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Jan Donovan - Vice ChairpersonCHF - Our CHF - Governing Committee
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Jan Donovan - Vice ChairpersonChronic Illness Alliance
Jan Donovan works with consumer organisations as a representative and advocate.She has qualifications and a working background in education and public policy.She currently works as a consumer consultant in medicines education, health policy and research.She is committed to and passionate about furthering community access to information and education about medicines.
Jan is a member of the Chronic Illness Alliance and the Health Issues Centre based in Victoria.She has also worked with Council on the Ageing (Australia) as their National Policy Officer.She is currently the consumer class director of the National Prescribing Service and is also a member of the Research Advisory Board of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute at the Australian National University.
Jan has been involved in many committees and working groups in ageing, the quality of general practice, medicines information, health policy and primary health care.She has been actively involved in the implementation of the National Medicines Policy in Australia for over a decade.She is the CHF nominee to the Medicines Evaluation Committee of the Therapeutic Goods Administration and was a member of the Expert Group on Trans Tasman Labelling of Medicines.She chairs the Board Nominations Committee, the Communications Working Group and is the Interim Chair of the Community Quality Use of Medicines Working Group for the National Prescribing Service.She is currently a member of the Victorian Medicines Advisory Committee and the Medicines Safety Committee at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne.