workshop session 1 - author bios

Donna Mak (Communicable Disease Control Directorate, WA Dept of Health)

Donna Mak is a public health physician at Communicable Disease Control Directorate. She also teaches medical students at the University of Notre Dame and works clinically in the M Clinic, a sexual health clinic for gay and MSM.

 

Fraser Clarke (Healthcare Quality Intelligence Unit, WA Dept of Health)

Fraser Clarke is a Data Analyst working with the Healthcare Quality Intelligence Unit (HQIU). He currently leads development on the WA Health Maternity Dashboard.

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Stephanie Andrews (WAAC)

Steph Andrews (she/her) is a Health Promotion and Workforce Development Officer at WAAC. With a background in Sexology and Psychology, she is passionate about breaking down stigma around sexuality and improving wellbeing. She has a particular interest in working with young people, women, and people in the LGBTIQA+ community.

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Zoe Sullivan (Youth Educating Peers (YEP) Project)

Zoe (she/her) is a First Nations Murri woman and grew up on Gubbi Gubbi country in Queensland. She is the Project Coordinator of the Youth Educating Peers (YEP) Project. Previously as a YEP Peer Educator and then Senior Educator, Zoe has experiencing delivering sexual health education to both young people and the youth sector. With a bachelor in health science and finishing her masters in sexology, Zoe has a passion increasing sexual health knowledge in the community broadly and specifically for First Nations and LGBTIQA+  communities. Zoe also works at Freedom Centre, WAAC’s LGBTIQA+ drop-in service, where she is a peer officer. Outside of work, Zoe is a professional hip hop dancer and spends most of her free time at the beach.

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Aimee Rendell (WAAC)

Aimee Rendell (she/her) is a Health Promotion and Workforce Development Officer at WAAC. With a background in sexual and reproductive health and human biology, she is passionate about destigmatising sexual health and has a particular interest in reproductive health and working with women.