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In the spirit of NAIDOC Week, the Australian Federation of Medical Women celebrates the 6th year of the Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary Program by announcing nine (9) recipients of the 2026 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursaries.
Meet Ms Ellen MacDonald, of Kamiliaroi heritage. Ellen has commenced a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree in 2025, at University of Queensland after successfully completing her Bachelor of Biomedical Science at UQ.
Meet Ms Eden Siemsen, a Gubbi Gubbi woman and qualified Paramedic, who grew up in Toowoomba (Giabal and Jarowair country) and now studying for a Doctor of Medicine at University of Queensland.
Dr Loyola Wills, is a medical woman of the Wagadagam Tribe, from Mabuiag and Badu Lag in Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait Islands). Loyola achieved a Bachelor of Arts (International Studies, Sociology, Legal Studies & ‘Indigenous’ studies, before completing a Doctor of Medicine MD at Flinders University, in 2023.
In 2024, AFMW awarded bursaries of $1250 to the four recipients of the 2024 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary Program. This week, we introduce to you, Ms Clancy Morgan, one the 2024 Bursary recipients.
In the spirit of the NAIDOC Week, we are very pleased to celebrate the outcome of the 2024 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary Program. Congratulations to this year’s four recipients, who come from diverse backgrounds professionally, academically and geographically throughout Australia who have already achieved so much before embarking on their Medical studies and careers.
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