2025

Articles

Personal essay: "I was unseen, even to myself"

Dr Fiona Wright – Judy Harris Writer-in-Residence Fellow at the Charles Perkins Centre – had been in the medical system for around 17 years, being treated for anorexia, before a diagnosis of autism changed the way she viewed herself. In an essay in The Conversation, Fiona writes that as many as half of all those with anorexia also have autism.

Is the burden of diabetes in Australia underestimated?

A new study by University of Sydney and UNSW Sydney researchers determined that the burden of diabetes in Australia could be underestimated by as much as 35 percent, with even higher rates in individuals including those aged over 75, those living in remote and very remote areas and those from CALD backgrounds.

Writer-in-Residence 2025 open for Expressions of Interest

The Judy Harris Writer-in-Residence at the Charles Perkins Centre was first established in 2016 to foster collaboration between Australian writers and researchers at the Charles Perkins Centre using the power of creativity to explore issues around health.