Our LIPPE family.
The LIPPE network is a partnership of the Australian Pharmacy Council (APC), and the Council of Pharmacy Schools Australia and New Zealand (CPS).
Through truth telling and respectful listening, this partnership will role model a strengths-based approach for culturally safe pharmacy practice.
Together, we acknowledge with deep regret the ongoing impact of racism on the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians as outlined in the National Rural Health Commissioner’s Position Statement – Impacts of racism on the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.
LIPPE is led by APC’s Indigenous Health Strategy Group. This group guides the LIPPE Steering Committee to decide on our strategic direction.
Faye is a Wiradjuri yinaa (woman) from Trangie, NSW. She is Australia’s first registered pharmacist who is Aboriginal, and LIPPE’s fierce leader as Chair. She is currently a Professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Faculty of Health.
Faye is one of two Deputy National Rural Health Commissioners, where she plays a vital role in the Federal Government’s agenda to increase access to rural health services. In 2021 Faye was appointed as a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, recognised for her significant service to Indigenous mental health, and to tertiary education.
Faye has been named PSA’s Pharmacist of the Year 2022, the 2019 NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year and is a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity. She was the inaugural President of Indigenous Allied Health Australia and sits on the Australian Pharmacy Council Board.
Alex Burke is a Proud Wiradjuri pharmacist who is undertaking a PhD at the University of Sydney looking at the cultural safety training of pharmacists and pharmacy students specifically around First Nations people.
He is looking at how curriculums have been designed with this in mind and the creation of co-designed resources with First Nations people to be implemented in the classroom. Alex is the co-lead of the First Nations health theme of the Sydney Pharmacy Curriculum.
Lloyd Dolan is a Wiradjuri man from Hay NSW, and has family ties to Narrandera through the Christians and Woods families, and to Mathi Mathi through the Murray and Kirby families.
Lloyd’s current role as Academic Lead (First Nations) at Charles Sturt University provides strategic leadership and direction regarding Indigenous curriculum requirements at multiple qualification levels.
Working with community members and organisations has provided Lloyd the opportunity to provide cultural advice, support, and direction to ensure culturally appropriate service delivery to both Indigenous and Non-Indigenous clients. Lloyd particularly enjoyed working on the Australian Ballet project The story of Pomi and Gobba, “Wilaygu Ngayinybula – Possum’s two minds, where he worked closely with Ella Havelka (Choreographer) and Katy McKeown (Head of Education and Outreach) to provide cultural and language advice and support for the play.
Lloyd has authored a publication: A review of the Philology, Phonology, and Etymology of Wiradyuri language A review of the Philology, Phonology, and Etymology of Wiradyuri language (company.site)
Chastina is a Nywaigi, Mamu, Bidjara woman. She is currently working as a Senior Clinical Pharmacist at Logan Hospital after an enriching few years spent living and learning on Yolngu country in Arnhem Land.
Chas is passionate about sharing her stories of knowing, being and doing pharmacy and healthcare business, especially in regard to the health and wellbeing of Australia’s First Peoples.
Chas is also a member of the Australian Pharmacy Council Accreditation Committee.
Aleena is a Yugambeh woman from South-East Queensland. She is a registered pharmacist with a background in rural and remote pharmacy practice. Currently, she works as Director of Immunisations and Notifiable Diseases at NT Health.
Aleena brings a lived experience of working as a pharmacist while maintaining connections to community and country.
Aleena also sits on the Australian Pharmacy Council Board.
Leanne was born near her ancestral mountain of Ruapehu where she affiliates to her Ngāti Rangi, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi side. She is a pharmacist and pharmacist prescriber in Auckland New Zealand. In
As well as providing care as a pharmacist prescriber in her communities, until recently Leanne worked part time as Associate Dean Māori at Otago University’s School of Pharmacy. She is currently the National Clinical Renal Network Co-Lead for Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand and has been named as one of the 100 Māori leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand. She completed her PhD in medicines optimisation in Māori peoples in 2023.
Leanne co-founded Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa, the Māori Pharmacists’ Association (MPA) in Aotearoa/New Zealand in 2003 and was President for more than a decade.
Anna is currently Senior Lecturer, Pūkenga Matua, at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. She has a range of research interests including Māori health, cultural competence, Māori health workforce development, social and behavioural cancer prevention, and physical activity and health issues for the next generation and diverse abilities.
Anna has designed and delivered a number of Hauora Māori initiatives over the years, supporting academics and students to advance Māori health. She has a wide range of research collaborations both within the University and the community. Her networks with the local kohanga, kura kaupapa and te whare pounamu (women’s refuge) keep her grounded, as she works to make a difference for her people.
In 2019 she gave birth to Apiteniko, her pōtiki (youngest child). She was told on his arrival that he had Trisomy21 – the best news ever! Api has created a new way of thinking and living for both Anna and her whānau. She is proud of her children and humbled that they chose her to be their mum.
A leading researcher in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, Professor Maree Toombs is a proud Euralayie/Kooma woman from North-Western NSW, and a distinguished researcher with a depth of experience in leadership roles. Currently working at the University of New South Wales, she has a track record of impactful work, improving the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Professor Toombs is highly recognised for her work, and in 2023 she was awarded the prestigious Australian Mental Health Prize. As a leader in the field of Indigenous health, she was invited to join a 2023 Australian Mission delegation to the United Nations, in New York.
Partnering locally and internationally, her expertise in codesign and culturally safe practices is foundational to her global impact. She has developed models of care with over 94 different Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
As a former Churchill Fellowship recipient, she worked with Canadian universities on retention rates for Indigenous students, and has developed partnerships with First Nations peoples across Canada. Her research on social and emotional well-being of Indigenous students has also led to significant improvements in the completion rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university students.
Associate Professor Sue Kirsa lives, works and plays on Wurundjeri land. Some of her work is on Boonwurrung land and on Ngunnawal land. Sue is proud of the work that the APC and CPS is doing in partnership and led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pharmacists and academics.
Sue believes we have a long way to go before our First Nations people enjoy the lifestyle and health that others in our community do, and that the LIPPE is one step towards that goal. She looks forward to supporting this work in any way she can, taking the lead from her colleagues who identify as Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori and doing what she can to repair the damage done by colonisation.
Sue is Chair of the APC Board, and the Director of Pharmacy at Monash Health. Before that, she was Director of Pharmacy at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre for 10 years. Sue has experience in clinical and operational pharmacy and clinical governance.
Sue’s main areas of interest in pharmacy are developing future pharmacy leaders, oncology, quality use of medicines, patient safety and antimicrobial stewardship.
Bronwyn Clark is the Australian Pharmacy Council’s Chief Executive Officer. Bronwyn trained as a pharmacist in Aotearoa New Zealand and currently works and lives on Ngunnawal Country.
Her international career has spanned hospital and community pharmacy, primary care, academia, education and regulation.
Bronwyn is interested in developing and expanding the way that pharmacists practise. She is an advocate for developing a culturally safe pharmacy profession and has been a driving force behind the evolution of the LIPPE Network.
Bronwyn’s contribution to pharmacy reaches beyond APC to her work as the Chair of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Consortium, Executive member of the International Committee for Life Long Learning in Pharmacy Conferences and has been the previous Chair of the Health Professions Accreditation Collaborative Forum.
Bronwyn has been recognised as a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Societies of New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Debra is the immediate Past- President of the Council Pharmacy Schools Australia and New Zealand and currently Discipline Leader Pharmacy, Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia. She is a Council of Pharmacy Schools (CPS) Nominee to the LIPPE Steering Committee.
Debra is passionate about enhancing curricula for pharmacy students to engage with and reflect the needs and priorities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. As a professor in the pharmacy discipline, she has been working with colleagues within the Department of Rural Health at UniSA to learn from and with them about the interprofessional rural and remote teaching and learning opportunities.
She has worked extensively in the area of quality use of medicines, inter-professional practice, health policy and workforce development in Australia and internationally.
Rhonda is the Dean and Head of School, Allied Health at The University of Western Australia (UWA). She is an enthusiastic part of the LIPPE group and has a deep desire to learn more about our First Nations rich cultural heritage and their invaluable contributions to our society.
Rhonda is heavily involved in the accreditation of pharmacy programs through the Australian Pharmacy Council. Rhonda has worked on more than 50 research projects in excellence in pharmacy education and pharmacy practice. She is an active research supervisor for a range of projects and focuses on translational research, publishing her work extensively.
Rhonda sits on the Australian Pharmacy Council Board and Accreditation Committee.
Amanda is a registered community pharmacist and diabetes educator. She is honoured to be able to contribute to the APC LIPPE committee, as she believes she is on a pathway to expanding her knowledge of our First Nations peoples and their contribution to life for all Australians, most especially within pharmacy. As well as furthering the impacts an Indigenous-led LIPPE process aims to achieve for both Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander pharmacists, as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of the community.
In the past, Amanda has owned community pharmacies in Canberra, and before and after ownership has worked as a locum pharmacist in both community and hospital pharmacy.
She is currently Acting Chief Pharmacist and Senior Director of the Pharmaceutical Services Section at ACT Health. Amanda has held national and state leadership roles, contributing strategic direction and governance oversight, for pharmacy organisations including the Australian Pharmacy Council, Pharmacists Support Service, PDL, PSA and the Pharmacy Guild. Amanda is a current Director of the Australian Pharmacy Council and the Chair of the APC FARM committee.
As a preceptor and a pharmacy owner, Amanda has experience in training and mentoring many pharmacy interns, and values the opportunity to support early career pharmacists. She has previously worked as a supervisor and assessor with the ACT Pharmacy Board.
Mark is the Head of School of Health Sciences, University of Canberra and is a Council of Pharmacy Schools (CPS) Nominee to the LIPPE Steering Committee.
Mark’s career in pharmacy includes: academic, locum, managing, and consultant pharmacist in Tasmania, Northern Territory, and the Australian Capital Territory. Mark has international research experience and was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Mark has held/holds several medication review contracts with Aged Care Facilities in the NT and ACT.
Mark is a member of the editorial board for Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, a leading international journal in pharmacy and clinical pharmacology. Mark is an assessor for the Australian Research Council and reviewer, inter alia, for the Australian Medicines Handbook and Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook.
Assoc Prof Liza Seubert, BPharm, PhD, is a pharmacist with over 30 years of experience in community pharmacy, pharmacy governance, and teaching pharmacy at the University of Western Australia. She is the Deputy Head of the School of Allied Health and leads the Discipline of Pharmacy.
Liza is passionate about developing health professions students into person-centered reflective practitioners. Her research focuses on enhancing communication between consumers and health professionals. She aims to foster cultural competence and inclusion of Indigenous perspectives in pharmacy education, preparing future pharmacists to provide culturally sensitive care to Indigenous communities.
As an expert in pharmacy education, Liza has implemented leadership training and developed a curriculum focused on personal and social accountability for Master of Pharmacy students. Her transformative work has earned her recognition, including the Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2019, the Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia’s Eric Kirk Memorial Award in 2021 for outstanding leadership in pharmacy and Fellowship of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia in 2022. Liza serves as a role model, advocating for an inclusive and equitable healthcare system that respects and addresses the diverse needs of all patients, including Indigenous communities.
As we continually strive towards culturally safe pharmacy practice, we would also like to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of individuals who have played a significant role in the past to support our vision. Their dedication, expertise, and guidance have been instrumental in shaping the work we have done and the work that we do. We want to extend our thanks to them for their contributions and their ongoing commitment to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
John Briggs is a proud member of the Yorta Yorta and Gunnai nations in South East Australia with over 25 years of experience.
John is a trusted leader in providing Indigenous consultation and advice and his work has empowered numerous organisations to unearth and challenge unconscious biases, particularly around the engagement and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
He has helped organisations develop successful Reconciliation Action Plans, set Indigenous targets, and achieve long-term and has worked with a wide range of organisations to facilitate and provide training on cultural confidence, competency and awareness. He has also guided a wide range of organisations through the implementation of Reconciliation Actions Plans and diversity strategies.
As an inaugural member of the APC Indigenous Health Strategy Group, John brought deep expertise in Indigenous engagement and inclusion to the work of the APC. He delivered the first cultural safety training to the APC Board and collaborated with Faye and Leanne in the initial brainstorming of LIPPE. His didgeridoo playing features on our LIPPE podcasts here » Podcast: Talkin’ Bout a LIPPE Evolution
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