Eyesight is vital: it impacts how we learn, how we connect, and how we experience the world. But research shows a significant gap in eye and ear health between Australia’s First Nations people and the broader community.

In this episode of The Churchill Changemakers, Michelle Ainsworth speaks with optometrist Lisa Penrose-Herbert about her unexpected journey into Indigenous eye health, and the impact of her 2016 Churchill Fellowship, sponsored by The Dr Dorothea Sandars and Irene Lee Churchill Fellowship

Lisa shares how her trip through Canada and the US inspired innovative, culturally safe approaches to eye care. From holistic healthcare to AI-powered diabetic retinopathy screening in rural Australia, Lisa also reflects on lessons learned, challenges faced, and the ongoing need for integrated, community-led solutions to close the gap in vision health outcomes.

Fellowship Sponsor: Lisa was awarded The Dr Dorothea Sandars and Irene Lee Churchill Fellowship to explore models of integrated primary health care to improve Indigenous eye health.

 

The Churchill Changemakers is produced for the Winston Churchill Trust by:

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Eyesight is vital: it impacts how we learn, how we connect, and how we experience the world. But research shows a significant gap in eye and ear health between Australia&rsquo;s First Nations people and the broader community. 
In this episode of The Churchill Changemakers, Michelle Ainsworth speaks with optometrist Lisa Penrose-Herbert about her unexpected journey into Indigenous eye health, and the impact of her 2016 Churchill Fellowship, sponsored by The Dr Dorothea Sandars and Irene Lee Churchill Fellowship
Lisa shares how her trip through Canada and the US inspired innovative, culturally safe approaches to eye care. From holistic healthcare to AI-powered diabetic retinopathy screening in rural Australia, Lisa also reflects on lessons learned, challenges faced, and the ongoing need for integrated, community-led solutions to close the gap in vision health outcomes.
Fellowship Sponsor: Lisa was awarded The Dr Dorothea Sandars and Irene Lee Churchill Fellowship to explore models of integrated primary health care to improve Indigenous eye health.
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The Churchill Changemakers is produced for the <a href="https://www.churchilltrust.com.au/">Winston Churchill Trust </a>by:
<a href="https://soundcartel.com.au/">SoundCartel&nbsp;</a> +61 3 9882 8333

The focus for Season 3 is impact, which comes with a title change from The Churchill Collective to The Churchill Changemakers and a new batch of extraordinary people who received their Churchill Fellowships some years ago, to reveal their impact over time.

Michelle Ainsworth, Churchill Fellow and host of The Churchill Changemakers, talks to 10 bold thinkers, driven to learn more globally and return home to make an impact locally. 

You'll hear stories on topics from 'media literacy for primary school children' to 'tobacco control', and from 'maintaining historical keyboard instruments' to 'public toilet taboos, design and policy'. 

So, what did these changemakers do with those powerful new ideas, and how have they driven impact locally? We invite you to listen to The Churchill Changemakers and find out. 

 

 

The focus for Season 3 is impact, which comes&nbsp;with a title change from&nbsp;The Churchill Collective&nbsp;to&nbsp;The Churchill Changemakers&nbsp;and a new batch of extraordinary people who received their Churchill Fellowships some years ago, to reveal their impact over time.
Michelle Ainsworth, Churchill Fellow and host of The Churchill Changemakers, talks to 10 bold thinkers, driven to learn more globally and return home to make an impact locally.&nbsp;
You'll hear stories on topics from 'media literacy for primary school children' to 'tobacco control', and from 'maintaining historical keyboard instruments' to 'public toilet taboos, design and policy'.&nbsp;
So, what did these changemakers do with those powerful new ideas, and how have they driven impact locally? We invite you to listen to The Churchill Changemakers and find out.&nbsp;
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