Rhiannon Price, Pharmacist at King Edward Memorial Hospital.[/caption]
Caspar Townsend MPS, Pharmacist at Perth Children's Hospital compounding unit[/caption]
Iraq Doali, NSW-based locum pharmacist and content creator[/caption]
Normalisation is medical misogyny and delays diagnosis
Sharnelle Vella, ABC Radio Melbourne breakfast co-host[/caption]
Mike Stephens, Director, Medicines policy and Programs at the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)[/caption]
Chastina Heck MPS, Chair of the PSA/NACCHO Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Practice Community of Specialty Interest (CSI).[/caption]
Philippa Chigeza, pharmacist at Logan Hospital.[/caption]
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