Stephen Stick

Professor Stick is a career clinician and clinical researcher and holds a National Health and Medical Research (NHMRC) Practitioner Fellowship. Professor Stick is Director of the Telethon Kids Respiratory Research Centre and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science. From 1998 to 2016 he was Head of the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth and in 2007 he was appointed Clinical Lead of the Health Department of Western Australia, Respiratory Health Network, responsible for the translation of evidenced-based models of care into state-wide health policy. Since 2005, he has been a Principal Investigator for the Australian Respiratory Early Surveillance Team for Cystic Fibrosis (AREST CF). AREST CF has developed a unique early surveillance program that has provided unique insight with regards to the early manifestations of CF lung disease contributing to paradigm shift from an approach based on amelioration of respiratory disease to one focused on prevention.