Reducing chronic disease in rural/remote Aboriginal communities

Work by our researchers has already achieved outcomes in terms of driving down disease, deaths and health costs associated with rural and remote Indigenous communities.

Kidney health, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, nutrition and pregnancy are a selection of key areas where impacts have been made through trailblazing research.

Reducing disparities in chronic health in comparison to the wider Australian population is a clear objective, with acknowledgement that a priority needs to be placed in Indigenous health to improve the current scenario.

Our projects concerned with improving remote and rural Indigenous health are commonly codesigned with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to elevate the levels of efficacy, with broad thinking encouraging consideration of aspects such as whether use of the performing arts could help deliver pertinent health messages.

CKD.QLD Registry

The Registry, with its linkage to Queensland Health datasets, is reporting, and is expected to continue generating, significant information on multiple aspects of CKD, its trajectory, management, patient outcomes and health service utilisation in both the public and private sector.

Associate Professor Kym Rae

Specific focus has primarily been to develop programs that reduce chronic diseases which afflict Aboriginal people more commonly through early detection and diagnosis, health education, and developing a thorough understanding of risk factors that impact on this community.

Professor Wendy Hoy

Wendy is recognised internationally for her multidisciplinary research and policy and program development in kidney and related chronic disease, particularly in high-risk populations.

Meet some of our researchers