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) […]
Medicine
Making medicine and peacekeeping her mission
With a belief that authenticity is the key to good leadership, Air Vice-Marshal Dr Tracy Smart AM has dedicated 34 years of service to medicine and […]
Underwater hero's feet firmly grounded
From shy schoolboy, to international action man in last year’s Thai cave rescue, Flinders University graduate Dr Richard Harris SC OAM has returned to reality at […]
Keeping kids safe
Through her advocacy and leadership in community health, health promotion and child safety projects, Associate Professor Anne Johnson AM has played an important role in reducing […]
In the service of others
Dr Brendan Nelson has chosen the vessels that Australian sailors would sail in to defend our borders, determined policy that would change the course of the […]
Working against a wave of exploitation
With 40.3 million* victims of human trafficking worldwide, Dr Melinda Gill (MPublicHlth ’13) is working against a tidal wave of exploitation. Based in the global trafficking […]
Saving lives through the treatment of tropical disease
Dr Lam Minh Yen (MSc (HS)(Res) ’02) is one of the top tropical disease specialists in the world and a member of Australia’s Global Alumni Community. She […]
An iced coffee and a Prime Minister
A Farmers Union Iced Coffee, a fortuitous encounter with a Prime Minister, and some clever thinking were early signs of a bright future for Flinders University’s […]
Dr John Floridis - Is there a (Flinders) doctor in the house?!
If ever you found yourself in a ‘BREAK GLASS’ moment you might hope that Flinders medicine alumnus Dr John Floridis (pictured left) is in shouting distance. […]