Congratulations to our 2024 Ngalla Bidi Bursary recipients who will be attending the 12th Biennial PRIDoC! The awarded Aboriginal medical students will get to experience a life-changing Indigenous-led Doctors Congress in Adelaide next week that connects them with global Aboriginal cultures to form lifelong friendships and empower one another through the shared learning of culturally safe healthcare.
The 2024 recipients are as follows:
- Shamir Rind
- Shoshanna Scott
- Brianna Ozies
- Kayla Williams-Tucker
- Eliza Mitchell
- Gerad Ryder
- Ella Imber-Ireland
- Bianca Jensen
- Keisha Calyun
We would also like to recognise the Sponsors, without whom the bursary would not be possible: Dr Fiona Stanley, Rural Health West, University of WA, Dr Marianne Wood, Dr Deborah Lehmann, Hooi Chee Ee, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Dr Peter Friedland, The Burton Family Foundation, Dr Caitlyn White, Kim Gates, Kate Rebeiro, Rachael Young, Hannah Hughes, Harvey Coates, Jeremy Tweddle, Alice Tracey, and Marisa Gilles.
A big thank you to the Patrons for participating in the selection process: Dr Daniel Hunt from Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service, Dr Corey Dalton, and Dr Kim Isaacs. Dr Hunt and Dr Dalton will attend PRIDoC with the bursary recipients, and we look forward to hearing all of their stories when they return.
And lastly, a huge thank you to Keisha Calyun for her inspiration and hard work in making the bursary happen.