DR SAM

FOUNDER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER INNOVATION, SCIENCE, SPACE MEDICINE & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE  

Gangulu, Northern Cheyenne and Australian South Sea Islander Medical Doctor and Scientist 

Dr Sam has a special interest in virtual health ecosystems, longevity and life extension therapies, nutritional and environmental medicine and specialises in remote and extreme environmental health and medical systems.

Dr Toby specialises in longevity, plant medicines and life extension treatments with her patients' to address health challenges faced by First Nations communities. 

Dr Toby is the first Indigenous doctor to graduate from Griffith University School of Medicine and is a graduate of the University of Queensland Bachelor of Science majoring in biomedical science.

She has been an advocate and Queensland Museum Science Hero with a special interest in traditional ecological knowledge systems from a First Nations scientific perspective, in addition to now exploring and undertaking space medicine research with a special interest in astrobiology, with translational research applications for Earth and off planet missions.

Dr Toby mentors and trains First Nations youth in STEM, and Medical education pathways, and is helping to create the next generation of First Nation Chief Scientists in Australia with international connections. 

MR MASSEY RUATARA

FOUNDER

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER HUMAN PERFORMANCE, RECOVERY AND ATHLETIC INNOVATION AND TALENT MANAGEMENT 

Massey is a proud Ngapuhi man from the beautiful country of New Zealand. As a Founder for the Academy he is passionate about creating longevity and athletic opportunities and development for our youth and adolescents'. 

Massey has previously had a career in rugby league, transitioning to combat sports of which he is still an active athlete. He has been involved in Autism advocacy for First Nations youth and proudly works with children with Autism to promote a neurodiverse approach to corporate landscapes.

Massey has a special interest in high performance and athletic recovery and training predominantly focussing on youth initiatives here in Australia and now overseas to create pipelines to sporting careers. 

MR MICK GOODA

ELDER IN RESIDENCE 

GLOBAL FIRST NATIONS SCIENCE, BUSINESS & INNOVATION AMBASSADOR 

Mick Gooda is a descendent of the Gangulu people of Central Queensland. He is well known in Indigenous affairs throughout Australia, having advocated and represented on behalf of Aboriginal people for the last 25 years.

Mick possesses extensive experience working in remote, rural and urban environments, and has knowledge of the diversity of circumstance and cultural nuances of Indigenous peoples throughout Australia.

Mick Gooda has undertaken the role of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner in Australia.

Mick has been actively involved in advocacy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs throughout Australia for over 25 years and has delivered strategic and sustainable results in remote, rural and urban environments.

His focus has been on the empowerment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Immediately prior to taking up the position of Social Justice Commissioner, Mick was the Chief Executive Officer of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health for close to five and a half years. Here, he drove a research agenda which placed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ‘front and centre’ in the research agenda, working alongside world leading researchers.

DR LORI LAMBERT

GLOBAL MEDICAL ECOLOGIST

INTERNATIONAL FIRST NATIONS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHER

EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM PIONEER FOR YOUTH IN RURAL AND REMOTE REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

Dr Lambert is an enrolled member of the Abenaki Nation Deer Clan and a descendent of Mi’kmaq First Nations. She has over 30 years of teaching at the university level, extensive curriculum design experience, which includes 22 years of distance education experience in online learning, satellite courses, and cable television.

Dr Lambert is the recipient of numerous awards including The Alfred P. Sloan Excellence in (Asynchronous Learning Network) ALN Teaching Award; The American Indian College Fund, Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Faculty Research; The Canadian Embassy Award for Research for College Faculty; The Fulbright Scholars Award to research in China; the Gladys Pearlstein Humanitarian Award; China; The American Indian Higher Education Consortium Faculty of the Year 2011 at Salish Kootenai College.

Dr. Lambert has been the invited Keynote speaker at conferences in Australia, Finland, Norway, France, and Canada. She holds a nursing diploma from Cambridge Hospital, a Harvard University teaching hospital; a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education/Therapeutic Recreation from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; a Master of Environmental Science Education from Acadia University, Philadelphia; a Ph.D. Medical Ecology/ Anthropology: Arctic Studies from the Union Institute and University, and a Post Doctorate Certificate from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada in Distributed learning and Technology.

She has authored many articles and six book, the latest

“Research for Indigenous Survival” is being republished in the UK for students

with visual impairment.

MR JEREMY MAROU

GLOBAL RELATIONS AMBASSADOR FOR FIRST NATIONS CULTURAL HERITAGE & ARTISTIC INNOVATION  

Jeremy Marou is a musician, youth worker and grand nephew of land rights champion, Eddie Mabo.

He is one half of Australian rock duo Busby Marou, who released their debut album in June last year. The album reached #24 on the ARIA charts and #5 on the Australian artist charts .In 2010, they won the Indigenous Award at Brisbane's Q song competition and took out a Deadly for Most Promising New Talent in Music.

Jeremy is the oldest of five children and is of Torres Strait Islander heritage on his father's side. His musical talents come from his father and from growing up in a church environment where he played every Sunday.

Also an accomplished sportsman, Jeremy has represented Queensland in touch football, and as a school-boy played for the state in rugby league.

He has two university degrees and is actively involved in the Torres Straits Islander community, particularly with the initiative 'Putting Youth in the Picture', which is addressing issues including sexual assault, use of illegal recreational drugs and binge and underage drinking.

Before going full time with Busby Marou Jeremy was the CEO of the Fitzroy Basin Elders' Committee. His key role was to liaise with landholders, mining companies, and other stakeholders of land care/land management.

MS CHEYNE LITTLESUN

NORTHERN CHEYENNE LONGEVITY SCIENTIST & GLOBAL LONGEVITY RESEARCH AMBASSADOR

Ms. Cheyne Littlesun is a Northern Cheyenne woman and scientist, graduate of the Salish Kootenai College in Montana, and an MCB graduate student in the Kaeberlein lab, her research focuses on deciphering combinatorial drug interactions in aging biology. Currently she is looking at how a library of chemicals interact with metformin; a possible modulator of longevity now being investigated in humans and the 6th most prescribed drug in the United States. This work has piqued her curiosity in learning more about the molecular pathways that underpin the aging process in order to develop innovative treatments for age-related disorders.

DR FRANK TYRO

GLOBAL AMBASSADOR CREATIVE MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FILM PRODUCTION

Dr Tyro went to Montana State and started as an electrical engineer. He thought that was what he wanted to do. However, after two quarters he realized it wasn’t what he was cut out for. He ended up switching to television. He obtained an extensive background and built 100,000 different stations form the ground up, as well as the TV stations at SKC.

In 1984 SKC opened a position for someone to build a media center and work on producing materials for courses. He worked with tribal member Betty White on courses at SKC. 

Dr Tyro's projects that still stand out for him. One is “Changing Visions,” which is about the cultural material on the Flathead Reservation which was complete around 1986 and Tyro said most of the elders in that film are gone now, which makes it more significant. 

Producing hundreds of films in his career,  is proud of “Mending the Hoop,” which can be found on SKC TV channel on YouTube. It is about a family in Australia who didn’t know all of their roots and he helped reunite a family. “That to me is one of those films that really gets me because it’s so personal,” said Tyro.

 Another film he is proud of is, “Walking Bear Comes Home,” that features Dr. Charles Jonkel who is known as the only person who has done in-depth research on black bears, polar bears, and grizzly bears. Jonkel passed in 2016.

“Another thing Frank has devoted most of his life to is the environment, I don’t know how many times you have been to Churchill,” said Cajune.

In 1984, shortly after he started working at SKC he was asked to go to Canada to see where Dr. Jonkel had done a lot of his polar bear research, and since that time Tyro has done 47 trips. He takes people to tour the area. 

Dr Tyro’s dedication has  left an indelible mark on the community and the legacy of storytelling for generations to come.

MS TAHLIA MILLER-FORREST

INTERN, GLOBAL YOUTH AMBASSADOR & PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR

RECIPIENT OF THE ROBERT TOBY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AND INTERNSHIP 

Tahlia is a proud Gangulu woman who has started her journey to become a psychologist. She has a special interest in youth justice and advocacy.

She will join our team, and aims to work in youth justice upon graduation.

We proudly welcome her and have watched her grow as a child to become the young leader she is today.

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