Tag: internship
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How my PHAA internship awakened my voice in public health
Mahnoor Muhammad Growing up in Australia as a second-generation migrant Pakistani woman, I’ve always carried two worlds with me. At home, I was surrounded by vibrant culture, language, and food. Outside, I often noticed the gaps, health advice that didn’t reflect our diets, systems that weren’t built with people like…
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Why did I choose to leave medicine and pursue a career in public health?
Natalia Sterling My friends, family, colleagues and lecturers often ask this question. The story begins in my final year of medical school in Poznan, Poland, the city where my mum grew up. I truly enjoyed studying medicine, learning how to help people by understanding how disease disrupts the normal human…
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Finding my place in public health through purpose
Louis Commins “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Lao Tzu It is this ancient Chinese proverb that resonates most with me as my internship with the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) comes to an end and I look to my future career in public…