Calthorpe Wong Indigenous Medical Scholarship
A major donation by visionary benefactors will support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students. Set to increase the number of medically qualified Aboriginal and Torres […]
Health
Helping remote communities design better health care
National Rural Health Commissioner, Professor Ruth Stewart says a better rural healthcare system will develop multidisciplinary teams that are local and engaged. A year since commencing […]
Developing new fitness and wellbeing ventures
Former triathlete Ben Tripodi has created software to track fitness and now wellbeing in response to the pandemic. If all goes to plan for 28-year-old Ben […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kaurna Elder is creating cultural understanding
Kaurna and Peramangk Elder, David ‘Tarnda’ Copley has a distinguished career as a nurse, researcher and advocate for Aboriginal health reform, with a focus on […]