Joseph Ibrahim is a Professor at the Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine where he is head of the Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, an Adjunct Professor at Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University, and a practising senior consultant specialist in geriatric medicine with over 30 years experience.

Outside of the university work, Joseph is a producer, co-writer and narrator of four short films about ethical issues in persons with dementia and ageing and an advocate for aged care reform.