Brett Tindall Memorial Lecture 2026 | Stephanie Copus-Campbell AM

Expecting the unexpected: Lessons learned from building health services in remote Papua New Guinea

Stephanie Copus-Campbell AM is globally renowned for her advocacy for equal rights for women and girls, ending gender-based violence, and sustainable business practice across Australia and the Indo-Pacific.

Ms Copus-Campbell's CV boasts a long list of diplomatic and executive-focused roles, including her time as Australia's Ambassador for Gender Equality between 2022-2025. She has served as Director and Chair on several boards, including City Pharmacy Limited (current), Femili PNG (current), Southern Highlands Provincial Health Authority, UNICEF Australia, among others. She's built and led high-performing projects and teams in challenging, remote environments tackling issues like health care access, domestic and family violence, housing instability and the challenges of remote living.

We'll hear the incredible story of how a small district hospital in the remote Hela Province of Papua New Guinea relying on international humanitarian organisations to provide health care services to the community was transformed into a functioning Provincial Health Authority.

Registrations for the lecture are essential. This is an in-person and online event. This lecture is being recorded, and the recording will be shared following the event.

Opinions expressed at this event are solely those of the speaker and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the Kirby Institute or UNSW.

The Brett Tindall Memorial Lecture is an annual lecture awarded by the Kirby Institute to a leader in infectious disease research, policy, and/or community advocacy.

It is awarded in memory of Dr Brett Tindall, who was one of the Kirby Institute’s first researchers in the 1980s. Brett's research focused on the process of seroconversion and the body's responses to the entry of HIV. He died of AIDS in 1994.

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