Updated on: 6 April 2022

Roles in: Airways Group

1. In the past 36 months have you accepted the following from a commercial organisation with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?

a) Support for attending meetings, including sabbaticals and study tours (this covers travel, accommodation and/or hospitality)?
No

b) Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speaker bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events?
No

c) Fees for organising education?
No

d) Grants and contracts?
No

e) Funds for a member of staff?
No

f) Fees for consulting?
No

g) Royalty or licences payments?
Yes - Received royaly payment by Pfizer Australia to present at the Ogilvy Health Smoking Exchange Summit in Sydney on 24th to 25th of August 2019.

h) Payment for expert testimony?
No

i) Payment for a fellowship?
No

j) Payment for participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board, Advisory Board, or Guideline Panel?
No

k) Payment for a leadership or other fiduciary role in other board, society, committee, or advocacy group?
No

2. In the past 36 months have you, your spouse/partner or an immediate family member been employed by or do you or they own a commercial organization with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
Yes - I am the Director of my own consulting company Houd Research Group, which is a subsidiary of our family business Houd Enterprise Pty. Ltd. Consulting services I undertake may relate to the broad topic area of the CRG.

3. Do you own stocks or shares in a commercial organization with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

4. Do you hold any patents (planned, issued or pending) for products relevant to the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

5. Do you have any other competing interests (financial or non-financial)?
Yes - I have received travel and research grants from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, Healthy Development Adelaide (The University of Adelaide), The Lung Foundation of Australia and A Menarini; I have also received funding from: Asthma Australia; The University of South Australia; The Sax Institute; The Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation; Several National Health and Medical Research Council funding grants/fellowships; the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand as well as Seeley International.