Kimberley Coordinator
I am a Bardi Bunyiol descendant and well known member of the local Broome and West Kimberley communities. I bring my experience in Aboriginal community engagement and relationship building to the Telethon Kids Institute, having worked extensively with a diverse group of Aboriginal communities and organisations throughout WA.
I previously worked as a Medicare Liaison Officer working closely with the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in WA and in particular the Kimberley regions, providing assistance on how Aboriginal people access to allied health service providers could be improved.
In 1996 I was also recognised by the Broome Rotarians for my community work and was awarded the Paul Harris Fellow award for my work in running basketball for many years for the Broome and wider communities, further facilitating opportunities for Broome based health organisations to actively promote a range of community health campaigns such as sexual health and the effects of substance abuse.
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September 2022
Prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases in Aboriginal children: A whole population study
The burden of bronchiectasis is disproportionately high in Aboriginal adults, with early mortality. Bronchiectasis precursors, that is, protracted bacterial bronchitis and chronic suppurative lung disease, often commence in early childhood.
Aboriginal Health & Wellbeing Academic Biostatistics Aboriginal Health Children's Lung Health Subsite: Walyan BREATH Respiratory viral infectionsSeptember 2021Conducting decolonizing research and practice with Australian First Nations to close the health gap
The purpose of this paper is to highlight a perspective for decolonizing research with Australian First Nations and provide a framework for successful and sustained knowledge translation by drawing on the recent work conducted by a research group, in five remote communities in North-Western Australia.
Published research Aboriginal Health Subsite: Walyan BREATH