Ryan Wynch's experience as an occupational therapy patient in his adolescent years inspired him to join the ranks of OT professionals making a difference. But he never could have guessed that his OT career would take him across several different countries and multi-national companies — including working as the Global Occupational Health Manager at Google's Ireland headquarters.
Risa Tsuchiya's passion for community development has led her from Japan to volunteering in Madagascar, Cambodia and beyond. Now she's studying a Master of Public Health - Master of Global Development at JCU and being equipped to make a difference though in-depth understandings of how culture, globalisation, and social change impact equitable development.
Students Indus Fisher and Tomas Cooney have received the prestigious New Colombo Plan Scholarship for 2024, which will take them deep into the Indo-Pacific. While in Fiji and the Maldives, respectively, they will gain internationally relevant skills within marine science
Addu Atoll, Maldives is one of a series of atolls, islands and reefs that comprise the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.
Working in the outback
Alumni Leah Zandonadi is thriving in a career that allows her to take health care off the beaten track. Working at Talk HQ in Townsville, Leah is most often hitting the road and bringing her expertise in speech pathology to destinations like Middlemount and Dysart in Central Queensland.
Leah shares her views during a recent Talk HQ team planning workshop (supplied).
Going beyond basics
As an expert in bioinformatics, Associate Professor Matt Field generally focuses on questions involving tropical diseases and personalised medicine. However, he recently took a detour into dingo DNA research and found information that could ultimately help dog owners have healthier dogs.
Multidisciplinary dialogue and global opportunities are core to the JCU experience. Six students from across JCU experienced this first-hand on a recent venture to French Polynesia. Discover how their immersion in a local Tahitian community improved their language skills, expanded their perspectives and forged enduring connections.
Carbon is key to climate change mitigation, and farmers and scientists like JCU's Dr Adam Canning are teaming up to understand how big of an impact Australian native trees have on the environment.
JCU’s Dr Emma Rehn wears many hats, with a wide range of professional expertise that includes titles like archaeologist, ancient fire expert, science communicator and skilled illustrator. Discover how her latest project in archaeological databases has only added fuel to her fire for curiosity-led research.