Between a career move to the Northern Territory, single parenthood and completing a PhD in the field of health promotion, Dr Nikki Percival’s experience has spanned many of the challenges women in STEMM face.Dr Nikki Percival is an NHMRC Research Fellow. Throughout her career she has focused on redesigning and strengthening the health system to work better for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Equal Futures - Stories of women in STEMM at UTS

Dr Nikki Percival - It takes hard work to be heard

In all areas of science and discovery, there are women working on acquiring new knowledge and solving problems. But even in 2018, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) suffer from a lack of women representation. The experiences of women working in these fields often remain unheard in industries still just beginning to navigate their way out of an established male-dominated culture. In this series brought to you by the UTS Athena SWAN pilot, early and mid-career women researchers share their personal stories and insights. Raising their voices to highlight the diversity and the common ground of being women in STEMM.

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Equal Futures - Stories of women in STEMM at UTS