Lachlan McIver
@lachlan_mciver
Doctor: Tropical Diseases & Planetary Health Advisor @ MSF OCG | Writer: LIFE & DEATH DECISIONS *out now* | Musician: The Serpent's Nest - Spotify & YouTube
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07-08-2020 08:17:51
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๐ขFNQ crew๐ข I'll be in Cairns for Cairns Tropical Writers' Festival from 24th-26th February, including a special event about my book LIFE & DEATH DECISIONS at 11am on Saturday 25th with the formidable & fabulous journalist-author Deborah Cassrels. Come check it out ๐ฉบโ ๏ธ๐ค๐ป#lifeanddeathdecisions
Great to see my pal @laurajeanmckay & fellow Ultimo Press author @germalist on this NYT list! ๐๐ฆ๐บ๐ค๐ผnytimes.com/2023/02/24/worโฆ
Just wrapped up an absolute barnstormer of a Cairns Tropical Writers Festival Cairns Tropical Writers' Festival 2023. Personal highlight had to be talking #lifeanddeathdecisions with national treasures (& hilarious brainiacs): Leigh Sales & Annabel Crabb ๐คฉ๐คฉ Deepest respect & thanks for the support!๐ฉบโ ๏ธ๐
'Informative, poignant, entertaining, fast-paced...' - thrilled with this review of #lifeanddeathdecisions by ODT - Otago Daily Times: odt.co.nz/entertainment/โฆ ๐ฉบโ ๏ธ๐ค
Dr Lachlan McIver will deliver this year's closing keynote address. We are excited to have him link in from Geneva to hear about his experiences treating patients in some of the world's most isolated, volatile, resource-deprived communities. Register conference.rdaq.com.au
The #lifeanddeathdecisions world tour is coming to Vegas! (Brisvegas!) I'm honoured to be part of Brisbane Writers Festival 2023 & will be aiming for peak optimism as I share the stage with Bill Hayes & Tracey Kirkland on Sat 13th May ๐ฉบโ ๏ธ๐คbwf.org.au/2023/brisbane-โฆ
What a line-up! Delighted to be speaking at this year's World Extreme Medicine conference alongside this impressive collection of extreme medicine legends. See you in Edinburgh in November ๐ฉบโ ๏ธ๐คworldextrememedicine.com/world-extreme-โฆ
We might not look like the two most happy-go-lucky dudes, but the formidable Bill Hayes & I will be making the Case for Optimism at Brisbane Writers Festival on Sat 13th May, guided by ABC News legend Tracey Kirkland. Serotonin levels rising already! See you in Brisvegas... ๐ท
Absolutely rapt with this shout-out from the almighty Annabel Crabb, giving LIFE & DEATH DECISIONS a whole lotta love on the Chat 10 Looks 3 live show with Leigh Sales last week. A thousand thanks, Annabel๐ I bloody love your work too! chat10looks3.com/podcast/ep212
Dr Lachlan McIver gives a colourful address to #WeAreCIC2023 with tales of his time roaming across both sides the Pacific, saying his central diagnosis about #ClimateEmergency and #GlobalHealth: โTogether we can harness the power of communities to make the world a better place.โ
Triple Trouble ๐ค๐โ ๏ธThe two original releases of LIFE & DEATH DECISIONS are being joined by this pocket-sized, punk-rock paperback edition, launching worldwide* in July & available for pre-order NOW! amzn.to/4691m1z (*almost ๐) Thanks to Octopus Publishing & Lucy Morris ๐
"๐๐ค, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ? ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐, ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ? ๐๐๐ก๐ก, ๐๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ..." - Lachlan McIver Read here โคต๏ธ worldextrememedicine.com/blog/humanitarโฆ
Bill Hayes, Lachlan McIver & Tracey Kirkland is everything good and great about books, writing, and talking about them to a room full of people. Just a wonderful conversation, when these things are much-needed. Thanks Natasha Mitchell (she/her) abc.net.au/radionational/โฆ
Honoured to be sharing the 'Healthcare Trailblazers' stage with @DrDerrickTin & Brenton Systermans at the Creative Careers In Medicine conference next weekend. Buckle up & see you in Sydney! Hair-raising adventures ahead ๐ท๐ทccim.eventsair.com/ccim-2024
New research: Lachlan McIver & colleagues examine the evidence base on the health impacts of climate change on populations affected by humanitarian crises, through the lens of MSF International journals.plos.org/climate/articlโฆ @AlexMalm1 Angela Uyen Cateriano MD, MsC,MBA, MA.IR carol devine Caroline Voute Lรฉo Lysandre Tremblay Maria Guevara, MD MSc DTMH