Celebrating USANZ Members
BPH - National Public Health Campaign
A National Public Health Campaign on benign prostatic hyperplasia was launched this week. This campaign builds on survey data collated by YouGov Australia, an international online research data and analytics technology group, with funding from Boston Scientific.
The campaign included interviews with USANZ President, Prof Helen O'Connell.
USANZ Members are featured as state-based contacts for media engagement, and include Dr Henry Woo (the national spokesperson) and Drs Joseph Schoeman, Dinesh Patel, Elayne Ooi, James Aspinall, Dan Spernat, Kapil Sethi, Tony de Sousa, and Borjana Barth.
The campaign has already resulted in substantial media attention, including:
- SBS News Podcast and article, including commentary by Helen O'Connell
- TV segments on SBS World News and 10 News First featuring interviews with Henry Woo (note: free accounts with SBSOnDemand and 10Play are required to watch these segments).
- 7NEWS Sunshine Coast segment including Borjana Barth
- Radio segments on 2CC (Canberra) and 3AW (Melbourne) with commentary from Helen O'Connell
- Radio segment on FIVEAA (Adelaide) featuring an interview with Joseph Schoeman
- Men's Health Awareness radio segment on 2GB (Sydney), where Henry Woo was interviewed by John Stanley
- YourLifeChoices article, including commentary by Helen O'Connell and Henry Woo
- Female.com.au article, including commentary by Helen O'Connell
USANZ thanks these Members for their expert contributions to this important public discussion. We will provide updates in the coming weeks as media coverage continues.
USANZ Nominees for UAA 2025
The USANZ Board of Directors is excited to announce the outcome of a recent EOI. A/Prof Peter Chin and Dr Wenjie Zhong have been nominated as the USANZ candidates for the UAA 2025 International Faculty. The nominees from all Member Associations will now be considered by the UAA 2025 Organising Committee.
The UAA Congress will be held in Taiwan from 14-17 August 2025 under the theme of 'Shaping the Future of Urological Care'.
Best of luck to Peter and Wenjie for the next stage of this EOI!
Female Urologists at KUA
While at the recent Korean Urological Association in Seoul, USANZ President, Prof Helen O'Connell attended the Female Urologist Social Meeting. The session provided an opportunity for women in urology, and their allies from across Korea and Asia more widely, to get together to socialise and network. There was clearly a lot of love in the room, thanks for sharing Helen.
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