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The many career options for the modern pharmacist

Pharmacy Lecturer, Shane McDonald, and third-year Pharmacy student, Gage Ede, share the work involved in pharmacy careers.

Midwifery graduate goes for gold standard of care

Midwifery Graduate Kira Teare says she feels lucky to have found her true passion in being a midwife and providing the best possible perinatal care.

Simulations and sunsets at the Rural Health Summit

Medicine students Jack Howard and Kaylee Pell set off to Darwin to attend the Australian Medical Student Association Rural Health Summit and are sharing some of the highlights of the conference.

Under the microscope

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Stand Up, Speak Up: Indigenous speech pathology

Two JCU Speech Pathology graduates are using their skills and their Indigenous backgrounds to make a difference in health care.

Empowering communities with exercise physiology

Three JCU Bachelor of Exercise Physiology Alumni teamed up in 2021 to open Empower Health NQ. Joel Newman shares their journey and the importance of honesty and empathy when providing care.

How to train your diet

A collaboration of researchers sought to answer the question: can the exercise you choose to undertake influence the food you choose to intake?

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Calculating a cure against cancer

JCU PhD candidate Rhys Gillman believes that more lives can be saved if doctors can personalise cancer treatments. Rhys wants to help by finding the best cancer analysis algorithms.

Sparking a curiosity for medical science

Growing up in the outback in Central Queensland, Isabel Jackson developed a curiosity for science early in life that has found its perfect fit in the medical lab.

Accessibility, one village at a time

JCU biomedical student Pala Leka is making the world more accessible. In 2020 he founded KumulCare, an organisation that provides assistive devices to people with disabilities in Papua New Guinea.

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Dental drills and mountain bike thrills

Fourth-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery student Joel Sutherland embraces his downtime in the Tropics with an action-packed approach to relaxation.

Dentistry dreams combat disadvantage

Dentistry Alumni Sowmya Bolla has always had a passion for helping underserved communities. Now, she's following her passion in the Pacific Islands.

Defining moments in becoming a dentist

JCU Dentistry student, Lovjeet Kalkat, shares some of the countless experiences and memories from her fifth-year rural placements.

#MakingRuralHealthMatter

JCU medical student Finley Prentis tells us more about Club RHINO, which brings together students who share an interest in exploring the clinical opportunities and beautiful landscapes of our rural and remote communities.

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Why is lifestyle medicine important?

Incorporating lifestyle medicine into mental health care can help expand patients' lifespans. A Q&A with JCU's Dr Dam Manger, Dr Jill Gamberg and Professor Felice Jacka explores how lifestyle affects physical, mental and social wellbeing.

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Priceless placements

Growing up in a small mining town west of Mackay, Dr Catherine Adebiyi watched her father play a pivotal role in the community as the town’s only doctor. Now she has become a medical doctor herself.

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A whole new world for second-year med student

Hands-on training, unique tropical medicine cases, and supportive community - second-year student Akruthi had a rural placement experience she'll never forget.

On a quest for liver cancer therapies

A JCU research team is working on new ways to detect and treat liver cancer. Led by Associate Professor Lionel Hebbard, the team is studying the genes regulating liver cancer progression as well as the genes regulating muscle growth and repair.

Silver linings and opportunities

Dr Sam Bartsch thought he had the final year of his medical degree in 2020 planned out, including a placement in Solomon Islands, until COVID-19 intervened. Find out how he flipped the script.

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Forging a unique path to nursing

After unexpectedly leaving school after Year 11, Emma Parker still had her heart set on becoming a nurse. So, she followed her own unique path and successfully reached her goal.

Nursing a career in health

After being admitted to the ICU, Megan Lee’s nurses changed her life. Now, as a JCU Nursing student, she hopes to make the same difference for future patients.

Pursuing a calling to nursing

As a child in hospital, Zolita Cook's nurses made all the difference. Now, as a JCU Nursing student, she seeks to make the same difference to her future patients.

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Top tips for new JCU Pharmacy students

JCU Pharmacy Student Chloe Kappel offers her top five tips for new pharmacy students. From building a strong foundation to the role pharmacies play in communities, discover what JCU Pharmacy has in store for students.

Where can a career in pharmacy take you

Pharmacists are on the front line of health care, making a difference to people’s health and improving community health outcomes. Read why JCU graduates are passionate about working in pharmacy.

Pharmacy job a catalyst for change

Working as a pharmacy accounts clerk in Cairns inspired Alexandra Bradshaw to take the leap towards a career as a pharmacist. She knows that having an open mind is a big part of dealing with people, especially in a community pharmacy setting.

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Giving Cairns kids first dibs on speech pathology

Seeing an increasing need for speech pathologists, JCU Alumni Grace Munro and Rachael Di Bella founded their own paediatric speech therapy clinic in Cairns to deliver personalised and passionate support.

Providing speech pathology in hard-to-reach places

JCU Alumni and Co-Founder of Talk HQ, Jenna Mottin, is blazing a trail to provide speech pathology services to children and families in rural and remote communities.

Stand Up, Speak Up: Indigenous speech pathology

Two JCU Speech Pathology Alumni, Jasmine Kennell and Morgan Appleby, are using their skills as well as their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds to make a difference to the health services they are now working in.

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