I'm Tany - a junior doctor, Wattle Fellow, apart of the Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) Executive Victorian Team, and HMO Society Vice President of Education at my health service. I'm invested in utilising creative means to educate and motivate climate action by building planetary health awareness - a concept which recognises the vital interconnectedness between human health and the natural systems that support us.

Community building has been a key part of my journey, and I continue to work directly with organisations including Doctors for the Environment Australia, Medical Pantry and CLIMARTE to promote climate resilient health systems. My theory of change centres on driving systems improvement via interdisciplinary projects that integrate art and the medical humanities to enhance safe, compassionate patient care. Clinically, my areas of interest include anaesthesiology and critical care, with special interests in quality improvement and planetary health.

As a multimedia artist and curator, I believe storytelling is foundational to effective communication. As healthcare professionals, making and experiencing art can promote culturally sensitive care, build empathy, observation skills and a cruicial tolerance for ambiguity. As alumna of The University of Melbourne Medical school, my valedictory speech culminated in a call for action; one for us to place faith in one another’s humanity and to work collectively toward a healthier planet. Since then, I have studied Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) via Harvard Medical School with view to propagate art as a health and climate advocacy tool. .

My advocacy art exhibition and curatorial debut, Do No Harm: Reflections on Healthcare, opened to public late October 2025 at No Vacancy Gallery in Melbourne’s CBD. The Virtual Gallery is available here.to promote climate resilient systems and culturally sensitive care