Emily Brooks

Emily Brooks is an endocrinologist and clinician-researcher at the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) and senior lecturer and principal specialty supervisor (medicine) at the Princess Alexandra-Southside Clinical Unit, University of Queensland. Emily completed her physician training in Queensland before undertaking a fellowship in pituitary medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney. She was awarded fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 2021. She completed her PhD “ Individualisation of immunosuppression in adult kidney transplant recipients” at UQ part-time and this was conferred in 2021.

In her current clinical role, Emily provides inpatient and outpatient care at the PAH to people with endocrinology conditions, including general endocrinology, bone and thyroid conditions, and diabetes mellitus. She has a sub-specialty interest in pituitary conditions and is the pituitary co-lead for the PAH Diabetes and Endocrinology Department. Emily is an emerging leader in endocrinology research, with a growing track record of publications in high-impact peer-reviewed journals. Her current research interests involve pituitary conditions, including hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis conditions, posterior pituitary conditions and pituitary tumours, and osteoporosis. She mentors research higher degree candidates and junior medical doctors completing research projects, as well as physician trainees completing specialty training. Emily’s current research is funded by a Queensland Health Clinical Research Fellowship, Endocrine Society of Australia Post-Doctoral Fellowship, RACP-ESA Research Establishment Fellowship and two MetroSouth Research Support Scheme grants.