Research centres
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Australian Capital Territory
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
AIATSIS is an independent Commonwealth Government statutory authority, located in Canberra, devoted to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies. The Research Section of AIATSIS undertakes high-quality, multi-disciplinary research in the field of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies, including Indigenous health (view homepage).
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH)
The mission of NCEPH, located at the Australian National University, is to contribute to better health, nationally and internationally, through research contributions to epidemiology and other population health disciplines, and to public health policy and practice through educational programs (view homepage).
New South Wales
Australian Centre for Health Promotion
The Australian Centre for Health Promotion, located at the University of Sydney, "aims to contribute to better population health outcomes by working with practitioners to improve the quality of health policy and the effectiveness of health promotion practice through the application of research". The Centre also works in close partnership with the Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network to extend health promotion infrastructure support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities (view homepage).
Gnibi - College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
Gnibi, located at Southern Cross University, is working to create an internationally recognised Cooperative Centre for Indigenous Research (CCIR) with an integrated approach to Indigenous action based research and research training (view homepage).
Umulliko Indigenous Higher Education Research Centre
The Centre, located at the University of Newcastle, has made significant inroads to improving Indigenous research since its inception in 1996. The Centre now has some 23 Indigenous research higher degree students working in Aboriginal Studies across a broad range of disciplines, including health (view homepage).
Yooroang Garang
Yooroang Garang, School of Indigenous Health Studies, at the University of Sydney, offers opportunities for research in Indigenous community health. Priority research areas at the School include Indigenous health work, health prevention and promotion, diabetes, aged and disability (view homepage).
Northern Territory
Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH)
The CRCAH aims to promote high quality research through the development of research partnerships and through increased Aboriginal participation and control. They are committed to the undertaking of strategic research to investigate health service delivery systems and the social determinants of health and health conditions, transferring these research findings into policy and practice in order to improve primary health care practice, building sustainable prevention and early intervention programs, and reducing the burden of disease on Aboriginal communities and individuals (view HealthBulletin webreview, view homepage).
Most of the people working on CRCAH research projects are employed by Core Partners and could be working anywhere in Australia, including in small remote Indigenous communities. The CRCAH administration and management centre is located at the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin.
Menzies School of Health Research
The Menzies School of Health Research, located in Darwin, was established as a joint venture of the Northern Territory Government, the University of Sydney and the Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation in 1985 to address the health problems of northern and central Australia and the nearby region. Many of the School's research and education programs are of particular relevance to Aboriginal health problems in rural and remote areas. The School has a unique multi-disciplinary focus through community, hospital and laboratory-based programs (view homepage).
Queensland
Anton Breinl Centre
The Anton Breinl Centre, located at the Department of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, specialises in public health problems in tropical Australia and its near neighbours. Its focus is on rural and remote Indigenous communities. The Centre places emphasis on research that is applied and usually decision linked to assist people to make informed decisions on health problems in the tropics (view homepage).
Australian Centre for International & Tropical Health & Nutrition (ACITHN)
The ACITHN is a collaborative venture involving the University of Queensland and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, and is located at the University of Queensland .The mission of the ACITHN is "to improve the health of populations in Australia and internationally through excellence in education, research and service". The Centre includes the Indigenous Health Program (IHP) and makes special provision for the training of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students (view homepage).
Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health (MICRRH)
MICRRH has "adopted a strategic and collaborative approach, involving local, state and national partners, in order to establish a research program relevant to local needs and in keeping with national policies and priorities". Priority research areas include remote health work and health service delivery, population health (eg chronic disease, injury), and Indigenous health (view homepage).
Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR)
QIMR offers an Indigenous Health Program which covers both epidemiology and laboratory based studies in Indigenous Health. The aim of the program is to increase both the number of research projects developed in partnerships with Indigenous communities, and the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander postgraduate students and researchers working on these projects (view homepage).
South Australia
Spencer Gulf Rural Health School (SGRHS)
The Spencer Gulf Rural Health School (SGRHS), based in Whyalla, was established in 2001 as a joint venture between the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia. The School is a multidisciplinary entity that brings together the South Australian Centre For Rural and Remote Health (SACRRH) and the Adelaide University Rural Clinical School (AURCS). The objective of the SGRHS is to ".. conduct education and research to improve the health of rural and remote communities" (view homepage).
Tasmania
Currently no information available
Victoria
VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development Unit (KHRCDU)
The mission of the KHRCDU, located at the Centre for the Study of Health and Society, University of Melbourne, is to develop a quality health service research program of foundational and applied research using relevant methods derived from the health and social sciences. The Unit focuses on research priorities identified by Koori communities, health practitioners and policy-makers (view homepage).
Western Australia
Curtin Indigenous Research Centre
CIRC, located at Curtin University, is dedicated to the pursuit of Indigenous research within a framework of Indigenous values and beliefs and "aspires to contribute to the advancement of Indigenous people through its research programs, particularly in relation to education, training and professional development in health, science and technology" (view homepage).
National Drug Research Institute
The Institute has established an Indigenous Australian research program focusing on substance abuse among Indigenous Australians. The program aims to identify harm prevention strategies and develop culturally appropriate methods for measuring the extent and consequences of drug abuse within the Indigenous population. The Institute also disseminates information and provides advice on alcohol and drug issues (view homepage).
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research (ICHR)
The ICHR aims to conduct high quality research and to apply these research findings to improve the health of children, adolescents and families. The Institute has established a culturally appropriate program in Aboriginal health research and is integrally linked to translation of research outcomes into the community (view homepage).
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