Associate Professor Faye McMillan AM

2018 Cohort

Pronouns: she/her

Faye is enabling rural and remote healthcare professionals to work collegially within multidisciplinary teams that place the patient at the centre of care, ensuring better health outcomes.

Faye is a Wiradjuri yinaa (woman) originally from Trangie, NSW. Faye is currently one of two Deputy National Rural Health Commissioners and works at The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) as a Professor in Indigenous Health in the School of Public Health, as well as a board member of The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) and is also the chair of the APC Indigenous health strategy group. Faye has received numerous accolades for her leadership and contribution to population health, education, equity, and the community. In 2021, Faye was appointed as a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday 2021 Honours List. Faye’s appointment recognises her significant service to Indigenous mental health, and to tertiary education. In 2023 Faye was made a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), and in 2022, she was named the PSA Pharmacist of the Year. In 2019, she was named the NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year. Faye is also the 2023 Harkness Fellow for Australia, as well as being a Lifelong Fellow of the Atlantic Institute, a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

“People should have access to health care that meets their needs, and should not be defined by their postcode. This is a universal human right.”

Social change work

Faye is working to ensure all people within Australia that are living in regional, rural or remote communities, have access to highly skilled, competent and culturally safe, and responsive healthcare professionals (HCP). Supporting more HCP to work within mental health and mental wellness. Working more effectively with carers so that they don't become the cared for.