The Dr Deborah Prior Story
Dr Deborah Prior was the President of our fund from 2009 until 2014. In these videos and her own words this is her story. She tells of how she first became involved with the fund and how she then went on to become the fund’s President for five years. She was interviewed early in 2015 by Professor Margaret McAllister. Margaret was also a fund scholarship winner early in her career.
A SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
Before she became our President, Deborah won a scholarship from our fund for her PhD thesis entitled: “Cultural strengths and social needs of Aboriginal women with cancer: Take away the cancer but leave me whole”.
The study explored the meaning of cancer for rural Aboriginal women in Australia. The focus of the study included the cultural context influencing Aboriginal women’s decision-making about cancer treatment and cancer support services.
Excerpt One
“I had heard of the Centaur Memorial Fund.”
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Excerpt Three
“Looking back over the long history of Centaur, what has been its contribution.”
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Excerpt Two
“PhDs are very hard and long'”
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Excerpt Four
“The important things that the Centaur Memorial Fund has done.”
Excerpt length 34 seconds.
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Deborah's Work At a Glance
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