Dr Jean Pepperill

Dr Jean Pepperill is a Kaytetye woman from Barrow Creek in Central Australia. She has completed all her medical training in the Northern Territory. 

As a previous trainee with the Royal Australian New Zealand College of Psychiatry, she has a passion for mental health and wellbeing and is now pursuing general practice training with RACGP. Outside of clinical work, she serves on the Headspace First Nations Cultural Governance Committee and is the AIDA representative on the Gaaya Dhui board.

Dr Olivia O'Donoghue

Dr Alicia Veasey

Dr Alicia Veasey, a proud Torres Strait Islander woman who grew up on the mainland, is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist with a subspeciality fellowship in Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology, with over twenty years experience working throughout the health system. She works clinically within Northern NSW LHD on Bundjalung Country, Lismore and surrounding area. Alicia is an inaugural co-chair of Queensland Health’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Clinical Network, where she provides leadership on systemic cultural safety and health system reform that centres Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s sovereignty and right to self-determination.

Recognising early on in her medical career the need for health system reform to address the racism and inequity, Alicia completed a Master of Public Health and a Master of Health Management and is a RACMA Associate Fellow since 2024. As a Global Atlantic Fellow through the prestigious Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity, she has also completed a Master of (Indigenous) Social Change Leadership, culminating in a dissertation exploring Indigenous knowledges and sovereignty within the acute care health system. Alicia’s commitment and leadership were recognised with a University of Queensland 2023 Alumni Award for Indigenous Community Impact.

As a passionate, experienced and sort after health leader, Alicia provides input into local, state and national health policy, strategies and reform, as well as being a senior advisor to media, research projects and non-government organisations. She is currently a Board Director for the Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Health Care, and Advisory Board member for the Australian Health Review journal. She has served as a non-executive Director for the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association in 2010-11 (Student Director) and 2012-14 before rejoining the Board in 2024.

Mr Brodie Seymour

G’day, my name is Brodie Yuttaman Jack Seymour. I am a final-year medical student at Griffith University and currently serve as the Student Director for the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association (AIDA). I grew up on Kalkadoon Country (Mount Isa) and am a proud member of the Balarnu mob near the Northern Territory border. Maintaining strong ties to Country is incredibly important to me, and I am always eager to learn how other First Nations communities celebrate their culture.

As I prepare for my internship, I am passionate about contributing to rural and remote healthcare, particularly in oncology and ophthalmology. I look forward to using my medical training to improve health outcomes for communities in need.