Pharma Influence on Indigenous Communities Webinar
27 May @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm AEST
Free - $99.00
The commercial determinants of health (CDoH) are a recent and evolving space looking into the systems, practices and pathways in which commercial actors can affect health and equity.
The pharmacy and pharmaceutical industry, by default of much of their privitisation, are acknowledged commercial determinants of health; but the ways in which they may influence the health and wellbeing of First Nations people – good, bad or indifferent – is largely unknown.
Dr Troy Walker’s research looks into this unknown space and is guided by knowledge provided by First Nations and non-Indigenous expertise in the pharmacy and pharmaceutical sector to learn more about both industries impacts over time and in the Australian context.
Time: 8:00–9:00pm AEST
Our speakers
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- Dr Troy Walker
- Biography
Troy is a Yorta Yorta man, an experienced registered principle chiropractor, strength and conditioning coach and senior research fellow with a strong history working in Aboriginal health, clinical health, wellbeing, nutrition and physical activity. He is active in - and passionate about - public health research and practice, clinical pain management, Aboriginal lifestyle health, social and emotional wellbeing, photobiomodulation and musculoskeletal rehabilitation.
As a research professional with a masters in human nutrition Troy has a particular focus on Australian Aboriginal strength-based approaches to health. This is especially as it relates to nutrition, physical activity, pain management and sarcopenia prevention in older adults. He provides regular lectures, workshops and presentations at seminars and within univerities on all of these topics. In 2023, he obtained Clinical Fellowship in Lifestyle Medicine with the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) and was the recipient for the 2023 Rural Wave Victoria (RWAV) Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
