I am a non-Indigenous public health researcher six years post-PhD (adjusted for career disruptions), living and working on Kaurna land. With qualifications in Sociology and a PhD in Medicine, I have over 15 years’ experience in health services research, person-centred care and implementation science, with a focus on marginalised communities and co-design.

My work spans diverse health areas but with a common focus of critically examining the way power is wielded both structurally and culturally in healthcare contexts. I have extensive experience working closely and collaboratively with community members from diverse backgrounds, including older people, people living with disability, children and young people, survivors of gender-based violence, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. I have experience in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods, systematic and scoping reviews, and Indigenous Research Methodologies, bringing together different forms of evidence including lived experience to inform change in healthcare.

Health equity

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health 

Public Health

Family and domestic violence

Person-centred healthcare

Co-design and co-production

Feminist and critical research

Health Services research

Implementation Science 

Aged care

Disability

Strengths-based and trauma-informed research, Co-design and Co-production approaches, Implementation Science, mixed methods research, systematic and scoping review methodology. 

Habtamu Abera Areri - 2022, University of Adelaide - Factors influencing self-management among adults living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy: a mixed methods study in Northwest Ethiopia

Yohannes Mehretie Adinew - 2023, University of Adelaide - Disrespect and abuse during facility‐based childbirth in Ethiopia: mixed method study