The Scholars podcast is a show featuring scholars from the General Sir John Monash Foundation. Hosted by Head of Media & Capital Partners, Justin Kelly, he interviews the best, brightest, boldest and bravest across all fields of academia, business, science, humanities, and the arts. In this episode, Justin speaks to Research Fellow with the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University, Dr. Sarah Bourke - 2013 BHP John Monash Scholar. Dr. Sarah Bourke is an Aboriginal woman born and raised in Canberra, Australia, and is descended from the Gidja people of Western Australia and the Gamilaroi people on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. She was awarded a John Monash Scholarship and a Roberta Sykes Scholarship to study for an MPhil in Medical Anthropology with Keble College at Oxford. She was then awarded a Roberta Sykes Scholarship and a Chevening Scholarship to continue on at Oxford for a DPhil in Anthropology at St. John's College, under the supervision of Professor Stanley Ulijaszek.In this episode, Sarah speaks with Justin about her academic journey from Canberra to Oxford, as well as her passion for Indigenous health and wellbeing and medical anthropology.