Women in Science

Women in Science

Podcast by The University of Queensland

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Lessons from the veterinary operating room

August 30, 2026 • 33 mins

Associate Professor Wendy Goodwin is a veterinary anaesthesia and critical care specialist whose work is helping improve animal welfare, patient safety, and outcomes for animals big and small.

Wendy grew up on a remote sheep station in outback Queensland ("our phone number was the morse code for K - long-short-long"). She attended school via radio through distance education, helped her dad at his vet practice through her childhood a...

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Where does your food come from? A farm-to-plate adventure

August 14, 2026 • 30 mins

Did you know the average Australian eats 52kg of chicken a year?

Meet Dr Ellie Assadi Soumeh, an expert in animal science and production who studies how to keep farm animals happy and healthy while helping grow the food we eat every day!

Ellie talks about her early education in the midst of war, how a broken freezer changed the direction of her career, and the science of perfecting animal nutrition. 

Now Ellie works at the Univer...

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Chaos and extremes

September 17, 2024 • 23 mins
Dr Meagan Carney works with chaos and extremes. As a mathematician, Meagan specialises in using machine learning to predict rare events — from hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico to temperature extremes in Germany and Texas, all the way to bacterial infections in patients with COVID-19.At the heart of Meagan’s work is using mathematics and machine learning to make informed decisions, and navigate our increasingly complex, ...
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STEMsational journey in science education

July 17, 2024 • 25 mins
Hemanshi Galaiya is a PhD student by day and a trailblazing entrepreneur by night. In this episode, Kirsty chats with Hemanshi about her inspiring journey from her childhood in Kenya to founding a transformative STEM education initiative, Young Stripes, to address educational inequities. Hemanshi shares stories from her early life, where a lack of resources fueled her creativity and love for science. Despite limited practical expos...
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Getting schooled on education research

May 16, 2024 • 28 mins
Associate Professor Marnee Shay is a researcher in Education, specializing in Indigenous education, policy studies, flexi schooling and youth studies. Today, she reflects on her own experience in the Australian education system and the pivotal moments that led her from youth work to academia.Marnee and Kirsty also talk about non-conventional approaches to data collection, preserving Indigenous languages in Wakka Wakka country, and ...
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Moo-vers and shakers in agriculture

March 14, 2024 • 31 mins
Professor Alison Van Eenennaam works in co-operative extension, translating agricultural research into education and practical action.Alison grew up in Melbourne, Australia, but was working in California when the Flavr Saver tomato became the first commercially grown GMO food to be approved for human consumption. She quickly found herself immersed in the world of biotechnology and agricultural science.In this conversation, Alison a...
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The Global Women's Breakfast

February 20, 2024 • 9 mins
In this bite-sized episode of Women in Science, Professor Mary Garson tells us about starting the Global Women’s Breakfast. Mary talks about the event’s humble beginning in 2009, bringing together women in chemistry from all around the world. In 2024, the breakfast will be held across more than 350 events in 70 countries.Mary was one of Women in Science’s first guests in season one – you can hear her full j...
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A truly global career

November 30, 2023 • 22 mins
Associate Professor Jessica Mar is a computational biologist, using statistics and computers to solve questions about big data in biology. Jessica started out with a science degree at UQ, before moving on to the UK as a research assistant with the Human Genome Project. She then moved from the United Kingdom to the United States, completing her PhD at Harvard University. Next came the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York ...
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We k-need to talk about exercise

November 30, 2023 • 20 mins
Dr Natalie Collins has always loved sport and exercise. It was in high school that science and physical education came together to form her passion for the human side of biology, evolving into a career in physiotherapy. These days, Natalie specialises in sports physiotherapy and research into knee pain across the lifespan. Her research examines the relationship between knee pain in early life and kneecap osteoarthritis and arthriti...
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Conceiving a career in reproductive health

November 30, 2023 • 28 mins
Professor Sarah Robertson’s work unravels the mysteries of the immune system's role in reproductive health. Sarah charts her journey in science from stargazing as a child before exploring chemistry and physics, moving into biochemistry and immunology for her career. In this episode, Sarah and Kirsty talk about the science of being a parent, and being a parent working in science. Read more about Professor Robertson's work: htt...
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The chemistry of teaching AND research

June 29, 2023 • 26 mins
A case of lupus in her childhood was the catalyst of Professor Joanne Blanchfield’s career in science. It was Joanne’s doctors who guided her away from a career in medicine, and towards one in research.Through her career, Joanne has worked with Indigenous Australian communities on investigating the chemistry of natural medicines, taken on a number of post-doctoral positions, including Johns Hopkins University in the Uni...
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Screening, surveillance and psychology: The life of a genetic counsellor

June 22, 2023 • 22 mins
Dr Aideen McInerney-Leo always had a curiosity about science, and it was a babysitting gig in her teenage years that opened up the world of genetics. While studying her undergraduate in London, Aideen went for a walk past one of the world’s leading children’s hospital. A cold call to the hospital switchboard and a letter to the head of clinical genetics department led to an incredible career that has taken Aideen around...
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Science is not a 9-to-5

June 15, 2023 • 26 mins
Professor Ala Tabor spent nearly two decades working in primary industries with the Queensland Government before making the move into academia at The University of Queensland in 2010.Ala specialises in cattle tick, paralysis ticks (and the diseases they cause) and reproductive diseases in cattle, but when she started at university, Ala didn’t even know parasitology was an option. In this conversation, Ala talks about carving ...
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Building a future from biowaste

June 8, 2023 • 23 mins
After studying textile engineering in Iran, Dr Nasim Amiralian decided to move to Australia to pursue a PhD. Nasim now works as a materials scientist with spinifex grass and agricultural waste to produce innovative materials for biodegradable packaging, medical textiles, and other biocomposites. As a Group Leader at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Nasim gets to supervise her own research group, guidi...
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A life of leadership

June 1, 2023 • 24 mins
Professor Melissa Brown started her PhD investigating blood cancers at Australia’s oldest medical research institute. Her research then took her to the Imperial Cancer Research and King’s College in London, contributing to the work on BRCA1, a genetic mutation central to understanding and predicting hereditary breast cancer.Melissa’s career has also been bookmarked by leadership roles. She has worked as convenor f...
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You need to tread your own path with Dr Evelyne Deplazes

May 5, 2022 • 21 mins
Dr Evelyne Deplazes grew up in a farming family in Switzerland, with no family members ever going to university. At 16, she spent more than six months in hospital, forcing her to redo a year of high school. After six months, Evelyne’s illness relapsed and she was forced to return to hospital. Faced with doing the same year a third time, Evelyne decided to leave high school. Evelyne then went on to complete an apprenticeship a...
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From bench to bedside with Dr Ann Damien

April 21, 2022 • 19 mins
In high school, Dr Ann Damien got the opportunity to attend the National Youth Science Forum. It was the first time she was surrounded by other people genuinely excited and passionate about science. Studying both biotech and business, Ann’s attention turned to taking discoveries from the lab, through translation and commercialisation. After completing an industry-based Honours program, Ann paved the way for other undergraduat...
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Understanding the brain with Dr Shyuan Ngo

April 7, 2022 • 19 mins
In building a successful academic career, it is a common belief you need to work and conduct research internationally – not doing so can have you labelled a risk-avoider and not fully committed. But this is a path not all can, or indeed, want to, take. My guest today is Dr Shyuan Ngo. Shyuan has certainly challenged this assumption as the gold standard of attainment in academia.Completing a PhD in neuroscience, Shyuan receive...
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Wading through the waters of responsible research with Dr Fernanda Adame

March 24, 2022 • 19 mins
As a child, Dr Fernanda Adame saw a National Geographic documentary with people exploring the wilds of Africa. It was at that moment Fernanda knew that that was what she wanted to do with her life. With a degree in biology, a masters in limnology (inland aquatic ecosystems) and oceanography, and a PhD in Marine Science, Fernanda is now an internationally recognised authority on mangrove and wetlands conservation. Speaking passionat...
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Shifting focus with Dr Debra Bernhardt

March 10, 2022 • 15 mins
Dr Debra Bernhardt has an extraordinary list of accomplishments in her academic career. Along with a number of Fellowships and Awards, Debra has held research appointments at the University of Basel in Switzerland, the Australian National University, and Griffith University. After spending a number of years teaching and in management roles, Debra made a conscious decision to return her focus to research – a decision that led ...
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