UQ Yarns

In this second special NAIDOC week edition, Associate Professor Maree Toombs yarns with UQ student Cameron Callope about how growing up in the Gulf of Carpentaria around mob influenced his curiosity and drive to explore his passions in life, and how his journey pivoted from a 25-year distinguished career in the national and international music industry to studying provisional medicine at The University of Queensland.

In this special NAIDOC week edition, Associate Professor Maree Toombs yarns with UQ students and siblings T’Kido and Seffwen Titasey about their journey from growing up in the Torres Strait to studying at The University of Queensland. They discuss what lead them to their fields of medicine and nursing as well as exploring what this year’s NAIDOC theme, Heal Country means to them.

In the final episode of UQ Yarns for 2020, Associate Professor Maree Toombs is joined by UQ senior lecturer and Inala Indigenous Health Service GP, Dr Geoff Spurling. Maree yarns with Dr Spurling on the year that has been, his journey through medicine into General Practice and working with one of Australia’s leading Indigenous health experts, Dr Noel Hayman.

In this episode, Associate Professor Maree Toombs yarns with Indigenous man and QIMR Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research manager, Greg Pratt. They yarn about his role in genomics and work in aiding non-Indigenous researchers to effectively co-design and collaborate with First Nations people to make a significant impact to their health outcomes.

In this episode, Associate Professor Maree Toombs yarns with UQ PhD candidate Shea Spierings, a proud Gangulu man born and raised on Darumbal country about his thesis work on investigating Aboriginal men’s perspectives on the criminalisation of Indigeneity in Australian Society.

In this episode, Associate Professor Maree Toombs yarns with UQ Centre for Online Health Director, Anthony Smith who has been delivering telehealth opportunities in metropolitan, regional and remote Queensland for almost 20 years. Hear about his pathway into telemedicine, and how he and his team are working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to transform the way health services are delivered in Indigenous communities.

In this episode, Associate Professor Maree Toombs yarns with the inspirational Francis Nona, a proud Badulaig man who is lecturer and Masters student at UQ's School of Public Health. Hear about his unique journey and how he is using the power of education as a tool to close the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.