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ProfFraser Brims

Professor

Curtin Medical School

Orcid identifier0000-0002-6725-7535
  • Professor
    Curtin Medical School

BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT

Fraser Brims is a Consultant Respiratory Physician and Head of Department at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Professor at Curtin Medical School. He is chair of the WA Mesothelioma Registry and is Deputy Director of the Institute for Respiratory Health where he heads the Occupational and Respiratory Health research group.
His has a clinical and research interests in occupational and asbestos related diseases, and early lung cancer detection. He leads the WA Asbestos Review Program, the largest lung cancer early detection program in Australia. Fraser is the lead investigator for the LUCAP project - a national collaboration working to imporve the standards of luing cancer care across Australia. 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    Curtin University, Curtin Medical School, Perth, Australia1 Dec 2018 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Consultant Respiratory Physician
    Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Perth, Australia14 Jan 2013 - present

DEGREES

  • MBChB
    University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
  • MD
    University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
  • PgDip (Clinical Trials)
    University of London, London, United Kingdom
  • FRACP
    Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Sydney, Australia
  • FRCP
    Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom
  • FThor
    Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, Australia29 Mar 2026 - present

ROLE

  • Staff

SUPERVISOR LEVEL

  • Level 1 (Primary Supervisor): The lead academic responsible for overseeing the candidate's research and progress.

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • 3201 - Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
  • 3202 - Clinical sciences
  • 3204 - Immunology
  • 3211 - Oncology and carcinogenesis
  • 3213 - Paediatrics
  • 3505 - Human resources and industrial relations
  • 3801 - Applied economics
  • 4202 - Epidemiology
  • 4203 - Health services and systems
  • 4206 - Public health

DEPARTMENT

  • Curtin Medical School