Dr Alicia Veasey, a proud Torres Strait Islander woman who grew up on the mainland, is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist with a subspeciality fellowship in Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology, with over twenty years experience working throughout the health system. She works clinically within Northern NSW LHD on Bundjalung Country, Lismore and surrounding area. Alicia is an inaugural co-chair of Queensland Health’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Clinical Network, where she provides leadership on systemic cultural safety and health system reform that centres Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s sovereignty and right to self-determination.
Recognising early on in her medical career the need for health system reform to address the racism and inequity, Alicia completed a Master of Public Health and a Master of Health Management and is a RACMA Associate Fellow since 2024. As a Global Atlantic Fellow through the prestigious Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity, she has also completed a Master of (Indigenous) Social Change Leadership, culminating in a dissertation exploring Indigenous knowledges and sovereignty within the acute care health system. Alicia’s commitment and leadership were recognised with a University of Queensland 2023 Alumni Award for Indigenous Community Impact.
As a passionate, experienced and sort after health leader, Alicia provides input into local, state and national health policy, strategies and reform, as well as being a senior advisor to media, research projects and non-government organisations. She is currently a Board Director for the Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Health Care, and Advisory Board member for the Australian Health Review journal. She has served as a non-executive Director for the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association in 2010-11 (Student Director) and 2012-14 before rejoining the Board in 2024.