About
Dr Kerry Hancock, GP Principal is the founding Chair of the Respiratory Medicine Specific Interests Network of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) that represents 1200+ general practitioners (GPs) Australia-wide. As a vocationally registered GP with 40 years of clinical experience, Dr Hancock has also been a founding, advisory and/or editorial board member of multiple organizations that are leaders in lung health promotion, advocacy and life-changing research: the inaugural Chair of the General Practitioners’ Advisory Group for Lung Foundation Australia (LFA); member and Chair of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee of the Asthma Foundation (SA); and of the GP Asthma Group of National Asthma Council (NAC) and has recently been re – invited to be a Member of the Lung Cancer Advisory Group of Cancer Australia. She continues to have a strong association with LFA and is Chairperson of the LFA Primary Care Advisory Committee, Member COPD Advisory Committee and Member Clinical Research and Advisory Council.
Kerry has exceptional managerial experience as Principal of a General Practice for 36 years and a steering and expert committee member for the Adelaide Primary Health Network (PHN) Respiratory Project. She is an editorial board member of journals with a prominent GP readership (Medicine Today, Respiratory Medicine Today). Hancock is a GP investigator in the NOVELTY study which is a multi-national observational study that will establish novel phenotypes and endotypes of obstructive lung disease.