Board

Mark Clisby - President
Senior roles in the public sector, universities and NGOs, CEO of two social enterprises

Martin Wilkinson – Vice President
Director of Clinical Studies for a not-for-profit healthcare company

Andrew Bretherton – Secretary
A banking lawyer with over 40 years experience

Russell Smith – Treasurer
Accountant and passionate supporter of not-for-profit organisations

Rebecca Davey
CEO, Arthritis ACT

Caitlin Phillips-Peddlesden
International development expert, Oxfam Australia, specialising in monitoring and evaluation

Latest

Online Community Groups

Emerge Australia has now concluded our federally-funded online community groups pilot program. Express your interest now for the continuation of the program, due to launch in the second half of 2023.
Research Digest 30/06/22

Welcome to the 85th edition of Emerge Australia’s Research Digest. As a special edition, this month’s digest recapitulates Emerge Australia’s ME/CFS Awareness Week Research Panel webinar, providing insight into how our local ME/CFS community is contributing to ME/CFS research in Australia; via their contributions to the ME/CFS Biobank and You+ME Registry Australia.
Knowledge from ME/CFS research and the emerging field of Long COVID must be shared and integrated

The high degree of similarity between ME/CFS and Long COVID offers opportunities for harmonisation having researchers working across both conditions. Researchers have already established strong links between ME/CFS, Long COVID and other post-viral diseases.
Our GPs need to know what to do: We have the plan, we need the funds

Emerge Australia has written a 5 years plan for GP Education about ME/CFS, Long COVID and post-viral diseases, accessible to all of Australia’s GPs.