Welcome to Voices, Gallipoli Medical Research's new podcast, where we showcase our expertise in veteran mental health, medical research, clinical trials, and our world-leading work with veterans and their families.
From a Victoria Cross Medal recipient and a mother-of-two surviving Stage 4 melanoma, to Australia’s first female 3-star lieutenant general—their voices will transform the way you think about service, leadership, and what it truly means to stand beside one another during life’s hardest moments.
Journey with these stories and find your own inspiration to serve, to heal and to lead.
Discover your own voice through the courageous lived experience of our guests…
What If Diversity Saves Your Life: How 3 Star LGEN Natasha Fox Thinks about People
A weapon pointed at close range. A question designed to provoke. Then one surprising sentence that breaks the tension and opens a path to safety. That story sits at the heart of our conversation with Lieutenant General Natasha Fox, the first woman promoted to three-star rank in the Australian Defence Force and the ADF’s Chief of Personnel, and it becomes a powerful lesson in how diversity of thought can change outcomes when everything is on the line. We start with the basics many civilians n...
22 Jul 2026
06: From Nigeria To PhD Taking on Fatty Liver Disease
One in five Australians has fatty liver disease, yet most of us wouldn’t spot the warning signs until things get serious. We’re sitting down with Afalabi Akanbi PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at Gallipoli Medical Research, to talk about what’s happening inside the liver, why iron matters more than many people realise, and how new therapeutic approaches could help stop fatty liver disease progressing to inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis or liver cancer. We also get personal. Afalabi sha...
23 Jun 2026
05: A Commando Learns To Take The Ego Out Of It
One of the scariest moments Tim Thomas shares happens far from a battlefield: sitting in a psychologist’s office, flooded with rage, he realises how close pain and isolation can push a person to the edge. That story sets the tone for a raw, practical conversation about veteran mental health, PTSD recovery, and what actually helps when talk alone isn’t getting through. We talk with Tim, an ex-Special Forces commando and now a veteran ambassador with Gallipoli Medical Research (GMR), abo...
26 May 2026
04: A Sister’s Illness Sends A Medical Student Into Life-Altering Research
Cultural Warning: This episode contains the name of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person who has passed away. A rare infection. A Brisbane family tragedy. A young researcher who refuses to stop asking “why”. We’re joined by Kirby Patterson-Fahy, a 23-year-old medical student and emerging scientist at Gallipoli Medical Research, whose path into medicine begins with her sister Anastasia "Taisie" becoming seriously unwell and spending months in hospital. Kirby shares what it’s like...
7 May 2026
03: The Weight Of The Victoria Cross by Veteran Mark Donaldson
A Victoria Cross can change your life in a second, but it can also follow you for the rest of it. We sit down with Mark Donaldson VC, a highly decorated Australian Defence Force soldier, to talk about what sits behind the public story: the pressure of representing a 150-plus-year legacy, the mates who were there too, and the messy reality that bravery is often a series of small decisions made while scared. Mark takes us back to the parts that don’t make the headlines: a rebellious regional u...
31 Mar 2026
02: A Working Mom’s Stage 4 Melanoma Turnaround Through A Clinical Trial
You can’t unhear the words “metastatic melanoma,” especially when you’re alone at home and your kids are at school. Paula Ebrington takes us back to that phone call, the moment her body reacts before her mind can even catch up, and the long six-month road that finally ends with a stage 4C diagnosis. What follows is the part most people never see: telling two boys the truth, holding their questions, and trying to stay steady when you don’t yet know what treatment will do. We talk through the ...
18 Mar 2026
01: From Personal Tragedy To National Reform, Gwen Cherne AM Explains Why Families Must Be In The Room
Note: Since the time of recording the conversation with this week’s guest Gwen Cherne, she has been awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on Australia Day 2026 and Annabelle Wilson has succeeded Gwen as the Veteran Family Advocate Commissioner. Trigger Warning: This episode discusses suicide and may not be suitable for all listeners at this time. Please circle back for the next conversation of Voices. What was discussed in this episode: Grief can break a family—or teach it ho...
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