Inge is a first-generation Australian woman of European
background and grew up in Adelaide. She graduated from the
University of Adelaide (B Sc Hons, 1973) and Nottingham University
(PhD, 1982). She has worked in a range of medical/health research
positions. She lives with her family in the Adelaide hills, and is
passionate about the natural environment and bush care.
Inge currently heads Flinders Aboriginal Health Research, one of
Flinders University’s competitively selected Areas of
Strategic Research Investment. This initiative brings together a
large multidisciplinary network of Flinders University researchers
and their colleagues who are committed to improving Aboriginal
health and wellbeing through research. She leads the Flinders
Aboriginal Health Research Unit, which coordinates, conducts,
supports and grows Aboriginal health research at Flinders, enhances
partnerships and links with Aboriginal and other stakeholders, and
promotes ethical research practice. In this way the needs of
research users (Aboriginal people and the organisations that serve
them) can be matched with the skills of research providers
(research teams based at Flinders University).
Inge has considerable involvement in the CRC for Aboriginal Health,
having helped to develop the successful bid for this CRC in 2003
and increasing Flinders profile in the CRC for Aboriginal Health.
She is also currently Flinders’ Link person for the CRC for
Aboriginal Health, is involved in several in-kind projects, and has
input into program development
Inge’s own current and recent research has been largely in
the field of Aboriginal health. She is a key investigator of the
Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Health, a partnership of Flinders University and
the Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia, focusing on
chronic conditions. She was principal researcher for the South
Australia-wide project ‘Better medication management for
Aboriginal people with mental health problems’, funded by the
Department of Health and Ageing Quality Use of Medicines program
and Rotary, which resulted in influential reports and journal
articles, and established networks and a partnership model for
Indigenous research. This work led to her other current research,
such as ‘Coordinated Aboriginal Mental Health Care’ and
new research collaborations around safe transport needs of
Aboriginal people, disability training for Aboriginal communities
and family violence.
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