University before joining the University’s Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (DHCRC), and the Westmead Applied Research Centre (WARC) as a Research Fellow in Digital Health.
Mr Ray Messom, CEO of WentWest who have partnered with USYD to jointly fund this position dedicated to Primary Health Care, said “Our partnership with USYD has flourished thanks to our shared vision for the health system of the future. We need to reimagine how primary, community, acute and social care is delivered and what better way to pursue this transformation agenda than through research. We are thrilled about Dr Larango’s appointment. Her expertise in the field of Primary Health Care, Digital Health and applied research makes her the obvious choice for this new role. We are looking forward to working with her immensely.”
Professor Cheryl Jones, Head of School and Dean of Sydney Medical School said, “This partnership will help lead an ambitious research agenda in the area of health reform.”
Dr Laranjo said, "I am very excited and eager to start this new position, where I will be able to lead a research agenda at the intersection of Primary Care and Digital Health, with a strong focus on real-world implementation and improving outcomes for the community."
Professor Meredith Makeham, Associate Dean Primary Care said, “The partnership demonstrates the commitment from USYD to prioritise research in the area of community care and general practice to help achieve real world benefits to the people of Western Sydney and beyond.”
Liliana will take up the new role from mid-May and work across both institutions. She will continue her roles in WARC and the Digital Health CRC.
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