2025 Recipients 

A/Prof Tony Brown | Education, Training and Assessment

Associate Professor Tony Brown is an occupational environmental health physician and public health physician.  He has had an eclectic career in occupational medicine, public health and medical education. He worked in the Discipline of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of Newcastle before moving to Dubbo as Director of Population Health and Planning for the local health service. From 2009 to 2022 Tony worked for the School of Rural Health, the University of Sydney based in Dubbo and was the Associate Dean and Head of the School for some years.  He is now trying to retire but continues some consulting.  He is the Chair of the Great Western Human Research Ethics Committee.

Tony has been involved in the AFOEM training program for a long time. He has been a member and chair of the Faculty Assessment Committee and a regular examiner. He is currently Chair of the Faculty Education Committee and has chaired the Curriculum Review Committee.

Dr Alexandra Muthu | Policy & Advocacy

Dr Alexandra Muthu is a longstanding advocate and ally, passionate about improving worker wellbeing through strategic policy and targeted initiatives. Her expertise spans clinical, academic, regulatory, governance, and lived experience.

She is an elected member of the Medical Council of New Zealand and serves on its Health Committee; Health NZ’s Interim National Clinical Lead Occupational Health; a Doctors Health Aotearoa Trustee; and Chair of the RACP Working Group on Healthcare Worker Safety, Health & Wellbeing. Through her private practice, she provides advisory and clinical services across diverse industries.

A past AFOEM NZ Chair, Councillor, Deputy Director of Training, and Education Committee member, Alexandra has led policy and advocacy on OEM training and education, healthcare worker and medical student wellbeing, dust diseases, consumer and patient experience, neurodiversity, menopause, addiction and mental health, pandemic response, psychosocial safety, and safe work design.

Dr David Cleveland | Trainee Commitment 

Dr David Cleveland is a Stage C Occupational and Environmental Physician registrar and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Sonic HealthPlus. He is based in North Queensland and holds an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow position at JCU’s Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine and was formerly the trainee representative on the AFOEM Federal Council of Australia and New Zealand.

Dr Cleveland was an author of the first review into Occupational Dust Lung Disease in Queensland coal mine workers and subsequently a co-author of the Office of Industrial Relations: Mine Dust Lung Disease (MDLD) Return to Work’ guidelines. He has presented these guidelines at national and regional conferences.

Dr Cleveland is currently accredited as an AMA, AHP and MRO as well as a Clinical Examiner and Quality Assurance Examiner for the RACGP.