Short, Leonie - Central Queensland University - School of Medical and Applied Sciences

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Professional Experience - Leonie completed her training as a school dental therapist at Westmead in Sydney, New South Wales in 1977. Leonie worked in mobile dental vans and established two fixed dental clinics in rural areas of NSW before accepting a teaching role at the Shellharbour School of Dental Therapy in Wollongong in 1980. She is currently a registered dental practitioner - dental therapist - with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority. Leonie is a registered dental therapist who worked in mobile dental vans and established two fixed dental clinics in rural areas of NSW before commencing her teaching career at the Shellharbour School of Dental Therapy in December 1980. She went on to work as an academic and researcher at the University of Wollongong, the University of New England, The University of Sydney and Queensland University of Technology (QUT). At QUT, she helped establish Australia's first dual-skilled degree in Oral Health Therapy in conjunction with the University of Queensland in 1998. In 2001, she enjoyed her brief time as the 56th woman to be elected to the House of Representatives of the 39th Parliament of Australia. Post-parliament, Leonie worked for DRUG ARM Australasia and Teachers' Union Health in management and marketing roles. Leonie was then appointed as the first academic to be appointed to the School of Dentistry and Oral Health at Griffith University on the Gold Coast - Australia's first new dental school for 57 years. Leonie has held numerous board positions in the not-for-profit sector and is currently a member of the Public Records Review Board in Queensland. Academic Leadership - Leonie has demonstrated academic leadership in assisting to establish the new Bachelor of Oral Health degree at the University of Queensland in partnership with Queensland University of Technology in 1997 and then was the first academic appointed at Griffith University to establish Australia's first new dental school in 57 years. Leonie started her academic career at the University of Wollongong and went on to hold senior academic and research positions at the University of New England, The University of Sydney, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Griffith University. Leonie is a very thorough and efficient administrator. She has demonstrated high levels of administrative knowledge and skills in being successful with the establishment of new dental programs at the University of Queensland in partnership with the Queensland University of Technology and at Griffith University. Leonie played a key role in the planning and development of these new programs in terms of curriculum development, staff selection, purpose-built pre-clinical and clinical facilities, and the purchasing of major dental equipment, instruments and materials

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Professional Interests - Leonie is keen to progress the oral health therapy profession in terms of knowledge and skill development. She is a strong advocate for oral health therapists to assist patients and communities in the prevention, management and treatment of dental and periodontal diseases.

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Short, L 2012, 'Future of the profession: the times they are changing', guest editorial, The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Dental and Oral Health Therapy , vol. 2, no. 1 , pp. 1-9. Nulty, DD, Short, LM & Johnson, NW 2010, 'Improving assessment in dental education through a paradigm of comprehensive care: a case report', Journal of Dental Education, vol. 74, no. 12, pp.1367-1379, http://www.jdentaled.org/content/74/12/1367 Slack-Smith, L, Lange, A, Paley, G, O'Grady, M, French, D & Short, L 2010, 'Oral health and access to dental care: a qualitative investigation among older people in the community', Gerodontology, vol. 27 pp.104-113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-2358.2009.00320.x Salkeld, G, Solomon, M, Butow, P & Short, L 2005, 'Discrete-choice experiment to measure patient preferences for the surgical management of colorectal cancer', British Journal of Surgery, vol. 92, pp.742-747. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bjs.4917