Mr Michael Walsh
Michael currently provides strategic advisory services to large organisations with a focus on leadership, digital health, governance, strategy, planning and transformation.
Michael Walsh was Director-General of Queensland Health from July 2015 to September 2019. Queensland Health employs approximately 100,000 people and provides a public health and hospital system for nearly five million people.
Michael was chair of the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council (AHMAC) providing advice to the COAG Health Council from 2016 to 2019 and was on the Board of the Australian Digital Health Agency from July 2018 to September 2019. The ADHA is responsible for My Health Record. Michael has also previously been on the Board of Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners, an NHMRC accredited Advanced Health Research and Translation Centre.
Over the past 20 years, Michael has held senior executive positions in New South Wales and Queensland. He has worked as Chief Executive HealthShare NSW and was the inaugural Chief Executive of eHealth NSW. In Queensland, Michael has worked in both social and economic portfolios at the Deputy Director-General level including health, education, and infrastructure. Michael has also worked in the private sector including as a principal with PwC.
Michael holds a Master of Business Administration, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in psychology, Bachelor of Science in human movement and Bachelor of Education. Michael has a passion for organisational excellence and leading value based teams achieving outcomes that improve the lives of all Australians.
Research impact tends to be viewed through a narrow lens which limits the potential for reach, influence and impact. By broadening both our view and approach to research impact we can begin to expand and increase the opportunities it provides and better manage the challenges it raises. We begin the webinar by exploring what is meant by research impact in its broadest sense and highlight how viewing research impact from a strategic, creative and entrepreneurial perspective can expand the potential for reach, influence and impact. We then briefly introduce some of the skills, attitudes and disposition required to increase the reach, influence and impact of your research, and map out some ways this can look in practice.
