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
Dr Sarah Jane Springer, a Wiradjuri woman from Mudgee, NSW is one of the recipients of the 2022 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursaries. At the NAIDOC Week Bursary Celebration in July 2022, Sarah provided a moving video detailing her work and insights as a medical woman as she develops her… Read More »Dr Sarah Jane Springer – 2022 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves recipient
Congratulations to Dr Nicole Whitson 2022 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary Recipient! Dr Nicole Whitson is a Kamilaroi/Gomeroi woman whose career aspirations are to be an obstetrician and gynaecologist and to help improve the health outcomes for Indigenous women and their babies.
Congratulations to 2022 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary recipient Ms Lauren Roth, a Tjungundji/Torres Strait Islander woman and final year medical student at Griffith University on the Gold Coast!