Core
partners
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Studies
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Studies is an independent Indigenous-controlled Commonwealth
statutory authority devoted to Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander studies. It is Australia's premier institution for
information and research on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples past and present.
Central
Australian Aboriginal Congress
One of the oldest and largest Aboriginal health services, Central
Australian Aboriginal Congress is based in Alice Springs in the
heart of Central Australia’s arid desert region, and has a
large number of both urban and remote clients. Since its
establishment in 1973, Congress has promoted a broad approach to
improving Aboriginal health. Today, Congress is one of the most
experienced organisations in the country in Aboriginal health, a
national leader in comprehensive primary healthcare, and a strong
political advocate for the health of Aboriginal people.
Charles
Darwin University
Charles Darwin University (formerly Northern Territory University)
is renowned for its research expertise and leadership in tropical
and desert knowledge of the Australian and Asia-Pacific region,
with particular focus on Indigenous knowledge and addressing
problems of importance to the peoples of the region. The university
has nine campuses and centres across the Northern Territory.
Indigenous students can contact the Indigenous Academic Support Team.
Danila
Dilba Health Service
Danila Dilba Biluru Butji Binnilutlum Medical Service Aboriginal
Corporation, commonly known as Danila Dilba Health Service or just
Danila Dilba, was established in 1991 and has its roots in the
Darwin Aboriginal community. Its vision is to provide culturally
appropriate comprehensive primary healthcare services of the
highest quality to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples of the Greater Darwin area.
Department
of Health and Ageing
The Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing has
national responsibility for funding and policy development for
Aboriginal primary healthcare. The government has established
the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Health (OATSIH) in the department to improve the
access of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to
comprehensive primary healthcare services. This strategy is
based on the principle of working in partnership with the
Aboriginal community-controlled health sector.
Department of Health and Community Services Northern
Territory
The Northern Territory's Department of Health and Community
Services is a principal resource agency, policy maker and provider
of governmental interventions across the Northern Territory. The
department is committed to provision of health and wellbeing
services within a continuum of primary secondary and tertiary
interventions. The department has a strategic focus on improving
the health and wellbeing status of Aboriginal men, women and
children.
Flinders
University
Flinders University has broad-based health research strengths, and
Aboriginal health is one of its designated areas of research focus.
Flinders Aboriginal Health Research Unit
coordinates, supports, conducts and grows Aboriginal health
research across all Flinders University campuses in South Australia
and the Northern Territory. Indigenous students are supported by
the Yunggorendi First Nations Centre for Higher Education and
Research.
La Trobe
University
La Trobe University prides itself on being an internationally
recognised leader in the provision of high-quality education and
training underpinned by a strong research profile. Its School of Public Health has strengths in health
services policy and planning and health systems research.
Support for Indigenous students can be found through the Office of the
Director, Indigenous Education.
Menzies
School of Health Research
Menzies School of Health Research aims to improve the health of
people of northern and central Australia and regions to the near
north through multidisciplinary research, research training and
public health education with a focus on Indigenous, remote and
tropical health. It is the centre agent for the CRC for Aboriginal
Health.
Queensland
Institute of Medical Health Research
The Queensland Institute of Medical Research is one of the largest
medical research institutes in the southern hemisphere, and is
recognised worldwide for the quality of its research. The institute
has established an Indigenous Health Research Program, which aims to
develop culturally appropriate research projects in partnership
with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is one of Australia’s oldest and
most prestigious universities. It has a wide range of research and
education expertise in medicine and health. Within its School of
Population Health is the Onemda
VicHealth Koori Health Unit, which works to bring together the
university, the community and policy makers around issues of Koori
health. Indigenous students can go to the Centre
for Indigenous Education.
University of
Queensland
The University of Queensland is one of Australia's premier learning
and research institutions. Its School of Population Health has expertise in
Aboriginal health research and education. It also offers
Indigenous students support at the Aboiriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit.
