S2E26: Ep 26 Indigenous Health | A Tale of Two Worlds
01/25/21 • 56 min
** Thanks for downloading this episode. If you'd like to stay in touch with our continuing story, Season 2 continues at This Medical Life, in which Dr Travis Brown continues his exploration of diseases and our approaches to treatment from history to the modern day. Have a look in your podcast app now for This Medical Life, and hit subscribe so you never miss an episode **
Caitlan Davis starts Episode 26 with,
"In the spirit of reconciliation Clinpath Pathology acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. Today's episode of This Pathological Life, looks at Indigenous Health and its intersection with Pathology, along with health issues and challenges among Australia's first European settlers. But first...
First Australians meet the First Fleet
The American revolution forced the British to investigate alternate destinations for penal colonies. The answer came from a Botanist who travelled with Captain James Cook in 1770 to a land they called New South Wales.
With the decision made, this ‘new’ land would be forever changed.
The First Fleet took a year to prepare and eight months to voyage to New South Wales and suffered from a variety of ailments (which we examine) on the way.
What we now call Australia, is a hard, dry unexpected land, which proved difficult for Europeans to manage and adjust.
Yet Indigenous/Aboriginals survived and thrived in this land.
This episode explores Aboriginal medical knowledge with Dan Tyson, Chief Executive Officer at Desert Knowledge Australia from the year 1788, when the land was quite diverse in geographical areas and Aboriginal people were quite diverse in their technologies to survive. We ponder the recurring question of how when bush medicine and food is still used in many places today, why the health of the Australian Indigenous Communities remains so poor.
This is the tale of two worlds.
GUEST INTERVIEW
Dan Tyson, CEO Desert Knowledge Australia
Twitter: @dka_connect
LinkedIn Dan: linkedin.com/in/dan-tyson-8215636/
LinkedIn DKA: linkedin.com/company/dkaconnect/
Dan is currently member of the AMSANT Research Committee and a member of the Central Region Executive of the Chamber of Commerce however, and has also been a director of the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance of the NT (AMSANT), and previously director and vice-chair of Katherine Regional Aboriginal Health and Related Services.
He co-founded the Aboriginal Business Industry Chamber of South Australia (ABICSA) and the Mental Health Coalition of SA. Dan holds a PhD in the field of medical anthropology and has worked extensively in the mainstream and Indigenous health sectors.
OTHER VOICES
Doris Pilkington, author, Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence
Joylene Koolmatrie, Aboriginal Healer and Psychologist
Kenneth Branagh, Rabbit Proof Fence
Rev John Brown, co-chair, National Sorry Day Committee
Sir Ronald Wilson, co-author, Bringing Them Home Report
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
** Thanks for downloading this episode. If you'd like to stay in touch with our continuing story, Season 2 continues at This Medical Life, in which Dr Travis Brown continues his exploration of diseases and our approaches to treatment from history to the modern day. Have a look in your podcast app now for This Medical Life, and hit subscribe so you never miss an episode **
Caitlan Davis starts Episode 26 with,
"In the spirit of reconciliation Clinpath Pathology acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. Today's episode of This Pathological Life, looks at Indigenous Health and its intersection with Pathology, along with health issues and challenges among Australia's first European settlers. But first...
First Australians meet the First Fleet
The American revolution forced the British to investigate alternate destinations for penal colonies. The answer came from a Botanist who travelled with Captain James Cook in 1770 to a land they called New South Wales.
With the decision made, this ‘new’ land would be forever changed.
The First Fleet took a year to prepare and eight months to voyage to New South Wales and suffered from a variety of ailments (which we examine) on the way.
What we now call Australia, is a hard, dry unexpected land, which proved difficult for Europeans to manage and adjust.
Yet Indigenous/Aboriginals survived and thrived in this land.
This episode explores Aboriginal medical knowledge with Dan Tyson, Chief Executive Officer at Desert Knowledge Australia from the year 1788, when the land was quite diverse in geographical areas and Aboriginal people were quite diverse in their technologies to survive. We ponder the recurring question of how when bush medicine and food is still used in many places today, why the health of the Australian Indigenous Communities remains so poor.
This is the tale of two worlds.
GUEST INTERVIEW
Dan Tyson, CEO Desert Knowledge Australia
Twitter: @dka_connect
LinkedIn Dan: linkedin.com/in/dan-tyson-8215636/
LinkedIn DKA: linkedin.com/company/dkaconnect/
Dan is currently member of the AMSANT Research Committee and a member of the Central Region Executive of the Chamber of Commerce however, and has also been a director of the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance of the NT (AMSANT), and previously director and vice-chair of Katherine Regional Aboriginal Health and Related Services.
He co-founded the Aboriginal Business Industry Chamber of South Australia (ABICSA) and the Mental Health Coalition of SA. Dan holds a PhD in the field of medical anthropology and has worked extensively in the mainstream and Indigenous health sectors.
OTHER VOICES
Doris Pilkington, author, Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence
Joylene Koolmatrie, Aboriginal Healer and Psychologist
Kenneth Branagh, Rabbit Proof Fence
Rev John Brown, co-chair, National Sorry Day Committee
Sir Ronald Wilson, co-author, Bringing Them Home Report
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Previous Episode
S1E25: Ep 25 The 12 Pathology Podcasts of Christmas
** Thanks for downloading this episode. If you'd like to stay in touch with our continuing story, Season 2 continues at This Medical Life, in which Dr Travis Brown continues his exploration of diseases and our approaches to treatment from history to the modern day. Have a look in your podcast app now for This Medical Life, and hit subscribe so you never miss an episode **
From our first Episode #1 "What is Pathology?", we have enjoyed the journey we have travelled and feedback to date is encouraging.
In these (pandemic) times, remaining connected is as important as ongoing education and from here at Clinpath Pathology, providing this channel has been as good for us, as it has been for our listeners.
In this episode #25 we reflect over 12 different pathology (pathological) podcasts and what each of these 12 has given us - whether this be an eye opening story, an honoured guest, a realisation of the 'Dunning–Kruger effect', a stumbling over big words, big personalities and big guests, or the unravelling of tales behind the useful things discovered through science that end up being not so good for humans.
Steve reflects, "A spoonful of podcast helps the medicine go down."
There have been many where the pathologist's lens to a topic really shines, such as alcohol (a good one to listen to before the Christmas period). We hope everyone has a safe Christmas and look forward to Season #2
SPECIAL GUEST
Producer Charlie-Helen Robinson
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S2E27: Ep 27 Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 | Covidity 2021
** Thanks for downloading this episode. If you'd like to stay in touch with our continuing story, Season 2 continues at This Medical Life, in which Dr Travis Brown continues his exploration of diseases and our approaches to treatment from history to the modern day. Have a look in your podcast app now for This Medical Life, and hit subscribe so you never miss an episode **
COVID-19: Testing the strength of nations
As the pandemic continues to rage, we take a snapshot in time about our current understanding from an epidemiological, pathological, microbiological and immunological viewpoint of COVID-19.
This pandemic has tested the Governments, Politicians and the Public Health of nations; some have responded valiantly; others have been found lacking. The deviation from our regular style podcast is because we are living the COVID story.
Our special guest is Dr Daman Langguth Head of Immunology Department Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology (SNP), Chair of SNP Partners, Member of Executive Advisory Committee, Chair of the Data Request Committee.
Daman has particular expertise in the investigation of auto-immune disease, allergy, and immune deficiency and has special interests in idiopathic inflammatory myositis, vasculitis, IgG4-related systemic disease and e-Health.
SNP’s Immunology Department is the largest laboratory of its kind in Australia.
Known for pushing the boundaries and pioneering new technologies it is acknowledged as the most advanced flow cytometry lab in diagnostic practice. With Australia's most diverse range of autoantibody assays, the lab is also at the forefront of autoantibody testing. In a partnership with a UQ engineering research team it is breaking new ground in digital pathology and image analysis.
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