2024 Community Formal Dinner
Tuesday 17 September 2024 6:00pm - 7:30pm
The Women’s College Community Formal Dinner is a special celebration to acknowledge and congratulate residents for their commitment to community activities throughout the year.
Guest speakers
Professor Susan Moloney is Director of Paediatrics at Gold Coast University Hospital.
Susan left Bowen in 1981, studied Medicine at UQ and attended The Women’s College for three years, where she was Student Club Vice President (1983) and on the UQ Student Council. She trained in Paediatrics in Brisbane.
Susan has achieved many leadership roles. She was involved in the commencement of new medical schools at Griffith University and Bond University, the development of tertiary children’s services at the Gold Coast, and has national and international leadership roles in child health.
Susan was President, Paediatric and Child Health Division, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, an International Examiner for the Indonesian College of Pediatrics, and has been on several Commonwealth Advisory Groups, including appointment to the Independent Health Advisory Committee ‘Medivac Panel’ assessing the medical response to offshore detainees in PNG and Nauru. She is an Operation Smile international volunteer.
Susan received the RACP College Medal and Queensland Health Pre-Eminent Specialist status.
In 2023, Susan received The Women’s College Alumna of the Year Award.
Dr Kay Strom is Co-Director of Iris Education, which she co-founded in 2015, and teaches in UQ’s Faculty of Medicine.
Kay graduated in 1986 and subsequently completed a Fellowship of General Practice and National Certificate of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH).
In addition to SRH, Kay has longstanding interests in communication, medical education and leadership. She has developed and delivered training programs across Queensland and Australia for three decades. Kay has specific expertise in Human Papilloma Virus and has played statewide and national roles in the education of health professionals around prevention of cervical cancer.
Since 2014, Kay has found immense joy in her role as a teacher and mentor to medical students at UQ. In 2020 she received the John Pearn Medal for teaching excellence in the Faculty of Medicine.
Kay also volunteers to assist refugee doctors on their journey to practice in Australia.
Kay is the College’s 2024 Community Alumna Award winner.
Event details
Date: Tuesday 17 September 2024
Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Venue: The Women’s College, College Road, St Lucia
Dress: Business attire (academic gowns for students)
RSVP: Thursday 5 September 2024
Please note: It is an expectation that all residents attend the Formal Dinner and students do not need to RSVP. The following RSVP is required to be completed by invited special guests only.
Additional information
By taking part in this event, you grant The Women’s College full rights to use the images resulting from the photography/video filming, and any reproductions or adaptations of the images for promotional purposes. This might include (but is not limited to), the right to use them in their printed and online publicity and social media. If you do not wish to be photographed, please contact the event organiser at events@womens.uq.edu.au.