Queensland Health
Junior Doctors Research
Fellowships
The Junior Doctor Research
Fellowships provide opportunities for
junior doctors with limited research
experience to build research skills
under the mentorship and
supervision of experienced
researchers.
“It is a wonderful thing to work as a clinical
scientist who not only asks the questions and
pushes the boundaries but still remains intimately
involved with patients and their families.
Translating medicine from the bed to the bench for
the better and then importantly taking what you
learn back to the patient, improving their health, is
the ultimate achievement of medical research.”
Ken O’Byrne
Round 1 Junior Doctors Research Fellowships mentor
“I do think there needs to be a greater
understanding of clinical research because
medicine is ever evolving and always assessing
new information. So I feel critical assessment is a
necessary requirement for all doctors and I would
like to see some level of research training for all
physicians.”
Jonathon Golledge
Round 1 Junior Doctors Research Fellowships mentor
“In a practical sense, the funding awarded via the
Qld Health Junior Research Fellowship has allowed
me to start my own small team. Leading a team is
a key step for me in establishing my career as an
independent researcher.”
Dr Kate Markey
Round 1 Junior Doctors Research Fellowships recipient
Pictured Dr Kate Markey
(Round 1 Junior Doctors
Research Fellowships
recipient) and Dr Geoff
Hill (Dr Markey’s Junior
Doctors Research
Fellowships Mentor)
Pictured Round 1 Junior Doctors Research Fellowships recipients: Dr Matthew Cheng, Dr Dylan Flaws, The Honourable
Cameron Dick (Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services), Dr Kate Markey, Dr Claudia Curchin and Dr Tavis
Read (absent Dr Vikram Iyer).
“this new Queensland Health fellowship scheme
allows us to nurture our brightest young clinically
trained researchers, like Dr Markey.”
“I am thrilled to have dedicated time for my
research now, rather than having to fit it around a
full-time clinical registrar role.”
“This scheme will confirm that Queensland can
take young talented researchers within our system
and get them to nationally and internationally
competitive levels.”
“I needed to have more dedicated time for my
research role rather than juggling it with my
clinical duties. And the wonderful bonus of the
Fellowship is that the allocated funding allows me
protected research time as well as the ability to
employ a technician, giving me an extra set of
hands fulltime.”
Geoff Hill
Round 1 Junior Doctors Research Fellowships mentor
Dr Markey has embraced the
Fellowship as an important
professional opportunity to
progress her medical career.
“Previously I often used my weekends or late
nights to work on my research, but the Fellowship
has allowed me to start my own small team and
slowly build that group, thereby establishing a
career as an independent clinical researcher.”
“One of the best things about being a researcher
is that you are moving all the time; not stuck doing
the same things and the challenge of trying to
solve problems that have not been solved before is
always exciting.”
Dr Kate Markey
Round 1 Junior Doctors Research Fellowships recipient