Dr Ruth Mitchell is a newly-qualified consultant neurosurgeon and a current PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne. In this episode we hear about her journey from growing up in Peru, to completing medical school in Adelaide, then becoming a Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2017 as part of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). If you are keen to hear more about advocacy and its intersection with a medical career, this is the episode for you!