Associate Professsor Kristen Smith

Principal Research Fellow and Research Director of the Indigenous Studies Unit

A/Prof Kristen Smith is a Principal Research Fellow and Research Director of the Indigenous Studies Unit, Onemda Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing in the Melbourne School of Population Health at the University of Melbourne. Smith is a medical anthropologist whose interdisciplinary research traverses the fields of Indigenous studies, epidemiology, human geography, public health and health promotion. Smith’s research is centred on the intersections of culture, health, and social inequities, with a particular focus on collaborative, community-based interventions and the promotion of culturally appropriate practices within academia. Her unique contributions to national and international health research include innovative work in Australian Indigenous medical anthropology, critical policy analysis, data analysis and complex multidisciplinary theoretical and methodological development.

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