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AIDA Student Representative Committee (SRC) member, Kathryn Dalmer is an Australian Indigenous Woman of the Wirradjuri Nation, Three Rivers Tribes. She was raised in Sydney and on the South Coast of NSW. She currently lives in Wollongong and represents the University of Wollongong (UOW) on the SRC. Survey on the experiences of GPs with Indigenous … Continued

Where you are from (Hometown/Nation/People and current location)?I am a Yamatji-Badimia woman from up Geraldton and Mount Magnet way in Western Australia. I grew up between Geraldton and Perth. I’m currently based in Melbourne. Where on the medical continuum are you?I am a Registered Nurse. Current workplace or place of study? (Any interesting placements/experiences)I completed … Continued

AIDA spoke with Luke Walker, one of our Indigenous medical student members who is now in his final year of studying medicine. Luke is a Wiradjuri man from a small town called Narromine located about 30 minutes west of Dubbo, in Central West NSW. In Year 12 he was awarded Narromine’s Young Citizen of the … Continued

AIDA spoke to Dr Claudia Paul who finished her studies last year to become a medical doctor. We asked her how it felt to pass her final exams after five years of studies. “It has taken a little while for it to sink in, that I have now finished medical school (finally) and am working … Continued

AIDA recently spoke to Australia’s first Indigenous Radiation Oncology trainee and AIDA Indigenous Medical Doctor Member, Dr Kelly Needham – a mother of 12-year old twins who grew up in a blue collar Australian family in south western Sydney, who now lives on the Central Coast. “My Indigenous heritage comes from my father’s side of … Continued

AIDA met with Rural Medicine Australia 2016 Bursary recipient Miss Danielle Dries to find out what inspired her to study medicine. “I think that my dad might have influenced me a bit. When I was doing physiotherapy, he sent me an email telling me that medical school had started in Canberra and that he thought … Continued

Dr Sarah McEwan is an AIDA member who likes to keep herself busy. With three fellowships to her name and a host of academic qualifications, Sarah has achieved a great deal in her relatively brief career to date. Sarah is currently enrolled in a Masters of Health Administration and is working on a research proposal … Continued