Monique Ryan

Monique Marie Ryan (born 20 January 1967) is an Australian paediatric neurologist and politician. She is currently the member of parliament for the federal seat of Kooyong after defeating Josh Frydenberg at the 2022 Australian federal election.[1][2][3]

Monique Ryan
MP
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Kooyong
Assumed office
21 May 2022
Preceded byJosh Frydenberg
Personal details
Born
Monique Marie Ryan

(1967-01-20) 20 January 1967
Melbourne, Australia
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Labor (2007–2010)
Children3
OccupationPaediatric neurologist
Known forDirector of Neurology at The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
Websitehttps://www.moniqueryan.com.au/

Medical career

Ryan graduated in medicine at the University of Melbourne in 1991. Ryan then completed her pediatric training in Sydney, Australia and a neurology residency at the Children's Hospital Boston, in Boston, Massachusetts. Ryan also completed a neurophysiology fellowship at the Lahey Clinic in Boston, Massachusetts.[4]

Prior to becoming a Member of Parliament, Ryan was the Director of the Neurology at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. Ryan has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and has been a principal investigator on a number of clinical trials.[4] She is joint editor of Neuromuscular Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence, now in its second edition.[5]

Publications

Ryan's publications have over 10,000 citations, and she has an H index of 50, which is a measure of the impact of her research.[6]

Select publications include the following:

  • Nemaline myopathy: a clinical study of 143 cases (2001) MM Ryan, C Schnell, CD Strickland, LK Shield, G Morgan, ST Iannaccone, et al. Annals of Neurology: Official Journal of the American Neurological. 50:3. 312–320.[7]
  • Clinical course correlates poorly with muscle pathology in nemaline myopathy (2003) MM Ryan, B Ilkovski, CD Strickland, C Schnell, D Sanoudou, C Midgett, ... Neurology 60 (4), 665-673.[8]
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome in childhood (2005) MM Ryan. Journal of paediatrics and child health 41 (5‐6), 237-241.[9]
  • Mobile arm supports in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a pilot study of user experience and outcomes (2021) A Cruz, L Callaway, M Randall, M Ryan. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 16 (8), 880–889.[10]
  • McDonald CM, Henricson EK, Abresch RT, Duong T, Joyce NC, Hu F, Clemens PR, Hoffman EP, Cnaan A, Gordish-Dressman H; CINRG Investigators. Long-term effects of glucocorticoids on function, quality of life, and survival in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a prospective cohort study. Lancet. 2017 Nov 22. pii: S0140-6736(17)32160-8.[11]
  • Finkel RS, Mercuri E, Darras BT, Connolly AM, Kuntz NL, Kirschner J, Chiriboga CA, Saito K, Servais L, Tizzano E, Topaloglu H, Tulinius M, Montes J, Glanzman AM, Bishop K, Zhong ZJ, Gheuens S, Bennett CF, Schneider E, Farwell W, De Vivo DC; ENDEAR Study Group. Nusinersen versus Sham Control in Infantile-Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy. N Engl J Med. 2017;377:1723–1732.[12]

Political career

Ryan was announced as the independent candidate to run in the 2022 federal election in the seat of Kooyong. Her candidacy came about after she responded to an advertisement in The Age calling for an independent to unseat Josh Frydenberg, after he had previously received an 8% swing against him in the previous election.[13] Ryan was one of a number of centrist "teal independents" who campaigned to unseat "moderate" Liberal Party MPs on the basis of a lack of action on climate change, amongst other policies[13] Her campaign was backed by Voices of Kooyong[13] and was reported to have 1500 volunteers and more than 2000 donors, as of April 2022.[14]

Media

Her policies, campaign and comments have been reported in The Sydney Morning Herald[15][16] both for Kooyong and the 2022 federal election. Her calls for action on climate change have been reported in Seven News and The Age.[17][18][19] The top concerns for the electorate of Kooyong were reportedly climate change and the environment. Polling in April suggested that she was leading[20] one of the 'high profile' seats in the 2022 election.[21]

Ryan won Kooyong at the 2022 election, receiving 52.9% of the two-candidate vote, subsequently defeating federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg.[22] Ryan stated she "was still getting used" to the idea of becoming a federal member of parliament and that her result indicates "there is a momentum for change in the Australian political system".[23] Ryan indicated her first priority would be action on climate change.[23]

In August 2022, while asking a question on the management of the COVID-19 pandemic during parliamentary question time, Ryan's response to hecklers from the Liberal Party, telling them to "put your masks on," was widely circulated online.[24][25]

Controversies

On 25 January 2023, Ryan's chief of staff, Sally Rugg, launched a Federal Court action against Ryan in relation to a "breach of general protections under the Fair Work Act".[26]

Political views

Ryan is a self-described centrist.[27] She campaigned on a platform of action on climate change, political integrity, and gender equality.

Ryan was previously a member of the Australian Labor Party between 2007 and 2010.[28]

Awards

Ryan has been awarded prizes for her research in neurology, in International Congress and Societies.[29]

  • 2000 – Child Neurology Society (USA)
  • 2022 – American Academy of Neurologists
  • 2006 – XIth International Congress on Neuromuscular Disorders

Personal life

Ryan is one of seven children and was raised in the Kooyong electorate. She lives in Hawthorn with her husband Peter, two step-children and a son.

References
  1. "Monique Ryan". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  2. "ABC News". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  3. "ABC News". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  4. "Professor Monique Ryan" The Royal Children's Hospital. Retrieved 20 Jan 2022
  5. Darras, Basil T.; Jones, H. Royden; Ryan, Monique M.; De Vivo, Darryl C., eds. (2015), Neuromuscular disorders of infancy, childhood, and adolescence: A clinician's approach (2nd ed.), Academic Press, ISBN 978-0-12-417127-5
  6. "Monique Ryan". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  7. Ryan, Monique M.; Schnell, Christina; Strickland, Corinne D.; Shield, Lloyd K.; Morgan, Graeme; Iannaccone, Susan T.; Laing, Nigel G.; Beggs, Alan H.; North, Kathryn N. (September 2001). "Nemaline myopathy: A clinical study of 143 cases". Annals of Neurology. 50 (3): 312–320. doi:10.1002/ana.1080. ISSN 0364-5134. PMID 11558787. S2CID 8648543.
  8. Ryan, M. M.; Ilkovski, B.; Strickland, C. D.; Schnell, C.; Sanoudou, D.; Midgett, C.; Houston, R.; Muirhead, D.; Dennett, X.; Shield, L. K.; Girolami, U. De (25 February 2003). "Clinical course correlates poorly with muscle pathology in nemaline myopathy". Neurology. 60 (4): 665–673. doi:10.1212/01.WNL.0000046585.81304.BC. ISSN 0028-3878. PMID 12601110. S2CID 11652174.
  9. Ryan, Monique M (May 2005). "Guillain-Barre syndrome in childhood". Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 41 (5–6): 237–241. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00602.x. ISSN 1034-4810. PMID 15953319. S2CID 28054112.
  10. Cruz, Ashlee; Callaway, Libby; Randall, Melinda; Ryan, Monique (17 November 2021). "Mobile arm supports in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a pilot study of user experience and outcomes". Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. 16 (8): 880–889. doi:10.1080/17483107.2020.1749892. ISSN 1748-3107. PMID 32293211. S2CID 215772766.
  11. McDonald, Craig M.; Henricson, Erik K.; Abresch, Richard T.; Duong, Tina; Joyce, Nanette C.; Hu, Fengming; Clemens, Paula R.; Hoffman, Eric P.; Cnaan, Avital; Gordish-Dressman, Heather; CINRG Investigators (3 February 2018). "Long-term effects of glucocorticoids on function, quality of life, and survival in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a prospective cohort study". Lancet. 391 (10119): 451–461. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32160-8. ISSN 1474-547X. PMID 29174484. S2CID 46764521.
  12. Finkel, Richard S.; Mercuri, Eugenio; Darras, Basil T.; Connolly, Anne M.; Kuntz, Nancy L.; Kirschner, Janbernd; Chiriboga, Claudia A.; Saito, Kayoko; Servais, Laurent; Tizzano, Eduardo; Topaloglu, Haluk (2 November 2017). "Nusinersen versus Sham Control in Infantile-Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy". The New England Journal of Medicine. 377 (18): 1723–1732. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1702752. ISSN 1533-4406. PMID 29091570. S2CID 4771819.
  13. Gordan, Josh (21 December 2021). ""Like taking on Bambi": The children's doctor aiming to unseat the treasurer". The Age. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  14. "Kooyong poll points to loss for Frydenberg". Seven News. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  15. Hutchinson, Stephen Brook, Samantha (23 March 2022). "Mon for Kooyong spends a motza to unseat The Fry". The Age. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  16. Sakkal, Paul (26 March 2022). "Battle lines drawn as Kooyong voters put on notice". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  17. "'Not on': Frydenberg slams 'obscene' vandalism of election poster". Seven News. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  18. April 2022 | #auspol, Lesley Howard | 10; #ausvotes; #IndependentsDay; #KooyongVotes; Page, Front; Howard | 0, Lesley (10 April 2022). "THREAD: Kooyong is not going to fall to an Independent, it is going to rise to an Independent – Dr Monique Ryan #KooyongVotes". No Fibs Independents Day. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  19. "Blue-ribbon Vic seats face teal threat". Australian Associated Press. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  20. Osborne, Paul (18 April 2022). "Kooyong poll points to loss for Frydenberg". Northern Beaches Review. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  21. Sakkal, Clay Lucas, Paul (10 April 2022). "If it's tight on election night, Victoria could be centre of attention". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  22. Juanola, Marta Pascual (23 May 2022). "Independent Monique Ryan claims victory over Josh Frydenberg in Kooyong". The Age. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  23. "'It is possible': Frydenberg not ready to concede defeat in Kooyong". Nine News. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  24. "'Most expressive eyebrows in the country': Monique Ryan tells Coalition hecklers to put a mask on". SBS News. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  25. "Put your masks on: Monique Ryan gives Coalition dressing-down during question time". The Guardian. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  26. Thompson, Angus (30 January 2023). "Activist, adviser Sally Rugg takes boss Monique Ryan to court". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  27. "The Election Battle and "nicer" politics". Q&A. 26 May 2022. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022. And that's why people such as myself, who are sensible centrists, have stepped into the middle, representing the values of traditional small-L liberals...
  28. "Kooyong independent insists she is a 'cleanskin' despite former Labor membership". The Age. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  29. "Neurology : Professor Monique Ryan". www.rch.org.au. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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