Collection: Karen Thurecht

Dr Karen Thurecht has a PhD in medical anthropology and a lifelong interest in cultural belief systems relating to health and medicine. Karen has taught cultural history at the University of Queensland Medical School and Griffith University Medical School, and supervised Masters and PhD students in Public Health, Social Justice, and the health of First Nation Peoples, across the country. Karen lives in Minjerribah, on Quandamooka country and is working on a murder mystery series set in Queensland in the 1880’s involving an eager young doctor, Hamish Hart.