kyle turner
DPhil in Population Health
Jesus College, Oxford 2012 Charlie Perkins Scholar 2012 Chevening Scholar 2011 Aurora Study Tour |
I cannot speak highly enough of the Charlie Perkins Scholarship. It changed my life. There were so many benefits from doing my DPhil in Population Health at the University of Oxford. It was home to the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, and I spent my days working with some of the brightest minds in my field of study... |
Kyle, of Wiradjuri and Irish descent, completed a DPhil in Population Health at Jesus College, Oxford as a Charlie Perkins Scholar.
He also holds and MA in Applied Epidemiology from the Australian National University.
Kyle is the CEO and founder of Pearlii and a Public Health Lecturer at the University of Melbourne. His research interests reside mostly in Indigenous health, childhood development, nutrition and rheumatic heart disease.
He also holds and MA in Applied Epidemiology from the Australian National University.
Kyle is the CEO and founder of Pearlii and a Public Health Lecturer at the University of Melbourne. His research interests reside mostly in Indigenous health, childhood development, nutrition and rheumatic heart disease.
...I could tap into a global network of alumni, as well as the conveyor belt of amazing guest speakers visiting Oxford. Two-thirds of graduates were also from abroad, so I became more worldly, and I returned to Australia more ambitious with my personal goals. What's more, it was just so amazing to be another student, an "Aussie" studying abroad, there on my own merit, without anyone second-guessing my worth because of my Aboriginality. In community, it can sometimes feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders will the expectation - not to mention community politics - and it was just so nourishing for my mind and soul to study abroad with such an incredible group of people. The Charlie Perkins Scholarship is one of the best things to happen in Indigenous Australian education in the last decade.