University of Western Sydney student and proud Wiradjuri woman Sabrina Cox has begun an internship at our Forensic & Analytical Science Service at Lidcombe, as part of NSW Health Pathology’s initiative to promote career pathways for First Nations Peoples.

This new intern­ship will allow Sab­ri­na to receive hands-on expe­ri­ence in the day-to-day oper­a­tions of a bustling foren­sics lab.

Cur­rent­ly in her last semes­ter of a Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence degree at UWS, Sab­ri­na has had a life­long inter­est in foren­sic sci­ence and its abil­i­ty to help fam­i­ly mem­bers find peace in their dark­est moments.

“Grow­ing up I always had an inter­est in sci­ence and I found foren­sic sci­ence to be quite fas­ci­nat­ing and intrigu­ing. I want­ed to be able to help peo­ple and to be part of a sys­tem that finds answers and clo­sure,” she said.

Sab­ri­na sees the intern­ship as an excel­lent oppor­tu­ni­ty to help shape her career path.

“It is extreme­ly impor­tant as it helps set me up for future employ­ment and cement the skills I have learned at uni by giv­ing me real-life experiences.”

NSW Health Pathol­o­gy is con­tin­u­ing to devel­op intern­ship pro­grams for First Nations peo­ple, as well as peo­ple liv­ing with a dis­abil­i­ty, and will be work­ing towards fill­ing 26 new trainee­ships across region­al and met­ro­pol­i­tan areas of NSW.

For Asso­ciate Direc­tor of Abo­rig­i­nal Part­ner­ships and Inclu­sion Kevin Stan­ley (pic­tured top), these pro­grams play an impor­tant role in attract­ing diverse tal­ent that reflects the com­mu­ni­ties that NSW Health Pathol­o­gy serves.

“NSW Health Pathol­o­gy is proud­ly com­prised of peo­ple from all back­grounds, gen­ders, sex­u­al­i­ties, abil­i­ties and life expe­ri­ences. Our rich diver­si­ty is what has dri­ven our incred­i­ble sci­en­tif­ic advances and suc­cess as the pre­ferred provider of pub­lic pathol­o­gy and foren­sic ser­vices in New South Wales,” Kevin said.

“We are com­mit­ted to cre­at­ing a work­force that reflects the diver­si­ty of the NSW com­mu­ni­ties that we pro­vide crit­i­cal ser­vices to, includ­ing Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander Peo­ples, LGBTQIA+ peo­ple, peo­ple who are cul­tur­al­ly and lin­guis­ti­cal­ly diverse, and peo­ple of all gen­ders, abil­i­ties and ages.”

NSW Health Pathol­o­gy is proud to be pro­vid­ing trainees with valu­able work expe­ri­ence across our lab­o­ra­to­ries and offices around the state – check out their sto­ries here.

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