Current Candidates
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Catherine (Kit) Lazaroo Kit is a medical practitioner currently working in general practice. She is also a playwright with a number of credits in independent theatre, and has a Masters degree in writing drama from the Australian Film Television and Radio School. She also has a Masters in Public Health and Tropical Medicine (James Cook University). In the past she has done volunteer work with urban Nyungar women in Perth, and more recently became interested in the possibilities of using creative, participatory approaches to public health while doing some pro bono work at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. She is currently co-enrolled at Melbourne University’s Centre for International Mental Health and School of Creative Arts, undertaking a PhD which looks at mental health, narrative, and meaning-making among East Timorese former asylum seekers. |
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Dr Ahmad Faris Abdullah Dr Abdullah is a Clinical Specialist and Psychiatrist at the Hospital Bukit Padang, Kota Kinabalu, in Malaysia. Dr Abdullah was trained in medicine at the University Kebangsaan, Malaysia, where he completed his post-graduate training in Psychiatry in 2000. Before embarking on his post-graduate course, Dr Abdullah worked in various general hospitals and mental institutions in Malaysia. He now heads the Community Health Unit as a Clinical Psychiatrist at the Hospital Bukit Padang in the State of Sabah. The institution provides mental health services to 2.7 million people. Dr Abdullah is Chairman of the Research Committee for Psychiatry in the State of Sabah, and is a member on the committee focusing on the upgrade of Psychiatric Nursing. He is also Vice-Chairman for the Psychiatric Welfare Association of Sabah, which is involved in various mental health promotional and welfare activities. In Sabah, one of the most pressing problems among young adults suffering psychiatric illness is amphetamine abuse and dependence. There are also issues relating to the effectiveness of current psychiatric services, compliance and 'revolving door' problems, aggression, violence, quality of life for chronically ill patients, pharmacoeconomics and health economics. |
