{"id":55,"date":"2019-02-15T11:55:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T01:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/alumni-stories\/?p=55"},"modified":"2021-04-06T15:19:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T05:49:31","slug":"svetlana-and-jovanka-king-the-king-sisters-challenge-to-become-professors-in-their-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/alumni-stories\/2019\/02\/15\/svetlana-and-jovanka-king-the-king-sisters-challenge-to-become-professors-in-their-field\/","title":{"rendered":"The King sisters are in sync"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFollowing their studies at Flinders University, sisters Dr Svetlana King and Dr Jovanka King have taken up very different career paths but their lives are still very much in sync.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Svetlana’s PhD at Flinders examined the education and career pathways of African youth from refugee backgrounds.<\/p>\n

‘Being able to work with elders and leaders of South Australia\u2019s new and emerging African communities was an important accomplishment for me. It strengthened the quality of my research and ensured that my PhD would have a real impact in the community,’ says Svetlana, (BA\/BEd(Sec)(Hons) \u201909, PhD \u201914).<\/p>\n

Svetlana\u2019s research was recognised by a Vice Chancellor\u2019s Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence, and in 2017 it was published as a book titled, Unfolding Transitions.<\/i> She also created a professional development resource designed to help schools and teachers identify support needs for African students from refugee backgrounds.<\/p>\n

Svetlana is now the Research Manager at the Prideaux Centre for Research in Health Professions Education at Flinders University.<\/p>\n

With a career path in medicine, Svetlana\u2019s older sister Jovanka (BMBS(Hons) \u201907) is a Consultant Paediatric Clinical Immunologist and Immunopathologist, with roles in the Immunology Departments at Flinders Medical Centre and the Women\u2019s & Children\u2019s Hospital. She also works in Private Practice at AllergySA.<\/p>\n

Jovanka says she wanted to become a doctor from a very young age, ‘I recall asking Father Christmas for a doctor\u2019s kit when I was just four years old and my favourite childhood book was the\u00a0Family Health Encyclopaedia.’<\/i><\/p>\n

As busy as her three roles are, this year Jovanka will also complete her PhD undertaken at the University of Adelaide\u2019s School of Medicine and the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Her research focuses on strategies for screening newborns for primary immunodeficiency diseases, with the aim of identifying and treating affected infants as early as possible to improve their long-term outcomes.<\/p>\n

During their time studying and working at Flinders, Svetlana and Jovanka have always had each other\u2019s support.<\/p>\n

Svetlana says, ‘My sister is my best friend, she is an inspiration to me. Jovanka is a great role model for going beyond your comfort zone to achieve great things and while she is very accomplished, she also remains very humble and grounded.’<\/p>\n

While they support each other\u2019s career progression the King sisters retain the competitive spirit of sisterly rivalry.<\/p>\n

‘Our current game of friendly rivalry is, who will become professor first?’ says Svetlana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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