Researchers
Centres of Indigenous research
The University of Adelaide has a number of academic units and centres specifically for Indigenous research and education:
- Wirltu Yarlu Aboriginal Education
- Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music
- Mobile Language Team
- Indigenous Maternal and Perinatal Health Research Network
- Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi
- Yaitya Purruna Indigenous Health Unit
- Indigenous Oral Health Unit
- The Centre of Research Excellence in Aboriginal Chronic Disease Knowledge Translation and Exchange (CREATE)
Indigenous research strengths
Outside of our research centres in the University there is a wide range of academics and researchers that have published in their respective areas.
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Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
- Dr Melissa Nursey-Bray
Indigenous peoples and the environment - Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann
Revival Linguistics and Endangered Languages
Australian Aboriginal languages - Barngarla (Parnkalla) - Dr Deane Fergie
Australian Native Title Studies
Indigenous people and climate change - Jennifer Newsome
Indigenous Music Education
Indigenous cultural maintenance and production - Dr Douglas Bardsley
Indigenous natural resource management - Associate Professor Rob Amery
Australian Indigenous languages
Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi - Dr Pam Papadelos
Race and Ethnicity (Multiculturalism and Identity) - Ashley Turner
Community-engaged Indigenous music making to enhance social justice outcomes for Indigenous people - Associate Professor Robert Foster
Australian and Comparative Indigenous History - Professor Catherine Speck
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and exhibition - Professor Nicholas Jose
Indigenous writing - Wallace McKitrick
Government policies on Indigenous languages - Dr Elizabeth Grant
Design for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
- Dr Melissa Nursey-Bray
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Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
- Dr Lisa Smithers
Diet & Health in Children - Dr Jackie Street
The Healthy Views Project - Dr Christopher Wong
Atrial Fibrillation in Indigenous Australians: Prevalence, Mechanisms, Management and Outcomes - Dr Jodie Avery
Population Research and Outcome Studies
South Australian Aboriginal Health Survey - Professor Jonathon Newbury
Stroke in Aboriginal Communities
Aboriginal Families Study (external link) - Dr Alice Rumbold
Improving sexual, reproductive and perinatal health among Aboriginal women - Dr Janet Kelly
Managing Two Worlds Together:Improving Aboriginal Patient Journeys - Renal Case Studies - Dr Judith Gomersall
Chronic disease management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
- Dr Lisa Smithers
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Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
- Dr Laura Weyrich
Oral Microbiome Associations with Health and Disease - Dr Claudia Szabo
Computing systems in remote communities
- Dr Laura Weyrich