FRSN, MPH (Syd.), MA Strategic Studies (Deakin), PhD in Medicine (Syd.), GradDipAppEpi (NSW DoH and Syd.)
When Lisa Jackson Pulver, a Wiradjuri woman born and raised on Eora Land in Sydney, took on the name and identity and traditions of Elisheva bat Sarah Imenu, two ancient value systems coincided, and she walked tall and proud in the age-old cultures of her Aboriginal grandmothers and Judaism.
Professor Jackson Pulver is the first known Aboriginal person to receive a PhD in medicine at the University of Sydney. An accomplished advisor, researcher and educator – particularly in the areas of Aboriginal health, data collection, analysis and management and strategy – she is currently Professor of Public Health and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Strategy and Services at the University of Sydney.
“The truth is, being both Jewish and Aboriginal, it breaks my heart when people aren’t allowed to belong.”