Chair of the AMPCo Board, Richard Allely, said today that the Board is honoured to have such a well-respected and multi-skilled medical leader take the helm of the MJA at a challenging and exciting time for medical publishing.
“Professor Nick Talley is a clinician, educator, writer, author, researcher, and editor, with a strong track record in medical practice, medical education, and medical publishing, in Australia and overseas,” Mr Allely said.
“He brings significant experience, knowledge, and expertise to the MJA, and is perfectly suited to guiding Australia’s leading medical journal at a time of rapid change, innovation, and technological revolution in media and publishing.
“Professor Talley’s broad range of skills and experience, and the high regard in which he is held in the health and medical community nationally and internationally, makes him the ideal Editor in Chief to take the MJA to new levels of success,” Mr Allely said.
Professor Talley is the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Global Research, at the University of Newcastle, Australia and a part time staff specialist gastroenterologist at the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle; President of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians; and Chair-Elect of the College of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC). Professor Talley’s international adjunct appointments include Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA; and Foreign Guest Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
He has published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature, and is considered one of the world’s most influential clinician-researchers. A detailed CV is attached.
Professor Talley will commence work as MJA Editor in Chief from 1 December 2015.