The Big Mob, STEM it up Project
This podcast series is hosted by Associate Professor Marnee Shay and the Australia's Women in STEM Ambassador, who support the Commonwealth Government's Pathway to Diversity in STEM Review.
This podcast is part of a research project called Big Mob STEM it Up.
Quandamooka postdoctoral fellow, Ren Perkins, yarns with 12 Indigenous trailblazers in STEM.
Listen to hear their stories and experiences in STEM fields.
Artwork by Tara-Rose Gonebale
The Big Mob, STEM it up Project
Episode 4: Kris Rallah-Baker
Associate Professor Kris. Rallah-Baker is a proud Yuggera/Warangu man on his mother’s side and Wiradjuri on his father’s side. He is Australia’s first Indigenous ophthalmologist, founding member of the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association, former President of the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association, Director on the Federal Board of the Royal Flying Doctors Service, technical advisor to the Fred Hollows Foundation, Chair of the Vision2020 Indigenous Committee, owner and director of Sunshine Coast Ophthalmologists at Noosa, Zeiss Opinion Leaders Advisor and holds clinical appointments at Kawana Private and Noosa Hospitals.
As a RANZCO Fellow, he sits on RANZCO’s Federal Selection Board, Indigenous Committee and Reconciliation Action Plan Committee. Kris holds Associate Professorship appointments at both the Queensland University of Technology and the University of Melbourne.