Faye McMillan | |
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Born | Faye Beverley McMillan 24 March 1971 |
Academic background | |
Education | Charles Sturt University (PharmB) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Pharmacy |
Sub-discipline | Indigenous healthcare |
Faye Beverley McMillan AM (born 24 March 1971)[1] is an Australian academic and pharmacist known for her work on improving Indigenous healthcare. In 2023 she was awarded the Australian Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy and Practice. She is a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity (Atlantic Institute), as well as being a Senior Fellow with Advance HE. She is a founding member of Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA) and was a board member of IAHA from 2009-2017 (and chairperson from 2010-2016). She joined UTS in 2022 with over 20 years of experience in the Higher Education Sector and over 30 years in the health sector.
McMillan is Wiradjuri and was born in Bowral, New South Wales.[2] She grew up in Trangie, New South Wales.[3][4][5] She graduated from Charles Sturt University with a Bachelor of Pharmacy in 2001,[4][6] and completed her pre-registration year at Wagga Wagga.[4]
Fellowships Harkness Fellow: The Commonwealth Fund Faye McMillan Lifelong Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity Associate Professor Faye McMillan AM Senior Fellow of Advance HE Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
McMillan is known for having been Australia's first registered Aboriginal pharmacist.[2][4][6][7] She has worked on the Tiwi Islands[2][4][6] and in Vancouver, Canada.[4][6] She is an Atlantic Fellow,[3][5] focusing her work on supporting mental health,[5][8] and a founding member and former chairperson[9][10] of Indigenous Allied Health Australia.[3][11] McMillan works at University Technology Sydney and works between Sydney and Wagga Wagga - Professor of Indigenous Health [2] previous to this role McMillan worked at the University of New South Wales [3][4][5][7][12] and prior to that as Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health at Charles Sturt University. [5][13]
McMillan is currently one of two Deputy National Rural Health Commissioners within the Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner.[14]
In 2019, McMillan was appointed director of The Australian Pharmacy Council board. In 2022 APC launched The Leaders in Indigenous Pharmacy Profession Education (LIPPE) Network.