Humans in Health
This podcasts aims to showcase interesting and inspiring people in the world of health, as a way of sharing wisdom, offering insight and fostering connection.
Episodes
33 episodes since 2021
Christian Nduwimana: Lessons in Ubuntu from the poorest country on earth.
Christian Nduwimana was born in Burundi Africa, which is the poorest country in the world. Growing up in a nation ravaged by civil wars, Christian learned firsthand the concept of UBUNTU, which means "I am because you are." After wi...
September 01, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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1:07:13
Stephen Kodovaru: Solomon's own Orthopaedic Surgeon / Outstanding Human
Dr Stephen Kodovaru is an Orthopaedic Surgeon currently completing an Orthopaedic fellowship at Queensland Childrens Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. Stephen is from the Solomon Islands and was the first graduate of the Pacific Islands Orthopae...
August 05, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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53:55
Tiba Alhilal: An International Medical Graduate searching for her place
Dr Tiba Alhilal is an International Medical Graduate from Iraq currently living in Australia and searching for a role as a Doctor. Tiba bravely shred her journey so far: since fleeing Iraq when ISIS attacked her city in 2014, finis...
March 27, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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58:31
Trent Twomey: National President of the Pharmacy Guild is not afraid to ruffle feathers for the patient agenda.
Professor Trent Twomey is the National President of The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and shared with us his experiences navigating what have been some of the most challenging years in the history of community pharmacy.We lov...
February 20, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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49:30
Xander Van Der Poll: Tackling a not always accessible world (inc. Med School)
What a pleasure to interview Xander Van Der Poll. Xander is a South African born, 24 year old medical student studying at Bristol University in the UK. In May 2018, Xander suffered a life-changing injury, leaving him paralysed from his waist do...
December 11, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:05:42
Dr Bec Jenkinson: Holding space in the Consumer Researcher divide.
It was a pleasure to have Dr Bec Jenkinson on the podcast who is a maternity consumer advocate and researcher. After more than 10 years of volunteer work as a maternity consumer rep, Bec completed a PhD exploring refusal of recommended maternit...
October 19, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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56:25
Professor Gerben Keijzers: On being a Triple Threat - An expert in Research, Emergency Medicine and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Dr Gerben Keijzers is adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine. His research revolves around topics relevant to clinical practice in critical care, with special interest in sepsis, appropriateness of antibiotic use and respiratory medicine. ...
September 05, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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56:17
Ian and Judith Coombes: A Sri Lankan adventure in Pharmacy Education and Research
Professor Ian Coombes and Doctor Judith Coombes are a Pharmacist Dream team from Brisbane, Queensland.With professional career’s full of leadership, education and research and Personal lives filled to the brim with family, friends and a...
August 07, 2023
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1:06:45
Dr Kendall Sharpe: The ultimate youth preserver from a Dermatologist's POV
Dr Kendall Sharpe is a Dermatologist on the Gold Coast, having just completed her training.Kendall is an accomplished Doctor, Researcher, Educator and Clinician. She is passionate about environmental sustainability, holistic medicine, et...
October 04, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:02:00
James Fletcher: Breathing through it all
James Fletcher is an exercise physiologist, physiotherapist and breathing specialist and is the founder of businesses called Fletcher Techniques and Safe and Healthy. We loved the roller coaster ride that was our conversation with James as we u...
September 13, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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51:21
Dimity Dornan: Championing the interface of the brain and consciousness to restore a Human Sense.
Dimity Dornan AO is a Speech Pathologist, Author, Businesswoman and the 2003 Australian of the Year for Queensland.We loved hearing from Dimity about her experience as the first speech pathology graduate at the University of Queensland a...
August 29, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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48:12
Dr Brooke Bullock: Doing it all, just not always at the same time.
Dr Brooke Bullock, our podcast co-host and everyday superwoman has been nominated for a business award so it felt like the perfect time for me to interview her about what exactly makes her tick so damn productively. Brooke is ...
August 16, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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48:10
Dr Rachel Martin: The day my partner lost his legs
In this episode, we chat with Dr Rachel Martin who is a Senior Registrar working in the Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.We loved hearing about Rachel’s impressive career and her love of working in Intensiv...
August 01, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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48:01
Lisa Hill: Losing My Brother and Finding Religion
Lisa Hill is a Senior Pharmacist working at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.We loved chatting with Lisa as she shared her unique story about her experience navigating her older brother Tim's metastatic bowel cancer diagnosis and ...
July 18, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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48:24
Dr Ben Bravery: The Patient Doctor
Season 2 is here and we are setting off with a bang with the formidable Dr Ben Bravery.At the age of 28, Ben woke from a colonoscopy to be told he had stage 3 colorectal cancer. At that time Ben was living and working as a zoologis...
July 04, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:09:36
Dr James Muecke: Fighting global blindness and disrupting the Sugar Industry.
What a privilege it was to speak with 2020 Australian of the Year, Dr James Muecke. James is an Australian ophthalmologist working in Adelaide, South Australia whose life’s work has been to treat and prevent Blindness with a strong focus on imp...
June 19, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:13:07
Dr Nemat Alsaba: From Saudi Arabia to the GC and all the blessings in between.
It was such a huge pleasure to sit down and talk with Dr Nemat Alsaba. Nemat is an emergency physician at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service and Assistant Professor in Medical Education at Bond University. She is passionate about Geriatric ...
June 05, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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1:09:42
Dr Christine Park: The power of connecting with just one patient and creativity through simulation
What a huge pleasure it was to chat with Dr. Christine Park. Christine is a Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Clinical Medicine, the Director of Immersive Education Strategies and the Director of the Simulation and Integrative Lear...
May 22, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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52:14
Dr David Bade: Learning about work life integration as an Orthopaedic Surgeon.
In episode 17, we hear the personal story of Dr David Bade who is, among other things, the Director of Orthopaedic Surgery at Queensland Children’s hospital and the current QLD Australian Orthopaedic Association chairman.David shared hi...
May 08, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:07:13
Dr David Spain: Career reflections from an introverted leader
For episode 16, we took the chance to sit down with Dr David Spain, affectionately known as "Spaino" to capture some of his experience and advice as he moves into retirement after a long and successful career (42 years!) in emergency medicine a...
April 25, 2022
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38:56
Dr Jeremy Howick: The science of Wellness and how empathy actually heals patients (for real).
Episode 15 and Humans in Health has gone international with an interview with Dr Jeremy Howick.Jeremy Howick is an Oxford researcher who uses philosophy and medical research to look for ways to find better evidence for things that make u...
April 10, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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58:52
Jo Hilder: Social work, an epic love story and the correlation between research and UFC.
In episode 13, we chat with surprise package Jo Hilder about her work, research and life.Jo is a social worker with almost 12 years’ experience working in healthcare as a Research Officer, Social Worker and Welfare Officer at Gold coast ...
March 13, 2022
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55:29
Dr Christa Bell: More sparkly than the average human - talks medicine, mountain biking and the families who live on in her heart.
In epsiode 12, we interviewed the vivacious Dr Christa Bell.Christa is a dual trained and qualified Emergency Physician and Paediatrician in Australia and the UK, working as one of the clinical leads...
February 27, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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55:23
Victoria Brazil: Medicine, Education and Simulation (warning: high gush factor)
We finally worked up the courage to interview our friend/colleague/mentor/hero: Professor Victoria Brazil who is an emergency physician and educator. Adoring Vic the way we do, we tried to keep the gush factor under control, but let’s just say ...
February 13, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:00:24
Cat Delany: The lasting impact of a whirlwind opportunity in Evacuee Nursing
In episode 10, we interview Cat Delanyy: an Australian Emergency department nurse and retrieval services clinical nurse. We were excited to talk to Cat about her emergency and pre-hospital work, but also her experi...
January 31, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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57:58