Prof Anna Barker
Executive General Manager, Hammond Innovations
A clinician by background, Professor Anna Barker is a registered physiotherapist with a special interest in ageing and complex care. She brings more than two decades of experience across health, aged care and health innovation, with a deep understanding of how to translate knowledge into practice. She has led large-scale innovation and research programs and is known for championing new models of digitally enabled care.
Anna joined HammondCare in July 2025 to lead Hammond Innovations, the engine room for research, innovation, philanthropy and translation of knowledge into practice to improve quality of life for people in need.
Dr Tom Morris
Director Dementia Research Program and Data Analytics, Hammond Innovations
A/Prof Stephen Macfarlane
Head of Clinical Services, Hammond Innovations
Steve became a psychiatrist in 2003. He became Head of Clinical Services for Dementia Support Australia in 2016.
Steve is a past Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age for the RANZCP, and has been running Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials for over 25 years. He has clinical interests in frontal lobe disorders and in senile squalor. His work with DSA has him overseeing a group of geriatricians and old-age psychiatrists around the country.
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