Dr Lydia Pitcher
MBBS (Hons) FRACP FRCPA BMedSc Co-Convenor, AFMW Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary Program. Vice President, Australian Federation of Medical Women Inc 2018-2022. Past President, Queensland Medical Women's Society 2016-2019.
2024 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary Program
The Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary Program, inaugurated in 2021 and now in its 4th year, is one component of a broader Project of the AFMW – to advance the parity of representation of First Nations Peoples in the Australian medical workforce, and in its leadership. In 2024, the AFMW is offering up to… Read More »2024 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary Program
2024 Bursary Program
QMWS is very pleased to advise of the launch of our 2024 Bursaries that are administered through the National Council of Women of Queensland (NCWQ) Bursary Program.
Dr Alicia Veasey – 2023 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves recipient
Dr Alicia Veasey, a proud Torres Strait Islander woman, is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist with subspecialty fellowship in Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology (IFEPAG). She also holds a senior leadership position within Queensland Health as Co-Chair of the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Clinical Network. Dr Veasey is planning to attend the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) annual… Read More »Dr Alicia Veasey – 2023 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves recipient
Ms Natalie Gordon – 2023 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Recipient
Ms Natalie Gordon is a Ngunnawal woman who is in her 3rd year of medical studies at Australian National University. She plans to use her bursary to attend the RANZCP Conference in Rotorua, in September. She would like to become a rural generalist with a qualification in paediatrics/psychiatry and in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.