When disaster struck close to home
After a wedding ceremony at her family’s Adelaide Hills vineyard in December 2019, Anastasia Bougesis, returned from her honeymoon to find much of their property destroyed […]
College of Medicine and Public Health
NT Medical Program turns 10
With a skill for creating opportunities and a determination to follow her dreams, Northern Territory born and bred Dr Claire Chandler was voted 2020 Northern Territory Young […]
Solving the prostate cancer dilemma
To improve outcomes for prostate cancer sufferers, Associate Professor Selth is searching for markers that could distinguish a ‘sleeper’ from a ‘killer’ cancer. There is a terrible dilemma […]
Time to say goodbye to fly-in fly-out eye care
José Estevez’s mission to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health takes him across a practice area so vast he needs to access it […]
The smallest idea can create enormous impact
In February 2020 Dr Nicole Townsend (BMBS(Grad Entry) ’10) and her colleague opened a small GP clinic in Bendigo, two hours north of Melbourne. The practice […]
Exposing ethical failures in organ transplants
The shocking truth of human organ transplant abuse, revealed in the 2015 documentary Hard to Believe, spurred Professor Wendy Rogers to take action. Professor Wendy Rogers […]
Global leader in pharmaceutical science
As a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor, Ross McKinnon is an academic pharmacist with a substantial and diverse record of achievement spanning education, research, policy, professional activity […]
FightMND - the legacy of a brilliant mind
When the brilliant mind of Dr Ian Davis OAM was cruelly afflicted with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), he channelled his energy into driving research into this […]
A force for hope and understanding
Supporting Indigenous leadership and a focus on improving the health of Indigenous Australians for nearly two decades has made Sarah Brown AM a crucial figure in […]