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Connected Conversations | Brooke Pearce
After being diagnosed as profoundly deaf 30 years ago, high-achiever, Dr Brooke Pearce became even more determined to strive for success. Following a strong career in research, Brooke is now the Senior Teaching Laboratory Support Officer for the faculty and aims to improve teaching for both students and staff at the University. On weekends, you may find her playing netball, coaching netball, or umpiring netball.
Connected Conversations | Coral Yeung
After an offhand comment from a dentist, 18-year-old Coral Yeung uprooted her life in Mildura to study at the renowned Adelaide Dental School. Now in her final year of a Bachelor of Dental Surgery at the University of Adelaide, Coral hopes her final placement in picturesque Tasmania sets her up for a fruitful career in clinical dentistry.
Connected Conversations | Millie Bird
Growing up in the Northern Territory with both parents working in the rural sector sowed the seeds for physiotherapy student, Millie Bird, to follow a similar path. After a six-month solo trip around Southeast Asia fostered a fierce love of meeting new people, and a conquest of the Alice Springs Larapinta Trail revealed the importance of nurturing the human body, Millie took the first steps towards a career in health. Her experiences have not only inspired her to pursue physiotherapy but have instilled a strong sense of responsibility for helping remote Indigenous communities.
Connected Conversations | David Lam
For part-time doctor, part-time educator, part-time musician, and part-time DJ, Dr David Lam, medicine and music have always come hand-in-hand. Among his many accolades, David holds the titles of Adelaide Medical School Best Rural Teacher, RACGP National GP of the Year, and InDaily 40 Under 40 of SA’s Top Entrepreneurs and Innovators. On weekends, you can find David mentoring young people in Port Augusta, cooking up a feast with Streaky Bay abalone, or jamming at the footy with his siblings at Adelaide Oval.
Connected Conversations | Sean Lambert
Ever wonder who keeps the rent paid, the power on, the water flowing, and the pantry stocked in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences? Services, Infrastructure and Equipment Support Officer, Sean Lambert, is one of the few familiar faces you may recognise around the faculty. Originally studying a forensics science degree, fascinated by TV shows like CSI, Sean never thought his studies would bring him to sunny Adelaide.
