Danielle Borg is the program coordinator for the Queensland Family Cohort Study at the Mater Research Institute. Here she talks us through the large scale project, as well as her career journey and trying to manage work and life!

Greg took some time out of his busy schedule to talk to us about all things mosquitos. Hear about his career journey and the current work happening in vector borne diseases here!

Dr Paul Kelly, Chief Medical Officer for Australia, took time out of his busy schedule to talk with 'Stories in Public Health' about his career journey and what it's been like leading throughout a global pandemic.

Professor Littlewood talks us through the role of Health and Wellbeing Queensland, her career journey to CEO and what it has been like working in preventative health through a pandemic.

Astrid is a post doctoral researcher at the Translational Research Institute and founder of Project Huitcaca, a non-for-profit aiming to support Latin American women in Science. She talks to us about her career journey, the mission of Project Huitaca, and what we can do to help.

Professor Elizabeth Eakin is Head of School of the School of Public Health, University of Queensland. She is a behavioural scientist who's work focuses on interventions in chronic disease prevention and management. She sat down with me to talk about her research, her career journey and some lessons learned along the way.

Hayley is the founder and CEO of ThriveHire, a curated job board for those looking to build a career in global health. She built the company with a strong team, including Program Officer, Annalise Mathers. They talk with us here about their own career journeys as well as some of the challenges and highlights of setting up a company with a social mission from scratch.

Associate Professor Lisa Whop is an epidemiologist, leading research into cervical cancer control in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. She shares her important research and career lessons with us here.

Dr Naveen Thacker is a pediatrician, and internationally recognised expert in vaccination. He played a key role in Polio eradication in India and is now working to fight misinformation online. He shares here, lessons from his career as well as the importance of looking after ourselves!

I swapped seats for this episode and gave my usual hosting hat to Dr Melina Georgousakis. I have tried to share how I got my start in public health, why I started the podcast and a few lessons I have learned along my journey!