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Faye Beverley McMillan AM (born 24 March 1971) is a Wiradjuri yinna (woman) from Trangie NSW. She is an Australian academic and pharmacist known for her work on improving Indigenous healthcare. She is a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity (Atlantic Institute), as well as being a Senior Fellow with Advance HE. She is a founding member of Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA) and was a board member of IAHA from 2009-2017 (and chairperson from 2010-2016). She joined UTS in 2022 with over 20 years of experience in the Higher Education Sector and over 30 years in the health sector.  

Early life, education, and qualifications

McMillan is Wiradjuri and was born in Bowral, New South Wales. She grew up in Trangie, New South Wales. She graduated from Charles Sturt University with a Bachelor of Pharmacy in 2001, and completed her pre-registration year at Wagga Wagga.

• 2022 Master of Social Change and Leadership - University of Melbourne
• 2020    Diploma of Counselling
• 2020    Cert IV Training and Assessment
• 2019    Senior Fellow, Advance Higher Education (SFHEA)
• 2018    Graduate Certificate in Education – University of Melbourne
• 2016    Doctor of Health Science – Exegesis: Shared meanings of leadership through accounts of the experiences of Indigenous/First Nations women leaders” Charles Sturt University
• 2016    Graduate Certificate in Wiradjuri Language, Culture and Heritage - Charles Sturt University
• 2014    Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Governance - University of Arizona
• 2013    Cert I and II – Wiradjuri Language
• 2006    Master of Indigenous Health Studies - University of Wollongong
• 2001    Bachelor of Pharmacy - Charles Sturt University.[1]

Career

McMillan is known for having been Australia's first registered Aboriginal pharmacist. She has worked on the Tiwi Islands and in Vancouver, Canada. She is an Atlantic Fellow, focusing her work on supporting mental health, and a founding member and former chairperson of Indigenous Allied Health Australia. She has been involved in the Closing the Gap steering committee since 2013.

McMillan works at University Technology Sydney and works between Sydney and Wagga Wagga - Professor of Indigenous Health https://profiles.uts.edu.au/faye.mcmillan previous to this role McMillan worked at the University of New South Wales and prior to that as Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health at Charles Sturt University.

McMillan is currently one of two Deputy National Rural Health Commissioners within the Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner.

In 2019, McMillan was appointed director of The Australian Pharmacy board.

Awards

• McMillan was named in the Westpac and Australian Financial Review 100 Women of Influence Awards in 2014.
• She was named 2019 New South Wales Aboriginal Woman of the Year.
• In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, McMillan was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to Indigenous mental health, and to tertiary education".
• In 2022 McMillan was named as the Pharmacist of the Year at PSA’s Excellence Awards, presented at PSA22 https://www.australianpharmacist.com.au/new-beginnings-for-psas-pharmacist-of-the-year/
• In 2023 McMillan was made a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia https://www.miragenews.com/psa23-honors-newly-inducted-fellows-1060218/

Selected publications

• F McMillan, D Kampers, V Traynor, J Dewing; (2010) Person-centred care as caring for country: An indigenous Australia Experience; Dementia, 9 , (2): 163-167.[2]
• C. Schultz, R. Walker, D. Bessarab, F. McMillan, J. MacLeod, R. Marriott (2014) Chapter 13: Interdisciplinary Care to Enhance Mental Health and Social Emotional Wellbeing.[3]
• Y. Akama, D. Evans, S. Keen, F. McMillan, M McMillan, P. West; (2017) Designing digital and creative scaffolds to strengthen Indigenous nations: being Wiradjuri by practising sovereignty; Digital Creativity, 28 , (1): 58-72.[4] Doi: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14626268.2017.1291525
• M. McMillan, F. McMillan, S. Rigney; (2016) Is indigenous National Building capable of strengthening and improving Indigenous holistic health outcomes: Retelling the right to health 10 , (2): 147-159.[5]