Dr Joanne Hart is the Academic Lead, MD Research and responsible for research education for the Post-Graduate Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program at the University of Sydney. She has extensive experience in tertiary research education teaching, biomedical research, research ethics and curriculum delivery and development. Her career began with a PhD in Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, then she worked as a researcher in vascular physiology and taught pharmacology at RMIT University, Melbourne then moved to curriculum development and research education for the Sydney Medical Program. She developed and delivers the large medical student research project component of the University of Sydney MD Program.