Alumni Awards - Driving Reconciliation in South Australia
Growing up in Central Australia, Eastern Arrernte woman Shona Reid wanted to be a truck driver… then a psychologist. She believes she has found the middle […]
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Improving the health and wellbeing of people with a disability
Professor Anne Kavanagh is using her medical prowess, research expertise and leadership zeal to improve the health of people with a disability. Professor Kavanagh (BMBS ’87) […]
Alumni Awards - An influential advocate for nurses and midwives
Following in the footsteps of her mother and two sisters, Adjunct Associate Professor Jenny Hurley’s childhood aspirations were to be a good nurse and midwife. […]
A champion for women's health
As an international leader in public health research, Professor Liz Eckermann (1949-2019) has helped to empower poor and marginalised women around the world. During her lifetime, […]
Alumni Awards - Leading through innovation and inclusion
Well known in the Adelaide business community for his innovative approach, Kim Cheater leads the Reconciliation and diversity agendas for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Hailing from Darwin, Kim […]
Alumni Awards - An enduring professional in the ever-changing television in...
Deciding life’s too short not to follow your passion has led Basia Bonkowksi to achieve a 30-year career in Australian television as a producer, presenter, writer […]
Alumni Awards - Powering the future with clean and renewable energy
Leading research and development by former CSIRO Chief Research Scientist, Dr Sukhvinder Badwal, has created opportunities to power the future with clean and renewable energy. Coming […]
Duck, duck, rice - a game for life
Jose ‘Apollo’ Pacamalan (MEnvMgmt ‘05) is the founder of the Rice-Duck Movement Inc., offering subsistence farmers in his homeland of the Philippines, an organic, climate-smart, accessible […]
Addressing inequality and effecting positive change
The daughter of Greek immigrants, Tina Karanastasis is dedicated to addressing inequality and effecting positive change, particularly for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. When […]